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Trump 'dragged kicking & screaming into realising he can't trust Kremlin con artist Putin'
Donald Trump may finally be realising Vladimir Putin has been playing games with him and has no interest in peace in Ukraine, one expert has claimed. Russia launched a full scale invasion of the country on February 24 2022, sparking an...
Miley Cyrus contributes her new music to upcoming part of ‘Avatar’
Singer-songwriter Miley Cyrus is getting generous with her music. The singer is set to contribute a newly recorded song ‘Dream as One’ to the soundtrack of ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’. The singer teamed with Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson and Simon Franglen...
Dr. Tessa Hofmann, Armenian Genocide Scholar, Receives Germany’s Highest Honor
Dr. Tessa Hofmann received Germany’s “Order of Merit” at a ceremony on Oct. 20 (Photo by Lili Nahapetian) An ardent advocate for the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide and a dedicated genocide scholar, Dr. Tessa Hofmann was...
Migrant who returned to Britain after ‘one in, one out’ deal being ‘fast-tracked’ back to France, Starmer vows
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Spain's water cycle digitalisation PERTE: a model for lower and middle-income countries
Institutional establishment creates dedicated program management capacity with clear authority and adequate resources while building coordination mechanisms The policy innovations pioneered through the Water PERTE, namely performance-based...
Italy sends its best to southern summit
Delegates in 2025 will explore an expanded Italian Pavilion at All Energy Australia (pictured: 2024 edition). Images: ITA Italy is no stranger to ambitious design. From cars to couture, the country has long fused tradition with innovation. That...
Daughter of former president James Monroe to be buried in Virginia 200 years after dying alone in France
The daughter of former President James Monroe will be buried in the same Virginia cemetery as her father on Thursday, finally reuniting the pair two centuries after she was stranded in France and left in an unmarked grave. Eliza Monroe Hay died at...
An American woman moves to Spain and reveals why she will never return
Christina Davis, 32, moved to Barcelona three years ago and is determined to continue living abroad. Originally from New Jersey, the American studied in Madrid in 2015 and spent the pandemic in Asia after leaving her job in medical device sales in...
Zionist British Culture Minister May Lose Job Over Brazen Lies to Parliament Supporting Israel Fans
Leaked police intelligence shows Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters—not Birmingham residents—posed the main threat of violence, contradicting Lisa Nandy’s parliamentary statements and sparking demands for her resignation. Keir Starmer’s UK Culture...
Egypt joins Europe’s research club
Association to Horizon Europe grants access to the EU’s 93.5 billion euros science programme. Egypt this week became the second African nation to join Horizon Europe, the EU’s multibillion-euro research and innovation programme. The association...
Onex Partners closes sale of minority equity stakes in WestJet to Delta, Korean and Air France-KLM
Onex Partners and WestJet have announced the successful closing of the sale of minority equity stakes in WestJet to Delta Air Lines, Korean Air and Air France-KLM from Onex Partners, the upper middle market private equity platform of Onex, a...
Horror Studies Center spotlights the genre’s history in Pa. and beyond
This story first appeared in PA Local, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA taking a fresh, positive look at the incredible people, beautiful places, and delicious food of Pennsylvania. Horror is as Pennsylvanian as scrapple. From the Gothic...
Germany and Iceland Deepen Military Cooperation
Germany is strengthening its military presence in the Arctic. During his first visit to Iceland on October 19, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance military cooperation between the two countries....
Palma strengthens cultural ties with Warsaw through Chopin collaboration
The Mayor of Palma, Jaime Martínez Llabrés, met in Warsaw on Tuesday with directors of Poland’s Fryderyk Chopin National Institute, strengthening a partnership that will bring a major Fryderyk Chopin and George Sand exhibition to Palma’s Bellver...
German foreign minister false claim that Turks were behind Germany’s ‘economic miracle’ is easily debunked, writes Welt historian
Following a statement by German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul to the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet, in which he claimed that Turkish migrants were behind Germany’s “economic miracle,” he has been sharply debunked. In fact, the Welt newspaper’s...
Helga Kalm: ‘Europe needs to do more to be able to defend its borders and citizens’
Helga Kalm, Deputy Director and Head of the Foreign Policy Programme at Estonia’s International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS), and former Political Adviser at the Estonian Embassy in Washington, speaks to To Vima about Russian-Estonian...
HNW Individuals, Especially Women, Actively Involved In Art – Study
The Art Basel and UBS Survey of Global Collecting 2025 authored by Dr Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, shares insights into the evolving behaviors and motivations of global high net worth collectors. The Art Basel and UBS Survey of...
Dayton Art Institute leader reflects on implementing ‘transformational change’
When he was hired as executive director in 2011, he heard from various segments of the Dayton community who felt the museum wasn’t for them. Thinking long-range, he changed the narrative, implementing measures curatorially and through board...
Anne Hathaway’s ’70s Flared Jeans and Classic Sneakers Make a Perfect Fall Fit
Anne Hathaway has been spending time in Italy, where filming is underway on The Devil Wears Prada 2, and she’s wearing neither a lumpy blue sweater nor those Chanel boots. The actor was photographed away from the set dressed in pieces from her own...
The Last Queen Of The Punjab: How Maharani Jind Kaur Defied The British Empire, Led An Army, And Changed The Course Of Indian History
The Rebel Queen of the Sikh Empire: How Maharani Jind Kaur’s Royal Defiance Redefined Power, Politics and Womanhood in 19th-Century India It’s not every day that a queen from the 19th century makes global headlines. Yet this week, Maharani Jind...