In their campaign before last autumn’s elections, the populist and far-right parties that now form Czechia’s coalition government promised to reform Czech Television (CT) and Czech Radio (CRO). On June 15, the Cabinet kept this promise by approving the related bill. If approved by both houses of parliament and signed by the president, the law … Read more
Australia on Saturday confirmed its mainland’s first case of the deadly H5 strain of bird flu. Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said at a press briefing in Canberra that the disease was found in a migratory sea bird – the brown skua – in a remote part of Western Australia. This development means that a highly … Read more
Poland’s nationalist President Karol Nawrocki on Friday announced his decision to strip Poland’s highest award, the Order of the White Eagle, from his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. There have been tensions between Warsaw and Kiev for days over Zelensky’s decision to name a Ukrainian army unit after a World War II-era Uprising (UPA), which Warsaw … Read more
“A great victory” and “a turning point for Lebanon” – this is how Naim Qassem, leader of the Lebanese group Hezbollah, described on Wednesday the memorandum of understanding that stopped fighting between Iran and the US this week. Qassem thanked the Iranians for “annexing Lebanese territory through agreement” and “forcing Israel to stop its aggression.” … Read more
British Transport Police announced on Friday that they were responding to reports of a train collision north of London. “We are responding to reports of a collision between two trains in the Bedford area,” the transport police force wrote on X, referring to the market town about 56 miles (90 kilometers) north of London. Other … Read more
German journalist Eva Maria Michelmann, who disappeared earlier this year while reporting on the remnants of more than a decade of civil war in Syria, returned to Germany on Friday, her lawyer said. “It can be confirmed that Eva M. Michelmann was released this morning and returned to Germany this afternoon,” her lawyer Roland Meister … Read more
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial chemical that has been banned from baby bottles and thermal paper receipts in the European Union. Now it will also be banned from food packaging. From July 2026, food wrappers and containers made from BPA or other bisphenols will no longer be allowed to be sold in the EU. … Read more
Nearly seven months after the military coup in Guinea-Bissau last year, the continued detention of opposition leader Domingos Simões Pereira, leader of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), has become an international issue. A Guinea-Bissau military court earlier this month ordered Pereira to remain under house arrest following fresh … Read more
Israel’s military said on June 19 its forces struck targets throughout southern Lebanon overnight as Hezbollah reported intense fighting in the area, threatening the nascent agreement between Iran and the United States to end their war. Israel and Hezbollah are not parties to the agreement, but Iran insists Israel must withdraw from southern Lebanon. FRANCE … Read more
Co-hosts Mexico became the first team to secure a place in the World Cup knockout stage after a 1-0 victory over South Korea at a jubilant Guadalajara Stadium on Thursday. Luis Romo scored shortly after half-time, capitalizing on a goalkeeping error, to seal Mexico’s second straight win and confirm them as Group A winners with … Read more