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The current chancellor is one of the “most sensitive” politicians in Germany’s history, Welt am Sonntag reports German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has filed nearly 5,000 defamation complaints over online comments, Welt am Sonntag reported on Sunday. The newspaper said it had obtained copies of the complaints, police files, and letters from law firms representing the leader of the Christian Democratic …

Vladimir Putin’s Russian army has been accused of raping and beheading civilians and gouging out their organs in a supposed fight against extremism in West Africa. Russia‘s paramilitary Africa Corps were deployed to Mali to take over the fight against Islamic militants from Wagner forces earlier this year. Wagner merceneries were known for their brutal treatment of civilians and human …

A water leak last month damaged hundreds of books in the Egyptian antiquities department at the Louvre, underscoring the deteriorating state of the world’s most visited museum just weeks after a daring jewel heist exposed security flaws. Specialist website La Tribune de l’Art reported that around 400 rare books were affected, blaming poor pipe conditions. It said the department had …

President Donald Trump endured an embarrassing teleprompter blunder whilst presenting medals to entertainment legends. On Saturday, Trump attended the Kennedy Center Honors medal ceremony. This year’s honourees include actor Sylvester Stallone, singers Gloria Gaynor and George Strait, rock group Kiss, and performer Michael Crawford. Things were running smoothly until a technical failure occurred during his introduction of Strait. “We have …

The two nations have been at odds since Tokyo stated it could get militarily involved in the Taiwan issue Tokyo and Beijing have exchanged accusations after their fighter jets had at least two close calls amid Chinese naval drills. Japan was the first to report the incident, stating that Chinese J-15 fighter jets locked their fire control radars on Japanese …

Fears of a new conflict have flared once again after China was accused of an “extremely regrettable” and “dangerous” act. Japan and Australia have demanded “strict preventive measures” after Chinese military aircraft reportedly locked radar onto Japanese fighter jets near Okinawa. It appears that the fallout between Japan and China is continuing to escalate, as just a month ago Japan’s …

Two teenage boys have been accused of killing and burning the body of a 14-year-old girl in a vicious pre-meditated attack. Gabriel Williams, 16, and Kimahri Blevins, 14, of Pace, Florida, were arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of Danika Troy after she vanished from her home in the US state on November 30. Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob …

Police arrested a man at London’s Heathrow Airport on Sunday after a crowd of people were hit with pepper spray during a robbery at a car park that caused several hours of travel disruptions. Five people were taken by ambulance to a hospital and another 16, including a three-year-old girl, were treated at the scene, officials said. None of the …

Latvian lawmaker Andris Kulbergs has said that a major storage facility in the EU country is nearly half empty ahead of the heating season A major Latvian gas storage facility is only 58% full ahead of the winter heating season, local lawmaker Andris Kulbergs has warned. The MP said that the stocks may not even be enough to see the …

At least seven people were killed and 11 others injured after an intercity bus slammed into a stationary articulated lorry on a motorway in southern Turkey. The crash occurred on Friday evening, approximately 55 miles (90 kilometres) west of Gaziantep. According to the governor’s office, the lorry had pulled over after suffering a burst tyre. The bus, travelling at speed, …