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The boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigojine, said he wanted to become “president” of Ukraine, in a video posted on social networks on Saturday by the press service of his company Concord. “I have a political ambition: I have decided to stand in the Ukrainian presidential election …

The boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner announced on Friday the opening of 58 recruitment centers in 42 cities across Russia, as he seeks to replenish his troops which are suffering heavy losses in eastern Ukraine. The Wagner group is on the front line in the battle for the …

Women will now be able to swim topless in the swimming pools of Berlin, announced Thursday, in the name of the fight against discrimination between men and women, the direction of the swimming pools of the German capital. This announcement follows a referral to the Berlin office for the fight …

Four bodies were found in a Swiss family villa ravaged by a fire and an explosion Thursday in Yverdon-les-Bains, said the Vaud cantonal police (west), still looking for a child. The police were notified that an explosion had sounded in the building, followed by a fire. At the time of …

A detainee ended his life in Switzerland by resorting to an organization to help suicide, a first in this country, according to information which will appear Thursday in the newspaper Wochenzeitung. The man, whose name has not been released, died on February 28 with the support of the organization Exit. …

The parents of an obese British teenager who died aged 16 at the family home in particularly squalid conditions were sentenced on Wednesday to more than six years in prison for manslaughter by gross negligence. Kaylea Titford, 16, was found in conditions described in court as “unbecoming of any animal”, …

Bulgarian justice went on Wednesday against a judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) by refusing to issue a birth certificate to the stateless daughter of a lesbian couple. The Supreme Court overturned the decision of the Administrative Court of Sofia dated May 2022, which obliged the …

The world is not sufficiently prepared to face disasters, to which governments too often only react after the fact, deplores a report published on Tuesday which calls for a rethinking of risk management. In 2015, the international community adopted the Sendai targets aimed at reducing the number of victims and …

At least 32 people died and 85 were injured on Tuesday evening in a collision between a freight convoy and a passenger train traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki, Greece, firefighters said on Wednesday. “Thirty-two passengers were found dead,” said Vassilis Vathrakogiannis, the spokesman for the Greek firefighters during a brief …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday decorated American actor Steven Seagal, a former Hollywood star who has become an active defender of the Russian president in recent years and, more recently, of his offensive against Ukraine. Putin signed a decree awarding the “Order of Friendship” to the actor for “his …