UK GOVERNMENT BANS EU MEAT, CHEESE IMPORTS AMID FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE FEARS

Fri 18 April 2025: The UK government on Thursday introduced a temporary ban on holidaymakers bringing meat and cheese products into the country from the EU in response to a growing outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) on the continent. Since Saturday, travelers have been prohibited from bringing back items such as cured meats […]

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CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES REPORT JUMP IN US APPLICANTS AMID TRUMP CRACKDOWN

Fri 18 April 2025: An increasing number of US-based students are looking to Canadian universities as President Donald Trump’s policies cut federal funding to American institutions and revoke foreign student visas. These changes have spurred both US citizens and international students in the US to seek academic opportunities in Canada. The University of British Columbia […]

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CANADIAN ACADEMICS ADVISED AGAINST NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO US

Thu 17 April 2025: Canadian academics are being advised against all non-essential travel to the United States, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) said in a travel advisory to its members on Tuesday. Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly […]

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HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN ABUSED BY CATHOLIC CLERGY IN GERMANY – REPORT

Thu 17 April 2025: More than 200 children were sexually abused by Catholic clergy in southern German cities over the past decades, a new independent report revealed on Monday. According to the Catholic Diocese of Wurzburg, since 1945 at least 226 children and juveniles have been victims of sexual abuse. Investigators identified 51 perpetrators, including […]

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PUTIN PRAISES MUSK, COMPARES HIM TO SOVIET SPACE HERO

Thu 17 April 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin has told university students that the world’s richest man was a pioneer comparable to legendary rocket engineer Sergei Korolev, a hero of the Soviet communist era. The comments came as Russia and the United States forged closer ties under Trump’s administration, of which billionaire SpaceX founder Elon […]

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UK ANTI-ISLAM ACTIVIST ‘TOMMY ROBINSON’ LOSES APPEAL AGAINST PRISON SENTENCE

Wed 16 April 2025: British anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon on Wednesday lost his appeal against his 18-month sentence after he previously admitted contempt of court for repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee. Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, was jailed in October after he admitted contempt of court by breaching an injunction banning him from […]

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EU’S VON DER LEYEN: ‘THE WEST AS WE KNEW IT NO LONGER EXISTS’

Wed 16 April 2025: EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday said US President Donald Trump’s policies are bringing “historic” changes, compelling the EU to “play a very active role” in shaping this new world order. “The West as we knew it no longer exists,” von der Leyen told German newspaper Die Zeit, […]

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UK INVESTIGATES ‘ISLAMOPHOBIC HATE CRIME’ AFTER 85 MUSLIM GRAVES VANDALISED IN WATFORD CEMETERY

Wed 16 April 2025: The UK Police, on Tuesday, launched an investigation into what is being treated as an Islamophobic hate crime after 85 graves, many belonging to babies and young children, were desecrated in the Muslim section of Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery in Watford. Hertfordshire Police said the criminal damage, discovered by a grieving […]

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