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Europe’s football governing body said that political statements during games are unacceptable The European football governing body UEFA has fined the Ukrainian football association after fans displayed an anti-Russian banner at a stadium. According to the UEFA Match Delegate, during a Euro 2024 qualifying playoff against Iceland in Wroclaw, Poland, Ukrainian fans “displayed a banner with the words ‘Russia is …

Sweden said it will cut assistance to four African nations and Bolivia starting next year Sweden will discontinue aid to Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Liberia and Bolivia, and redirect the funds to Ukraine, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa has announced. During a press conference on Friday, Dousa said that assistance worth approximately 2 billion kronor ($212 …

Chinese medical experts have created an ultra-efficient stem cell approach to Parkinson’s disease, raising prospects for treatment for a condition for which there is no known cure. While researchers around the world are exploring stem cell therapies to replenish lost dopaminergic neurons, the team of neurology specialist Shi Jiong at the First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and …

A bizarre Christmas tradition which has been going on since for nearly 200 years in Germany has finally been banned. The Klaasohm festival on Borkum Island, which lies near the German border with the Netherlands on the North Sea coast, dates back to the 1830s.  The festival takes place on December 5, on the eve of St Nicholas Day on …

Residents left furious by plans to build a new €700 million (£611 million) railway line between Majorca’s capital, Palma, and Llucmajor on the south coast have rallied together and will hold protests. DECA, a group that has brought together locals, said it is standing for “defence of the citizen against abuses,” with the group’s president criticising the Balearic Government’s plans …

Vladimir Putin has boasted Russia will take territory from Ukraine either one way or another in a chilling warning to the West sparking World War III fears. Speaking during a very cosy visit this week to India to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Russian leader was asked about his thoughts on the future of the Donbas region in Ukraine, …

A giant structure designed to prevent radioactive leakage at the Chernobyl nuclear plant is no longer operational after a reckless Russian drone strike. The New Safe Confinement (NSC) was built as part of a £1.3billion (€1.5bn) effort led by the European Union in 2019.  The goal was to provide a new protective cover over the infamous Reactor 4 destroyed in …

Washington could oust the Ukrainian leader if he obstructs a US-mediated peace process, Nikolay Azarov has claimed The US could remove Vladimir Zelensky from power if he obstructs Washington’s efforts to end the Ukraine conflict, former Ukrainian prime minister Nikolay Azarov has claimed. Speaking to the Izvestia newspaper on Saturday, Azarov argued that the ongoing probe by Western-backed Ukrainian agencies …

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that he and his negotiators who are discussing a US-led plan for Ukraine had a “very substantive and constructive” call with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. “Ukraine is committed to continuing to work honestly with the American side to bring about real peace,” Zelensky said on Telegram as the third day of …

Hong Kong’s national security police have arrested a 71-year-old man on suspicion of disclosing details of one of their probes, invoking a provision that covers prejudicing such investigations for the first time. Police said the National Security Department conducted an enforcement operation on Saturday, and the suspect was arrested. He was accused of violating the provision of “no prejudicing of …