Europe

Residents of the Spanish Mediterranean island of Mallorca demonstrated this Sunday, July 21, in the streets of Palma, to denounce the excesses of tourism on the island, police said. Protesters believe that the current model places public services on the verge of collapse, degrades natural resources and makes access to …

The European Parliament largely voted this Thursday, July 18, 2024 for Ursula Von der Leyen, who will remain at the head of the European Commission for the next five years. The 65-year-old politician was expected to secure the support of at least 361 of the 719 MEPs elected last June. …

Russia and Ukraine announced this Wednesday, July 17, a new exchange of prisoners of war, each side releasing 95 soldiers, less than a month after a previous exchange. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the release of 95 people serving in the army, national guard and border guards. “No matter the …

Child vaccination rates around the world are stagnating and have still not returned to their pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels, the UN warned on Monday July 15. “Compared to the level of 2019, before the pandemic, 2.7 million more children were still not vaccinated, or incompletely, in 2023,” said the United Nations …

Two children are in a critical condition after being thrown out of the window of their fifth-floor apartment by their father in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. According to reports, the children’s father later committed suicide. The father died on the spot, while the children were transported in absolute …

After his electoral defeat, UK Prime minister Rishi Sunak announced his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party this Friday. PM Rishi Sunak apologized to the British by leaving Downing Street. “After this result, I will leave the post of party leader, not immediately, but once everything is in place …

The UN denounced this Wednesday, July 3, reports of “unacceptable” abuses and even torture suffered by Palestinian detainees since the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7 and the war in Gaza, and demanded an investigation. Asked about a recent case where the Israeli army admitted that soldiers tied an …

A letter signed by physicist Albert Einstein, in which he urged US President Franklin Roosevelt to draw up a program to develop the nuclear bomb, will be auctioned next September, the BBC reported. In this letter dated August 2, 1939, a month before the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany …

The Kremlin reacted after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday against Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for war crimes and crimes against alleged humanity in Ukraine. “We do not recognize the jurisdiction of this court,” Russian presidency spokesperson Dmitry …

The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Tuesday June 25 that it had issued arrest warrants against Russian Chief of Staff Valéri Gerassimov and former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. They are both accused of being responsible for the war crimes of directing attacks against civilian objects and causing excessive …