Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson warned against inserting a “European preference” into EU defense procurement rules. “My responsibility, first and foremost, is to get weapons in the hands of these warfighters,” Jonson said on Saturday. “Sometimes that can be from Europeans, sometimes it can be from the Americans or somewhere it can be from Asia.” […]
Continue ReadingAround 15,000 people gathered in the Piazza Calipari in Acerra, Campania, to welcome Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, as he arrived to offer comfort to locals in the region known as the Terra dei Fuochi, or land of fires, a vast area in southern Italy devastated by decades of illegal dumping, burying and burning of […]
Continue ReadingBySertac AktanwithAFP Published on 05/23/2026 – 16:45 GMT+2 President Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted that Ukraine deserves full EU membership, while German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pitched making Kyiv an “associate member” without voting rights. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING According to a letter to the bloc’s leadership, Merz suggested this status for the duration of the lengthy negotiations […]
Continue ReadingFormer Conservative Party chairman Sir Jeremy Hanley has died aged 80. His family confirmed that he died on Friday after a short illness, and thanked the hospital staff who cared for him. Hanley served in a series of ministerial roles under John Major and spent a year as party chairman from July 1994 to July 1995. […]
Continue ReadingBySonja Issel Published on 05/23/2026 – 16:21 GMT+2 Unusual find in the north of the German capital: While walking through woodland in the Pankow district, a person discovered a suspicious object. Special units from the State Office of Criminal Investigation (LKA) were soon on the scene. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING What the specialists then uncovered was something […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 05/23/2026 – 16:18 GMT+2 Several energy and industrial sites deep inside Russia were targeted in a series of Ukrainian strikes overnight on Saturday, according to Russian and Ukrainian authorities. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING In a post on Telegram, the Ukrainian military said it had confirmed a direct hit on the Sheskharis oil terminal in the […]
Continue ReadingAt the start of a hot bank holiday weekend, lengthy queues had formed at Dover port in what its authorities described as a challenging situation. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech
Continue ReadingThe court in the port city of Setúbal ordered the 41-year-old woman and the 55-year-old man to be placed in pretrial detention for the crimes of aggravated assault, endangerment and abandonment of the boys after a two-day hearing.
Continue ReadingShortly after US President Trump’s visit to China, more than a hundred Chinese ships appear in regional waters. Taiwan sounds the alarm. May 23, 2026, 4:02 p.mMay 23, 2026, 4:02 p.m An article by According to Taiwan, China has stationed more than a hundred ships from its navy and coast guard in regional waters. As […]
Continue ReadingMay 23, 2026, 3:55 p.mMay 23, 2026, 3:55 p.m Following the controversial crackdown on Gaza activists, France has imposed an entry ban on Israeli Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. “This decision is a reaction to his inexcusable behavior towards French and European citizens who were passengers on the Global Smud Flotilla,” said French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël […]
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