United Kingdom Communities Secretary Michael Gove has unveiled the government’s new definition of “extremism” to the House of Commons amid heightened domestic tensions since the onset of Israel’s war on Gaza in October. The veteran Conservative Party politician said on Thursday that the new definition seeks to tackle the rise…
Spain’s lower house of parliament has approved an amnesty bill aimed at forgiving crimes – proven and alleged – by Catalan separatists during a chaotic attempt to hold an independence referendum in the region six years ago. The MPs on Thursday voted 178 in favour to 172 against in the 350-seat…
NATO’s secretary-general calls on members to show the political will to offer more support for Kyiv against Russia. Ukraine is running out of ammunition and NATO members are not doing enough to help Kyiv, the alliance’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, has said, in unusually blunt comments about the state of the…
The European Union also sent requests for info to tech giants on their use of generative artificial intelligence. The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Chinese e-commerce site AliExpress over concerns about illegal and pornographic content on its platform. In a statement on Thursday, the European Union’s executive…
New Delhi, India – On the night of February 20, Ashwin Mangukiya’s phone rang. It was a WhatsApp call from his son Hemil, who told his family that he was speaking from a military dormitory in Donetsk, the eastern Ukrainian region occupied by Russia. Hemil, 23, said he had been…
As the war enters its 750th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Fighting At least four people were killed and eight injured after a Russian drone and bomb attack on Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Sumy regions hit residential buildings. Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr…
The move provides a welcome boost for Kyiv as support from its other major backer, the United States, wavers and its outgunned forces struggle to hold back Russia. European Union countries have agreed to provide five billion euros ($5.48bn) for military aid to Ukraine as part of a revamp of…
Britain is cutting taxes for workers again ahead of elections. Britain slipped into recession late last year, and many people and businesses are struggling with a high cost of living. The Conservative Party is battling for its electoral future against a bleak economic backdrop.Britain’s spring budget of 2024 was seen…
Plans are separate from the ‘Rwanda bill’, a stalled plan to forcibly deport most asylum seekers to the African country. The United Kingdom’s government is considering plans to pay asylum seekers whose applications have failed up to 3,000 British pounds ($3,840) to move to Rwanda. The proposed scheme, part of…
Ahead of weekend elections, Russian president boasts his country’s nuclear capabilities are superior to the West’s. President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia is “ready” to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to its statehood. In a recorded interview broadcast by Russian media on Wednesday, the Kremlin chief…
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