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‘I have to keep reliving it’: infected blood claimants being asked to prove eligibility

It was nine months after she had gone into hospital with gallstones, where she received a routine blood transfusion. "She went downhill rapidly," Morgan recalled. Her mother haemorrhaged in her liver, and the next day…

Former Romanian presidential candidate Georgescu detained on suspicion of fraud

The group allegedly failed to deliver on its promises, and the victim lost “more than €1.1 million.” The former presidential candidate is already facing two other criminal cases: one over allegedly acting against…

EU pressures Big Tech to go green with new data center sustainability label

The EU executive's performance standards, which the Commission wants to present in spring 2027, are expected to tighten the screws by setting mandatory sustainability thresholds for newly built or retrofitted data…

With every election – including the two on Sunday – Germany becomes harder to govern

Minutes after polls closed in two state elections on Sunday, Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz took to the podium in the HQ of his party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and offered his own resumé of Germany’s…

Lib Dems call for one-to-one midwife care during childbirth

Three in every 100 women suffered serious tearing injuries requiring emergency surgery in the first half of this year, something party leader Sir Ed Davey said was a "devastating indictment of our NHS maternity…

News outlets Trump banned from White House announce lawsuit

“This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,” the…

Putin’s party dominates in Russia’s sham elections

Residents of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson — regions that the Kremlin unlawfully occupied after the 2022 assault started — also took part in the vote, with some reportedly coerced into doing so . The war in…

Stephen Goss: Did the triumvirate of separatist leaders get anywhere closer to their own triumph?

The 28 th September is Ulster Day; marking the occasion in 1912 when unionists across Ulster signed the Solemn League and Covenant, pledging to resist Home Rule for Ireland by any means necessary. There is a certain…

Tory targets and what Labour can learn from them

They are also selecting 14 candidates to fight the Lib Dems (currently busy fighting among themselves at their conference). They are targeting three of the seats currently held by Reform. Early selections are interesting…

Google hit with €403M privacy fine over handling of user location data

The issues concerned how Google processed and retained location data in its Web & App Activity, Location History and Location Accuracy functions, as well as transparency. The complaints from consumer groups alleged that…