“Hounds of Love” is a song from the eponymous album by Kate Bush, released in 1986. The album was the one of Kate’s consecration album, a “concept album” which showed to the world that Bush was not only the most popular female singer of the UK pop scene, but a crazy lady capable of pushing […]
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This is a war fought in a cycle of opposites: bursts of chaos from outgoing and incoming shelling, and then long lulls in which soldiers undertake the most routine activities.
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Thousands of firefighters in the forested area near Bordeaux, France, are battling a wildfire, which has already forced 10.000 to flee.
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The EU needs to be clear eyed about China’s new diplomatic charm offensive, as it’s more likely driven by short-term necessity than any fundamental policy re-assessment.
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The Swedish government has agreed to extradite a Turkish citizen with Kurdish roots wanted for credit card fraud to Turkey, amid the backdrop of Turkey’s Nato threat.
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Despite the war, the Ukrainian Premier League is preparing for a new football season. “We continue to compete and cheer. We continue to fight and win,” Ukraine’s sports minister said.
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Donors at an international conference in Denmark pledged over €1.5bn to boost Ukraine’s military capabilities in its war against Russia. The pledges were made by 26 countries. “We are not getting tired. We are increasing the amount of aid to Ukraine,” said Ben Wallace, UK’s secretary of state for defence, who-costed the conference alongside with […]
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Russian oil production has fallen by less than 3 percent since the invasion of Ukraine, with western energy sanctions having only a “limited” effect, the International Energy Agency has found, as flows are rerouted to India and China. In its latest monthly report, the agency said Russia’s oil production in July was 310,000 barrels a […]
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Spain evacuated an additional 294 Afghans via Pakistan and flew them into Madrid late Wednesday evening, it said. “This flight is further evidence that we are keeping our commitment to not leave anyone behind,” said Spanish foreign minister José Albares, in a statement. Spain has so far evacuated 3,900 Afghans since the Taliban takeover last […]
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Ukraine is calling on US president Joe Biden’s administration to sanction all Russian private banks to help end president Vladimir Putin’s ability to wage war, according to Kyiv’s envoy to Washington. President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government wants the US to add a couple of banks per week to its list of sanctioned financial institutions, according to […]
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