According to French media, at least five people died crossing the English Channel just hours after the UK approved the migrant deportation bill. “The bodies were discovered at the Wimereaux beach in northern France,” according to the Voix du Nord newspaper. The rescue operation is ongoing and helicopters and boats …
Read More »Pope Francis renews call for peace
Pope Francis renewed his call for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine as he pray for peace in Palestine and Israel on Sunday. “I renew my appeal not to give in to the logic of claiming war,” Francis told a gathered audience in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican …
Read More »BRICS film festival kicks off in Moscow
The BRICS Film Festival, now in its eighth year, kicked off in Russia on Friday as part of the Moscow International Film Festival. It is an annual event organized by the rotating presidency of the BRICS countries. The Moscow program features eight films from Russia, India, China, Brazil, Iran, South …
Read More »Deputy head of Russian Navy arrives in Eritrea for negotiations
A Russian delegation led by the country’s deputy navy commander Vladimir Kasatonov has arrived at the Eritrean port city of Massawa for bilateral talks. It was welcomed on Monday by senior Eritrean military officials led by army chief Philipos Woldeyohannes and Culture and Sports Commission Commissioner Zemede Tekle. The visit …
Read More »United Kingdom: land army soldiers allowed to wear beards
As of this Friday, March 29, in the United Kingdom, army soldiers are allowed to grow beards and wear them, even during service or a ceremony. This ends a ban dating back more than 100 years, reports The Telegraph. The move comes as the army faces increasing difficulties in recruiting …
Read More »Germany legalizes cannabis for recreational use from April 1
From Monday April 1, Germany will become the third country in the European Union to legalize recreational cannabis under conditions. This flagship law of the government of Social Democratic Chancellor (SPD) Olaf Scholz was adopted – 407 votes for, 226 votes against -, after having been the subject of numerous …
Read More »Bar managers detained in Russia for LGBT+ “extremism”
The managers of a bar in the Urals in Russia were placed in pre-trial detention for LGBT+ “extremism”, a court in the city of Orenburg announced this Wednesday. “This is the first criminal case of this type in Russia after the Supreme Court’s decision to classify the LGBT movement as …
Read More »President Putin won the presidential election and assured that “all goals will be achieved”
Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the Russians on Sunday March 17 for voting in the presidential election which he largely won according to preliminary results. “First of all, I would like to thank the citizens, we are all one team, all the citizens of Russia who went to the polling …
Read More »Covid-19: scientists study case of a German vaccinated 217 times
In a study published on Monday March 4 by The Lancet Infectious Diseases, scientists from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the University of Erlangen looked at the case of a 62-year-old German man from the city of Magdeburg (central Germany) who has been vaccinated no less than 217 times …
Read More »Lupita Nyong’o, first black president of the Berlin Festival jury
The Mexican-Kenyan actress, Lupita Nyong’o, is the first black president of the Berlin Film Festival jury, which opens this Thursday evening February 15, 2024 in the German capital. Lupita Nyong’o follows in the footsteps of Spike Lee, who in 2021 will become the first black filmmaker to chair the Cannes …
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