Pope Benedict: Thousands more bid farewell at Vatican including Hungary’s Orban
Tens of thousands expected for Benedict’s funeral on Thursday
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Office temperatures drop across Europe to cut bills and carbon emissions
Deloitte is turning down the heating by 2C across 22 sites
Spain busts group that smuggled thousands of tonnes of electronic waste to Africa
Spanish police have broken up a criminal group that smuggled over 5,000 tonnes of hazardous electronic waste from Spain’s Canary Islands to several African countries, authorities said Tuesday.
Thousands attend politically charged funeral for Kurdish shooting victims in Paris
Thousands of Kurds from across Europe travelled to the Paris suburbs Tuesday for the politically charged funeral of three of their own killed in a December attack in the French capital.
‘Every house a fortress’: Wagner leader counts cost as Russia stalls in Bakhmut
Grim footage shows Yevgeny Prigozhin visiting basement filled with dead fighters near Ukraine’s eastern frontRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe head of the Russian Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has said his fighters have sometimes…
Tobacco companies to be billed for cleaning up cigarette butts in Spain
Ruling is part of a package of measures designed to reduce waste and increase recyclingTobacco companies are to be forced to foot the bill for cleaning up the millions of cigarette ends that smokers discard every year under new environmental regulation…
Poland’s Catholic premier sparks outrage with death penalty support
Poland’s conservative prime minister has surprisingly spoken in favor of the death penalty and admitted he doesn’t share the view of the Roman Catholic Church on the matter
China Denounces Covid Testing Rules Imposed on Its Travelers
A government spokeswoman said Beijing would consider reciprocal measures against countries that have sought to limit travelers arriving from China.
In Hyper-Inflationary Turkey, a New 64% Reading Is Good News for Erdogan
Consumer prices for the year rose by 64.27% in December, down from 84.39% in November.
EU offers help, prepares to counter China’s COVID crisis
The European Union has offered China help to deal with its COVID-19 crisis and is willing to donate vaccines