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About halfway through a marathon session on Thursday, the Bundestag, the lower house of Germany’s parliament, reignited a debate that had stopped six years ago: whether Germany should bring itself in line with several other European countries and make organ donation an “opt-out” rather than an “opt-in” option. Despite pressure from the health ministry, Germany’s … Read more
With summer in full swing in France, we take a look at the French festive spirit and how traditional banquets are creating controversy, with reports of racist slurs and Nazi salutes at the events. We also discuss how other gatherings, like free-parties and raves, are coming under scrutiny, amidst criticism that they are being politically … Read more
Pro-Kremlin social media users are blaming Ukraine for a strike that led to a fire at the Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv, a UNESCO World Heritage site. However, the images they say constitute “proof” were actually AI-generated. Source link
On Thursday, the predominantly Republican US Supreme Court authorized President Donald Trump’s administration to revoke, without judicial review, a temporary status that protects 350,000 Haitian immigrants and 6,000 Syrians from deportation. Source link
Sunny weather and calm seas have meant the number of migrants attempting the dangerous crossing from northern France to the UK in small boats has risen sharply in the last week. In April this year, the UK agreed to provide 767 million euros to France over the next three years to reinforce policing along the … Read more
More Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries are competing in the 2026 World Cup than at any previous tournament, much to the delight of fans from Morocco to Jordan. But as always with sports, politics is never far from the pitch. Iran, of course, springs to mind. Never before has a country hosted a … Read more
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday in a bid to tighten ties. Their relationship thus far has been marked by political differences, but Meloni’s rift with US leader Donald Trump and shared interests are drawing the two leaders together. Emerald Maxwell takes a look Source link
According to a newly published study, youth spend an average of 4.5 hours on screens during a typical school day, and more than 6 hours on weekends. eu data. Furthermore, it revealed that almost 14% of teenagers in the EU, or one in seven, say they spend at least eight hours or more on screens … Read more
A landmark conference on Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction opened on Thursday in Poland without President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is snubbing the event over a diplomatic row with all Warsaw and weeks of squabbling over historical differences. Kyiv sent Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko instead who struck a friendly tone and didn’t mention the historical disagreements. Source link
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa CDC, said the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo is “serious” but not “out of control”. He warned that “no one is safe” if it is not stopped at the source and argued that the West would already have a vaccine if … Read more