The International Olympic Committee has announced that transgender women will be banned from competing as females from the 2028 Games. Eligibility for any female category at IOC events will now be limited to biological women, with an athlete’s status determined by a one-time screening process. Speaking in a video on the social media site X, […]
Continue ReadingA NATO report on Thursday said military spending by European allies and Canada rose by 20 percent in 2025. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly demanded that NATO partners significantly boost defence expenditures, with leaders agreeing at a summit last year to spend 5 percent of GDP on defence and related investments by 2035.
Continue ReadingByAna Filipa PalmawithEuronews Published on 03/26/2026 – 15:08 GMT+1 In February 2023, the report of the Independent Commission for the Study of Child Sexual Abuse was published, which estimated that at least 4,800 children are believed to have been victims of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in Portugal since 1950. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING This Thursday, […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Finland’s Supreme Court fined a Member of Parliament for calling homosexuality a “developmental disorder”, in a landmark ruling. Paivi Rasanen, a long-serving MP for the Christian Democratic party, was […]
Continue ReadingMarch 26, 2026, 2:48 p.mMarch 26, 2026, 2:48 p.m During an unusual appearance at the White House, First Lady Melania Trump welcomed international guests together with a humanoid robot. The robot named “Figure 03” accompanied Trump across a red carpet to the East Hall and greeted international guests in several languages. It was the first […]
Continue ReadingA court alleges that the documentary promoted “negative attitudes” about the Russian government and the war in Ukraine.
Continue ReadingThe European Parliament approved on Thursday a law aimed at speeding up the return of irregular migrants in larger numbers by building deportation centers outside the EU, alongside stricter rules reflecting a shift in political priorities as Europe pivots to the right. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The law will also increase the legal detention period to up […]
Continue ReadingThe intervention raises the stakes in a dispute that has been building since the Biennale Foundation confirmed earlier this month that Russia would return for the first time since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The decision has already drawn condemnation from more than 20 European governments and prompted warnings from the European Commission […]
Continue ReadingWith 228 votes in favour, 311 against, and 92 abstentions, MEPs rejected the Commission proposal, closing EP first reading on extending an existing derogation of the ePrivacy Directive. The purpose of the proposed extension was to continue temporary measures while negotiations continue on a long-term legal framework to prevent and combat child sexual abuse online. […]
Continue Reading“This shows that NATO allies recognise our changed security environment, and the need to meet our collective obligations,” NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte wrote in the report. “I expect the NATO Summit in Ankara this July to build on our achievements in 2025. There is no room for complacency and no time to waste.” Yet the […]
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