Wed 06 August 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin received US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff at the Kremlin on Wednesday, just two days before hitting a deadline for Moscow to reach a ceasefire in Ukraine or face new sanctions The meeting between Putin and Witkoff was announced by the Kremlin in a statement, […]
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Wed 06 August 2025: France has become a country with no area free of drugs, according to a report by the country’s anti-narcotics office OFAST, raising concerns about the scale of cocaine trafficking and its grip on French society. Described as a “white tsunami” by French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, the report warns of an […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin claims, without providing evidence, that Ukraine was involved in the attack, an allegation Kyiv vehemently denies. The trial has begun for 19 defendants accused of involvement in the 2024 shooting attack in a Moscow concert hall that killed 149 people, and wounded over 600, in one of […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer‘s “one in, one out” deal to return English Channel migrants to France will come into force on Tuesday, with detentions set to begin by the end of the week. The deal, which has now been approved by the European Commission, means the UK will be able to send people […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: Russian former President Dmitry Medvedev blamed NATO countries Monday for Moscow’s withdrawal from a moratorium on short- and medium-range nuclear missiles. “The Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement on the withdrawal of the moratorium on the deployment of medium- and short-range missiles is the result of NATO countries’ anti-Russian policy. “This is a […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: More than 10,000 European hotels are joining collective legal action against Amsterdam-based Booking.com to seek compensation for losses caused by the online travel agency’s use of so-called “best price” clauses. The clauses ban the hotels from offering rooms on their own websites at a lower rate and are seen by them […]
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Mon 04 August 2025: Around 3,200 highly-skilled Boeing personnel decided to go on strike, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Union announced on Monday. The union said on X: “3,200 highly-skilled IAM Union members at Boeing went on strike at midnight because enough is enough.” It previously said its members working at Boeing voted on Sunday […]
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Mon 04 August 2025: The Kremlin said on Monday that everyone should be careful about nuclear rhetoric, in its first response to a statement by U.S. President Donald Trump that he had ordered a repositioning of U.S. nuclear submarines. Kremlin spokesman cplayed down the significance of Trump’s announcement last Friday that he had ordered two subs to be moved to […]
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Mon 04 August 2025: Only 16% of Germans would “definitely” be willing to defend their country with weapons in case of a military attack, according to a new poll released Monday. The Forsa Institute survey revealed widespread reluctance among Germans toward military engagement, despite repeated warnings from political and military leaders that the country should […]
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Sun 03 August 2025: A jury in Miami has ordered Tesla to pay $329 million in damages over a fatal 2019 crash involving its Autopilot system, according to reports Friday. The case centered around a deadly clash in Key Largo, Florida, where a Tesla Model S using Enhanced Autopilot struck two pedestrians, killing 22-year-old Naibel […]
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