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Andrej Babis has reiterated his campaign promise that Prague will stop providing direct assistance to Kiev Ukraine is currently not ready to become an EU member, billionaire Andrej Babis has said after his right-wing ANO party won the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election. ANO got 34.51% of the ballots as a result of the vote on Friday and Saturday, beating the …

Chris Hall, a 73-year-old renowned Chinese textile collector, often jokingly called himself the “youngest thing in this flat,” as he lived surrounded by antiques and vintage art from around the world in his residence on The Peak in Hong Kong. However, the accountant by profession has decided to donate his entire collection of 3,000 Chinese textiles and his home to …

NATO warplanes were scrambled over Poland early amid one of Russia’s most intense missile and drone strikes of the war on western Ukraine. “Polish and allied aircraft are operating intensively in our airspace, while ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems have been brought to the highest state of readiness,” said Poland’s operational command on X. “These operations are preventative …

Officers used tear gas to disperse the crowd outside the detention facility in Oregon Police clashed with protesters outside the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday. Demonstrations have been held in several cities against President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration and the deployment of the National Guard. According to Oregon Public Broadcasting …

Syria will select members of its first post-Assad parliament on Sunday in a process criticised as undemocratic, with a third of the members appointed by interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. The assembly’s formation is set to consolidate the power of Sharaa, whose Islamist forces led a coalition that toppled long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad in December after more than 13 years of …

An epic bridge that’s the tallest in the world, rising almost twice as high as the Shard, has opened to the public. Construction on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China‘s Guizhou Province began in 2022, aiming to boost the local economy and tourism, which are among the country’s least developed sectors. It took only three and a half years to build and was …

The ANO (YES) movement, led by Andrej Babis, has won about 35% of the parliamentary vote The right-wing party of agricultural tycoon Andrej Babis, branded the ‘Czech Trump’ by local media, has come out ahead in the Czech general election with 97% of the vote counted, according to official results. The ANO movement is now set to replace the current …

Tourists travelling to and from Tenerife South Airport have been issued a gang warning after holidaymakers reported high-value items vanishing from their suitcases. This prompted Spanish police to bust a thieving gang in a huge suitcase robbery ring. The massive crime network is accused of stealing valuables from visitors’ suitcases and funneling them into the black market. Police say, items …

The move follows Warsaw’s extension of temporary border checks amid immigration worries Polish President Karol Nawrocki has ordered troops to the borders with Germany and Lithuania. Warsaw recently reintroduced border controls, citing a surge in illegal immigration. All three nations are members of the European Union, which has been grappling with a refugee crisis since at least 2015, largely caused …

A Chinese military journal has described the People’s Liberation Army’s latest underwater unmanned systems as “disruptive” and highlighted their intelligent capabilities. An author writing in the journal’s latest issue identified only as Tang Yi stated that the unmanned systems operated below 90 decibels to evade enemy sonar detection. In addition, the equipment can be integrated with “submarine-launched missiles, smart mines …