Italy Prime Minister Meloni divorces partner after sexist TV personality’s ‘uncomfortable filth’
The split comes as the 46-year-old prime minister celebrates her first year in office at the head of a right-wing coalition government that has defended the traditional family as one of its policy hallmarks.
Ukrainian spies predict Russian strongman Putin will ‘die of cancer soon’ as dogfight erupts to replace him
Russian officials are already planning to replace Vladimir Putin as leader eleven months after he invaded Ukraine, a former loyalist has claimed. Igor Strelkov, an ex-FSB colonel who was key to Putin’s annexation of Crimea, also claims a mass mobilisation of 500,000 Russian men is the only way Putin will...
Fall out between Putin and Prigozhin presents Kremlin with chance to retool foreign policy for Africa – ISS
The brazen but brief rebellion that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin launched in Russia at the weekend, and the deal he cut with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end it, clearly have large implications for Wagner in Africa. What these are, however, is harder to say. At first the deal was...
Mother of black girl blasts Gymnastics Ireland for ‘almost useless’ apology for racism at awards ceremony
Gymnastics Ireland released an apology on Monday after the girl’s parents alleged she was subjected to racist behaviour when overlooked. The governing body said it was “deeply sorry” and “what happened on the day should not have happened”.
Ukrainian president tells UN General Assembly Russia has weaponised food, energy and children
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant in March for Russian President Vladimir Putin and another official, accusing them of abducting children from Ukraine. Russian officials have denied any forced transfers of children, saying some Ukrainian youngsters are in foster care.
Proof Pope Pius XII had detailed information from German Jesuit about Nazi crimes revealed
The letter from the priest, the Rev Lothar Koenig, to Pius’ secretary, a fellow German Jesuit named the Rev Robert Leiber, is dated December 14, 1942. Written in German, the letter addresses Leiber as “Dear friend,” and goes on to report that the Nazis were killing up to 6,000 Jews and Poles daily from Rava Ruska, a town in pre-war Poland that is today located in Ukraine, and transporting them to the Belzec death camp.
Britain prepares to proscribe Wagner as a terrorist group, its property as proceeds of crime
Across Ukraine, the Middle East and Africa, Wagner has been involved in looting, torture and “barbarous murders”, the statement said, calling it a threat to global security.
Ukraine troops are moving forward, Zelenskiy says, but advance hampered by vast Russian minefields
Ukrainian battlefield momentum has picked up slightly in one part of the southeastern Zaporizhzhia front where Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said on Friday that Kyiv’s troops had broken through the first line of Russian defences.
‘Happy’ British nurse, who wrote ‘I AM EVIL I DID THIS’ is rated top serial baby murderer in recent years
“I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough to care for them,” said a handwritten note found by police officers who searched her home after she was arrested. “I am a horrible evil person,” she wrote. “I AM EVIL I DID THIS”.
Ukrainian drone smashes into non-residential building on Moscow, no casualties reported
Air-traffic was briefly suspended at four major airports around the capital – Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Zhukovsky – though later they reopened. Russia’s air transport agency said seven flights were redirected to alternative airports.
