Europe

Europe 10/20/21, 16:17

The Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, responded forcefully to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, that the Poles are in favor of the "power of the rule of law" and "do not believe in blackmail or paternalistic attitudes," in the fierce debate in which they ...

D.C. 10/19/21, 05:26

The U.S., UK, and Australia (AUKUS) recently announced a new security partnership in the Indo-Pacific region, intending to develop defense and high-tech cooperation to help Australia develop nuclear submarines. Under the agreement, the U.S. and the UK will help Australia build at least eight nuclear submarines. The three countries' leaders declared ...

Europe 10/18/21, 21:06

Two female students were detained by Greek police on Sunday, Oct. 17, as they attempted to hang a banner on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, in protest against the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games (OG). Tsela Zoksang, an 18-year-old Tibetan student, and Joey Siu, 22, an exiled Hong Kong activist, ...

Europe 10/18/21, 15:38

Pope Francis gave a virtual address for the "Fourth World Meeting of Popular Movements" on Oct. 16 and praised the protests that ended in violent riots by the Marxist Black Lives Matter movement. He called the protestors in the U.S. following the death in police custody of George Floyd "good ...

Europe 10/18/21, 01:32

A report recently published by the French Military School Strategic Research Institute (IRSEM) has exposed the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) worldwide influence over governments. The report, 646 pages long, took two years to complete, with contributions from at least 50 researchers. It is titled "Chinese Influence Operations: A Machiavellian Moment," authored by ...

Inspired Stories 10/17/21, 15:48

A hair model, who is widely known as Ukraine's real-life Rapunzel, has not cut her hair since she was 12 years-old. The 38 year-old now boasts 65 inches of growth that surprises many people who she meets. "People are always shocked when they see my hair [and] they say that I am ...

Europe 10/16/21, 16:52

Slovenia's Prime Minister Janez Janša posted a tweet with pictures titled: "13 of 226 known [George] Soros puppets in the EU Parliament," causing a strong reaction from European politicians. The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, censured Janša through a tweet, condemning the attack on the MEPs mentioned above. "We urgently ...

Europe 10/14/21, 15:46

Authorities are investigating a man suspected of murdering multiple people with a bow and arrow on Oct. 13. Norwegian police near Oslo are questioning the suspect after he allegedly tried to resolve a "disagreement" by firing multiple projectiles, which killed five and seriously injured two about 6:15 p.m. He was arrested within ...

Europe 10/12/21, 20:46

Now may not be the best time to consider a holiday in Spain as some flights in the country were canceled and swimming is restricted. The flights are reduced following the volcano eruption in La Palma island, which has been active since Sept. 19, Glasgowlive reported. The airport on the island was ...

Europe 10/12/21, 19:29

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled Tuesday, Oct. 12, that the Vatican enjoys sovereign immunity, protecting it from child sexual abuse claims in local courts. The ruling published Tuesday came after 24 people claiming to be victims of sexual abuse filed a lawsuit against the highest Catholic Holy ...

Europe 10/11/21, 17:28

China’s surveillance technology company Hikvision is facing fresh scrutiny in Europe, where its high-tech cameras are criticized for posing security risks. According to Politico, a security researcher has found a glitch in Hikvision's cameras that "permits an attacker to gain full control of the device," and concluded that the products had "the highest ...

News 10/11/21, 02:19

Researchers believe that Italian mariners knew about America 150 years before Christopher Columbus found the continent. A 14th-century Milanese friar has left a collection of writings referring to Genoan mariners knowing of a country west of Greenland "where giants live." The text was discovered by Italian researchers when researching the Cronica Universalis ...

Europe 10/09/21, 01:37

After an explosion in Georgia, a mob erupted in jubilation as a baby was pulled out alive from the wreckage of a fallen five-story block of apartments. On Friday morning, October 8, a crowd of people—including firefighters and local citizens—gathered around a portion of a fallen residential structure in Batumi, a ...

Europe 10/08/21, 15:49

Poland's Constitutional Court, the country's highest judicial body, rejected in a ruling that European Union laws are above Poland's, adding that some of the European treaties are incompatible with the Polish constitution. The ruling sparked discontent among several members and authorities of the bloc, who warned the Polish government that it ...

South America 10/07/21, 14:52

Police in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, discovered a treasure trove of more than 1,000 Nazi collectibles, valued at more than $3.2 million, in the home of a wealthy man accused of child molestation. The 58-year-old alleged pedophile would approach children in his neighborhood in an attempt to lure ...

Europe 10/05/21, 22:22

On Tuesday, Russia sent an actress and a director into space to be the first to film a movie off-planet, according to the Associated Press (AP). At 8:55 GMT, the Soyuz spacecraft lifted off from the Russian space launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, bound for the International Space Station. Inside the ...