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After the renewed desecration of a Koran in Stockholm, the Swedish authorities are launching a new investigation for possible incitement. A complaint has been filed and a preliminary investigation led by a public prosecutor has been launched, the Stoc…
A wild animal, believed to be a female lion, was feared to be roaming around the suburbs south of Berlin on Thursday, following a video that a man took showing the presence of a big cat. Reports abounded after the first witness filmed what appeared to…
The lab in Wuhan, China suspected by some to be the source of the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer receive U.S. government funding. The Wuhan Institute of Virology had not received federal dollars since July 2020, and the Department of Health and Huma…
Rome (AFP) – Extreme heat was forecast across the globe on Wednesday, as wildfires raged and health warnings were in place in parts of Asia, Europe and North America. Firefighters battled blazes in parts of Greece and the Canary Islands while Spain is…
Seoul (AFP) – A US soldier is believed to have been detained by North Korea after crossing the heavily fortified border — an incident likely to further aggravate Washington’s troubled relations with the nuclear-armed state. Hours later, North Korea f…
Israeli head of state Isaac Herzog assured US President Joe Biden that he is committed to finding a solution amid the heated mood in his country and US concerns over a planned judicial shake-up. “Israeli democracy is sound, strong and resilient,” Herz…
The third official heatwave of the summer has begun in southern Europe as one high-pressure system gave way to another on Monday. As the weather system Cerebrus, named after the ferocious many-headed dog that guarded the entrance to the underworld, wa…
Gandhinagar (India) (AFP) – G20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs opened talks Monday on debt restructuring deals, multilateral bank reform and finance to tackle climate change, as they aim to bolster a sagging global economy. Indian Finance M…
Beijing (AFP) – US climate envoy John Kerry held four hours of talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing Monday, reviving stalled diplomacy on reducing planet-warming emissions. Climate talks between the two biggest greenhouse gas emitters came to…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russian specialists will analyse the NATO weapons captured during the war against Ukraine and use them to improve Russia’s military systems. “If there is an opportunity to look inside to see if thereis something t…