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Published on 05/08/2026 – 12:37 GMT+2 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemned Russia’s “horrible atrocities” following overnight attacks on Ukraine and announced €1.4 billion in EU funding from proceeds generated by immobilised Russian assets. Von der Leyen announced the funding on X a day after Russian ballistic missile…

Migrant children in Ceuta suffer loss, hunger in hope of a safer life in mainland Europe.Published On 3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026Hundreds of unaccompanied minors are stranded in Ceuta in North Africa, following the massive surge of migrants who swam around the border fence with Morocco to reach the Spanish…

The administration of President Donald Trump has cancelled the visa for Brazil’s ambassador in the United States, the latest sign of a deepening diplomatic rift between the two countries.An anonymous US State Department official briefed reporters on Tuesday that Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti’s visa had been temporarily revoked.But Ribeiro…

DETROIT (AP) — Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official who harnessed Democratic frustration with the party establishment, narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s U.S. Senate primary, setting up a crucial test for progressives in a key battleground state.El-Sayed will face Republican Mike Rogers, a former congressman, in November…

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – Captain Ibrahim Traore, a 38-year-old army officer who seized power in a 2022 coup, has become one of Africa’s most recognisable leaders, hailed by supporters as a symbol of sovereignty and resistance to foreign influence.But while his image has grown across the continent, his rule has…

President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda, an Associated Press investigation found.More than 50 parents and spouses of active-duty service members have been detained since Trump took…

Melissa Lavigne has done a lot of kayaking on the St.  John River in Fredericton. But recently, as she explored the shoreline on the city’s south side, she came across a couple of grave discoveries, one with a possible link to a passenger on the Mayflower. Lavigne found a headstone and a grave marker for two different men, buried 67 years…

From border management and asylum rules to integration and the rights of people living in Europe without legal status, migration continues to raise difficult questions for policymakers. Spanish MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Socialists & Democrats) and Swedish MEP Tomas Tobé (European People’s Party) discuss how Europe should manage migration,…

The outbreak is concentrated in the province of Ituri, which accounts for nearly 90 percent of reported cases.Published On 4 Aug 20264 Aug 2026The death toll from the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak has risen above 1,700, as the World Health Organization (WHO) says trials of…

National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez says 6,125 people confirmed dead as government response faces scrutiny.Published On 3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026The Venezuelan government has announced that the confirmed death toll from a pair of heavy earthquakes that struck the country in June has risen to 6,125 people.National Assembly President Jorge…

DETROIT (AP) — NFL player Terrion Arnold of the Detroit Lions was charged Thursday in Florida with leading a plot to detain and pistol-whip three people whom he believed had stolen luxury goods and $100,000 in cash from him.It turned out that the three, including Arnold’s personal driver, had nothing…

Published on 29/06/2026 – 13:44 GMT+2 Ukraine was braced on Monday for an “intense” spike in temperatures over the coming days, with an eastward-moving heatwave set to heap pressure on the country’s struggling power grid. Russian drone and missile attacks have decimated Ukraine’s energy network since Moscow invaded in February…