Kyiv and Moscow have conducted a major prisoner swap, with 215 Ukrainian and foreign fighters released in exchange for more than 50 Russian prisoners, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced overnight on Wednesday. Zelenskyy lauded “215 pieces of good news,” and said, “We are bringing our people home.” The prisoner swap included nearly 200 soldiers who defended […]
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Russian police arrested hundreds of people Wednesday night for protesting against President Vladimir Putin’s troop mobilization decree. A domestic human rights group, OVD-Info, said that more than 1,300 people had been detained, according to information it had collected from 38 Russian cities across the country. Videos posted to social media showed people chanting “No to […]
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DUBLIN — Catholics have overtaken Protestants for the first time in Northern Ireland, a demographic milestone likely to intensify political demands for an early referendum on uniting Ireland. Long-awaited data from Northern Ireland’s 2021 census published Thursday also confirms a Brexit-fueled surge in citizens opting for Irish rather than British citizenship, particularly among younger residents. […]
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British Prime Minister Liz Truss is considering relocating the U.K. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Truss told her Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid “about her review of the current location” of the building, a Downing Street spokeswoman said. Truss had already proposed the move as a campaign promise to the Conservative Friends of Israel, during her […]
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Russians fleeing a military draft won’t get into Estonia or Latvia, posing questions what Finland, Lithuania, and Poland would do if there is a large exodus.
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September 24 is trending as a viral date on TikTok, as some users believe there will be a global blackout on this date. The prediction has its origins in a speech given by Germany’s CDU party leader, Friedrich Merz. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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For much of the past decade, Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party has served as the dependable linchpin of wobbly crisis cabinets, delivering responsible – if uninspiring – government. As the country heads to the polls on September 25, the party’s inability to capture the imagination of Italian voters is hobbling its efforts to prevent a right-wing […]
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As Ukrainian forces have regained territory in the east, evidence of torture chambers used under Russian occupation has come to light.
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Greece announced plans on Wednesday to increase power bill subsidies for companies and households. Kostas Skrekas, Minister of the Environment and Energy, noted that the government will provide citizens and businesses with additional 1.1 billion euro next month, according to Reuters reporting on Wednesday. He noted that the move will cushion […]
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Union has been urged to shut down factory farming in order to mitigate the impacts from the current energy crisis. The demand was made on Thursday by several EU-wide animal welfare campaign organisations. A joint statement urges the EU to shut down intensive animal farming as part of an “effective […]
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