Sun 09 February 2025: Voters began casting ballots in Kosovo elections Sunday in a contest that pits combative incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s quest to stamp out Serbian influence against a fractured opposition’s vow to boost the economy. Kurti and his Vetevendosje (“Self-Determination”) party (VV) have campaigned on their efforts to dismantle the remaining Serbian institutions in Kosovo while […]
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Sun 09 February 2025: US President Donald Trump said he had held a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, discussing efforts to end the Moscow-Kyiv war, according to The New York Post. Speaking to The Post on Friday, Trump declined to specify how many times the two leaders had spoken but insisted that […]
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Sat 08 February 2025: Electric cars in Britain are proving to be just as durable as their petrol and diesel counterparts, according to a groundbreaking new study published in Nature Energy on Friday. The research, based on data from 300 million MOT tests, found that electric vehicles (EVs) have an average lifespan of 18.4 years, […]
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Sat 08 February 2025: TikTok said on Friday it was allowing U.S. Android users to download and connect to the short video app through package kits on its website, in an effort to circumvent restrictions on the popular platform in the country. Apple and Google have not reinstated TikTok to their app stores since a U.S. law took effect […]
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Sat 08 February 2025: The Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on Saturday successfully disconnected from a shared energy system with Russia and Belarus. The BRELL (Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) system was created after the dissolution of the Soviet Union to ensure a stable electricity supply to its former parts. As sovereign states, […]
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Sat 08 February 2025: The Patriots for Europe, which includes numerous right-wing, populist and far-rights parties of different EU countries, gathered in Madrid on Friday to discuss “Make Europe Great Again.” The summit will be hosted by the leader of the Spanish far-right party, Vox, Santiago Abascal, who was elected as the leader of the […]
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Fri 07 February 2025: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned that US President Donald Trump’s talk annexing Canada is not just rhetoric but a serious matter tied to American interest in country’s vast natural resources, a report said Friday. According to Toronto Star, Trudeau argued during a closed-door meeting with business and union leaders that Trump’s […]
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Fri 07 February 2025: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) for issuing an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes in Gaza. In his order, Trump accused the international court of engaging in “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close […]
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Fri 07 February 2025: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) revealed that USAID funded 6,200 journalists, 707 non-state media outlets, and 279 media-focused NGOs in more than 30 countries in 2023. The 2025 US foreign aid budget allocated $268.4 million to support “independent media and the free flow of information,” the organization reported citing a now-removed fact […]
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Fri 07 February 2025: There were more patients in hospitals across England last week than at any other point so far this winter, as the number of norovirus cases continued to rise, new figures revealed Thursday. Data from the National Health Service (NHS) showed that 961 patients a day were in hospital with norovirus last […]
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