WHO seeks clarity on second pneumonia case in Russia amid plague fears

In a statement sent to the WHO Tuesday, Russian health authorities said they conducted an investigation “following the identification of a case of community acquired pneumonia” and that “no pathogens of dangerous…

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Greens face conference centre ban over Zionism motion

The leader of Brighton & Hove City Council (BHCC), Labour's Bella Sankey, said she was "deeply concerned at the prospect of the Green Party returning to Brighton for future conferences". She claimed the motion was…

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The Unravelling of Childhood in Southern Lebanon

Neighbours equipped with little more than flashlights, shovels, and their bare hands carried injured people away from the wreckage because emergency medical services were unable to reach the site. When a building…

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Kemi Badenoch’s Conference speech: “Burnham is promising a better yesterday what I am promising is a better tomorrow”

Conference, there is a fight coming in British politics. A fight that we have not seen in this country for more than half a century. It will be a battle for the soul of this nation. A battle of ideas. A battle that goes…

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Lord Ashcroft: As America leaves Iraq, Kurdistan fears what comes next

For more information on his work, visit lordashcroft.com. Follow him on X/Facebook @LordAshcroft. When I arrived in Erbil, the autonomous Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq earlier this week, a column of trucks carrying…

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From the Archives: UK Column News — 22nd January 2020

Subjects covered include Greta Thunberg, Trump, ‘online harms’, Boris Johnson meeting Vladimir Putin, and a sinister story from the BBC which advocates the killing of the elderly. It was a chilling premonition of what…

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France and Germany say diesel promise to Trump won’t require new stock release

That deal was brokered by the International Energy Agency in March weeks after the outbreak of the war in Iran. The exact quantities Germany and France will release remains unclear, but they will represent a portion of…

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EU-Parlament verschärft vor Šefčovič-Reise Haltung zur China-Politik

Es ist an der Zeit, diese einzusetzen.“ Die Äußerung deckt sich mit Positionen, die Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz und Frankreichs Präsident Emmanuel Macron Anfang der Woche in einem gemeinsamen Papier vereinbart haben.…

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Sam Collins: It will require Kemistry and humility on the Right to really halt Burnham’s lurch Left

What a difference a year makes. Conference 2025 was a depressingly empty, flat experience (and not just because it was in Andy’s Manchester). Many wondered openly if it was the equivalent of a Liberal Conference in the…

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Russia hits Ukraine with wave of attacks on Putin’s birthday

Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s energy system was one of the key targets of the latest attack. Ukraine’s energy ministry said it had to schedule power cuts in some parts of the country to save energy, while residents in at…

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