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This embedded content is not available in your region. Emergency services are working to strengthen flood defences in Central and Eastern Europe after torrential rains caused river levels to rise and damaged thousands of homes. Storm Boris caused many deaths in Romania, with four people dying in floods in the southeastern region of Galati. In […]

Russia and Ukraine announced on Saturday that more than 200 people have been released in a prisoner swap between the two countries. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a statement released and a video announcing that 82 soldiers and sergeants, along with 21 officers, had returned from Russian captivity. It follows the release on Friday of 49

At a big cat sanctuary in Brazil, a veterinarian carefully treats the wounds of a jaguar affected by wildfires raging in the world’s largest tropical wetland. While the animal is expected to recover, her home in the Pantanal continues to burn. The Pantanal, located south of the Amazon in the state of Mato Grosso do

Claim: It is illegal to take a DNA test in Israel. Judgement: Rating: False Context: While genetic testing is not entirely illegal in Israel, there are significant legal restrictions that limit access to DNA testing. In August 2024 a rumor started circulating spread on social media that DNA testing was illegal in Israel. Some social

(Bloomberg) — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has a higher approval rating than President Emmanuel Macron as he begins forming a new government, an Ipsos poll shows. Most read from Bloomberg The survey, published in the newspaper La Tribune, found that 34% of respondents were satisfied with Barnier. This compares with 30% for Macron, a

Emergency workers in the Czech Republic and Poland struggled with flooding on Saturday, while Austria declared a number of areas disaster zones due to historic rainfall in Central Europe and meteorologists warned of worse conditions to come. In the Czech Republic and Poland, the first villages were evacuated and in Austria, municipalities have been declared

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended the country’s planned expansion of border controls during his address to the public at a citizens’ dialogue on Saturday. “Irregular migration is not what we want,” Scholz told the gathering in Prenzlau, Brandenburg. If, as last year, 300,000 people came to Germany, only a few of whom were entitled to

Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the importance of freedom of speech and information in a speech at a media conference on Saturday. Critics of Putin’s policy of banning dissent called the remarks absurd. “At a time when the complex process of multipolarity is developing, it is particularly important to protect the principles of information reliability,”

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ruled out the future delivery of long-range precision weapons to Ukraine, regardless of the allies’ decisions. During a citizens’ dialogue in Prenzlau in the eastern German state of Brandenburg on Saturday, Scholz reiterated his rejection of the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles, saying it would entail “a major risk of

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expects negotiations over shares of Russian state-owned Rosneft in the Brandenburg PCK oil refinery to be completed by the end of the year, he said Saturday at an event in Prenzlau, near Berlin. The refinery supplies gasoline, diesel, heating oil and other products to northeastern Germany and will process exclusively Russian