The West is seeing record immigration inflows, but far-right groups are blaming their economic grievances on refugees and asylum seekers. From Donald Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric to the wave of violence that has swept across England and Northern Ireland, the debate around the impact of immigration on local economies is heating up. Far-right politicians in the […]
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Soldiers at base next to Cologne airport warned not to drink tap water. German authorities have sealed off a military base in Cologne as they investigate the potential contamination of the water supply. A German defence ministry spokesman confirmed on Wednesday that an investigation of suspected sabotage was under way at the Cologne-Wahn barracks. A
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Tokyo CNN — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will not run for a second term as leader of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) next month following a series of political scandals that have fueled calls for him to resign. In a press conference on Wednesday, Kishida said it is necessary to present the LDP
Kishida will not seek re-election as the leader of the ruling LDP in party elections next month. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced he will not seek re-election as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in next month’s party polls, in a decision that means the country will also have a
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Russian leader says his country is focused on war in Ukraine but laments ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Gaza. Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas he is “concerned” about the high number of Palestinian civilian casualties in Gaza. In a meeting in Moscow on Tuesday, Abbas said that Russia was considered
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Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to strengthen into a hurricane in the Atlantic by Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Ernesto was in the Caribbean on Tuesday morning, about 250 miles east-southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and moving west-northwest at 18 mph with 50 mph maximum sustained winds. That movement is expected to
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Case is the first filed against Hasina after she was forced out of office and fled the country amid nationwide protests. A court in Bangladesh has opened a murder investigation into former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and six top figures in her administration over the police killing of a man during civil unrest last month.
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The findings follow analysis of seismic readings from NASA’s Mars InSight lander before it shut down in 2022. New research suggests there may be enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks beneath the surface of Mars to form an ocean. The findings are based on seismic measurements from NASA’s Mars InSight lander, which
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin vows to respond as civilians in Kursk region are told to leave. A lightning attack by Ukrainian forces on Russian territory last week took not only Russia by surprise, but the rest of the world, too. Ukrainian troops are reported to be advancing in Russia’s Kursk region and Moscow has ordered
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London CNN — A security guard said he tried to save an 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman as they were attacked by a man wielding a knife in London’s Leicester Square, one of the busiest tourist destinations in the English capital. London’s Westminster Police said a man, believed to be the only suspect, had
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