The jailed former leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, Jeffrey Donaldson, is facing a new allegation that he raped a woman inside the DUP’s […]
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Perquisitions au Parlement européen dans une enquête visant l’ancien groupe du RN
STRASBOURG — Des agents sous l’autorité du Parquet européen ont procédé mercredi matin à une perquisition dans les bureaux des équipes du groupe d’extrême droite […]
Fibrus completes first phase of Cumbria broadband rollout
Fibrus has completed its first phase of its government-funded Project Gigabit rollout in Cumbria. As a result, over 37,700 homes and businesses in some of […]
How far has Germany come in implementing the European children’s rights strategies?
Eurochild member, the German Children’s Fund (Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk), has been examining how Germany is implementing the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child and […]
Digital inequality and children’s rights
How children’s backgrounds shape children’s experiences in the digital environment. Children do not experience the digital environment equally. Poverty, disability, migration status, care status, housing […]
Another eclipse over Spain on 28 August: where and how to see the Moon almost completely covered
Spain will turn its eyes to the sky just 16 days after the historic total solar eclipse. On 28 August a partial lunar eclipse of […]
Lib Dems reject ‘discriminatory and unworkable’ EHRC guidance on transgender people
Motion passed at party conference calls for new approach to implementing ruling that legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex only The […]
Witkoff to Putin: ‘You are a humanitarian … I salute that’
Steve Witkoff, the United States’ special envoy, praised Russian ruler Vladimir Putin during face-to-face talks in St. Petersburg, calling him “a humanitarian.” “You talk so much […]
Macron slams ‘stupid’ comments after Trump pins French riots on immigration
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday hit out at the “unacceptable and stupid comments from many foreign leaders” in the aftermath of unrest […]
US Citizen Accused By Moscow Of Fighting For Ukraine Released From Russian Prison
Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired teacher from Michigan held by Russia since 2022 on accusations of joining Ukraine’s armed forces, has been freed in what […]
US Envoy Witkoff Begins Meeting With Putin After Zelenskyy Talks On Ukraine Peace
US envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in St. Petersburg to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin following talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Oslo.
Ericsson, Telstra expand autonomous networks partnership
Ericsson and Telstra have extended their partnership to help telecom operators build networks that can manage more tasks automatically, with less human involvement. The move […]
Ed Miliband’s clean energy company is being split apart
LONDON — Labour swept to power with a big, expensive promise: to create a government-owned energy company, hand it billions to invest in British renewables, […]
Vodafone targets cyber threats with new CyberProtect service
Vodafone Business has launched CyberProtect, a new cybersecurity service aimed at helping UK businesses spot online threats before they cause serious damage. The service will […]
EU to press Canada and UK for more Ukraine funding
BRUSSELS — The EU is preparing to try and persuade Canada and the U.K. to increase their support for Ukraine as part of efforts to […]
Europe’s conservatives have 2 new targets in their campaign to weaken EU climate laws
BRUSSELS — Center-right lawmakers in the European Parliament are intensifying efforts to weaken two EU climate laws, a campaign that threatens to undermine the bloc’s push […]
Maybe it’s personal: Europeans worry Trump just likes Putin more than Zelenskyy
In a throwaway comment this week, Donald Trump made clear that he does not regard the war in Ukraine as a conflict with fault on […]
Poland’s government votes to ease abortion laws in challenge to conservative president
WARSAW — Poland’s lower chamber of parliament approved two bills that would loosen the country’s strict abortion restrictions Tuesday evening, marking a breakthrough for Prime […]
After Oslo Talks, Zelenskyy Thanks US As Missile Intelligence ‘Works Now’
US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will take part in meetings in Oslo to discuss the situation in Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy […]
US to offer Putin face-to-face talks with Zelenskyy and Trump
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff will offer Vladimir Putin direct talks with President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an effort to secure a […]