MEPs have left an opening for the use of spyware, which may lead to abuse, critics believe
The hope for a full ban on the use of spyware against journalists in the EU is “dead,” after MEPs backed watered-down media regulations that allow the authorities to infect phones in the name of national security, media freedom advocates claim.…
Meta hopes to dodge EU privacy law by asking users to pay for an ad-free experience
Meta is considering asking Facebook and Instagram users to pay a monthly subscription charge to opt out of having their data mined for personalized ads, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.…
The British government is seeking to rent cell space from foreign countries to combat overcrowding in its prisons
The UK’s Ministry of Justice is in talks with correctional facilities across Europe to rent out space to tackle chronic overcrowding in its prisons, according to Justice Secretary Alex Chalk, who gave a speech on the subject at a Conservative Party conference. …
The country’s second-highest order was bestowed in 1987 on a former member of a Ukrainian Waffen-SS unit
Canadian Governor General Mary Simon has reportedly apologized and expressed “regret” that her office awarded the second-highest merit in the country in 1987 to a Ukrainian-Canadian who formerly served in a Nazi unit.…
Unity Day in Germany was marked by several demonstrations, including those criticizing foreign policy
Opposition groups from the both sides of the political spectrum held demonstrations across Germany as the country marked Unity Day on Tuesday.…
Damen Shipyards Group wants compensation from the government for Ukraine-related sanctions
The largest Dutch shipbuilder is seeking compensation from the government for damage caused by the sanctions on Russia, which have prevented it from honoring a number of contracts.…
Seoul has vowed to “overwhelmingly” respond to any possible future attack
South Korea has warned that Pyongyang would see the “end of its regime” if it ever launched a nuclear strike, also declaring that Washington would come to its aid in the event of a conflict with the DPRK.…
The suspect had killed two people and injured five more, officials said
Two people were killed and several others injured after a teenage boy opened fire at an upscale shopping center in the heart of Thailand’s capital, officials have confirmed.…
The promise of military assistance comes after Azerbaijan reclaimed the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh
Paris will deliver unspecified military equipment to Yerevan, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Tuesday while visiting Armenia.…
The authorities in Islamabad have said that undocumented Afghans present a security threat
Pakistan’s caretaker government announced on Tuesday that everyone who is in the country without legal documentation has until the end of the month to depart, or face deportation. …
Laphonza Butler, the senator-appointee, is a corporate union-buster, ticks token diversity boxes, and doesn’t even hail from California
US Senator Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving female senator in American history, passed away on September 29 after a long, trailblazing career in politics.…
Kiev wants the West to pressure Beijing over oil and gas deals with Russia
Three major Chinese oil and gas conglomerates were added to a Ukrainian blacklist on Tuesday, after the government in Kiev accused them of helping Moscow’s war effort by having their subsidiaries in Russia pay taxes.…
At least 20 people died after a tour bus fell from an overpass in northern Italy and caught fire, the local authorities have said
A tour bus veered off the road while crossing an overpass in Mestre – a borough of Venice, Italy – on Tuesday evening, resulting in dozens of fatalities and injuries.…
The plaintiff claims she suffered permanent injuries on a water slide in the Florida theme park
A woman has sued Walt Disney Worlid after an “injurious wedgie” caused by a five-storey water slide left her with “severe and permanent bodily injury.”…
Kevin McCarthy has become the first speaker in the institution’s 234-year history to voted out of office by his peers
The US House of Representatives voted 216 to 210 on Tuesday to oust California Republican Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker.…
The former US president was prohibited from “personal attacks” on court staff
Judge Arthur Engoron issued a gag order against Donald Trump after the former US president allegedly disparaged one of his law clerks.…
Brussels’ bizarre food standards were ridiculed by British conservatives in the runup to the Brexit vote
The British government will ditch an “absurd” EU rule on the sale of abnormally curved bananas, Environment Secretary Therese Coffey announced during a Conservative Party conference on Monday. …
Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom reportedly forgot his passport and could not travel to a summit in Kiev
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom forgot his passport and could not enter Ukraine for an EU Council summit in Kiev, Austrian newspaper Die Presse reported on Monday.…
Poland has no desire to meet Kiev’s “expectations,” government spokesman Piotr Muller has said
Poland will not sacrifice its national interests for Ukraine, government spokesman Piotr Muller told Polish Radio on Tuesday, commenting on the ongoing row between the two neighbors over grain exports.…
Chronic diseases kill more middle-aged Americans than opioids or guns, research has shown
The US is dead last among “peer countries” in terms of life expectancy for its population, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.…
Tehran has called on the Arab world to avoid normalizing relations with the “Zionist regime”
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned the Arab world against normalizing relations with Israel, predicting that the Jewish state will eventually “be eradicated.” …
The former head of Denmark’s foreign intelligence agency, Lars Findsen, has been charged alongside the ex-defense minister
Former Danish foreign intelligence chief Lars Findsen and ex-Defense Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen have spoken for the first time about the criminal case opened against them by Danish prosecutors.…
The resignation of the Canadian House speaker is not enough, Israel’s special envoy for combating antisemitism has told The Jerusalem Post
Ottawa has to come to terms with its “historic sin” of excluding Jews while harboring Nazis in the aftermath of the World War II, Israeli Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism Michal Cotler-Wunsh told The Jerusalem Post (JP) this week.…
Countries outside of Europe want the conflict between Moscow and Kiev to end, Peter Szijjarto believes
Asian, Latin American, and African countries are puzzled by the EU’s double standards and can’t comprehend why they must suffer because of the conflict in faraway Ukraine, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has claimed.…
Britain has sent all it can afford to Kiev, a military source told the newspaper
The UK has run out of weapons to send to Ukraine and should encourage other countries to fill the gap, a senior military source told The Telegraph on Monday.…
The country has not been “invaded” by the blood-sucking insects, Health Minister Aurelien Rousseau has insisted
French Health Minister Aurelien Rousseau has urged the public to remain calm amid an apparent infestation of bedbugs in Paris.…
Information officer Frederick Douglass Moorefield Jr. allegedly dosed his pit bulls with steroids and trained them to kill
A senior Pentagon officer has been charged with participating in a dog fighting ring after police raided his home and found veterinary steroids, blood-stained carpets, and a crude electrical device used to execute animals that lost fights.…
Warsaw cited an increase in illegal migrants traveling through Slovakia as the reason for the move
The Polish government will implement temporary controls on the country’s border with Slovakia in connection with a growing number of illegal migrants trying to pass into Germany via the Balkan route, Internal Affairs Minister Mariusz Kaminski announced at a press conference on Tuesday. Similar…
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius earlier announced that a 4,000-strong brigade would be created in Lithuania next year
Germany and Lithuania are working on creating a road map for the deployment of a brigade of German soldiers to the Baltic state, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced in an interview with the news outlet ERR on Monday.…
The move is a response to the withdrawal from travel agreements by the EU and other countries, sources have told the business outlet
Russia will significantly increase visa fees for citizens from EU nations and several other European countries, business outlet RBK has reported.…