When US federal workers were missing paychecks and the partial government shutdown entered its seventh week, Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina, was doing what any responsible lawmaker would do: riding Space Mountain and carrying a bubble wand at Disney World in Florida. Naturally, TMZ had photos of the vacationing senator on…
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0 claims checkedThree people were killed and 72 others injured in a fire at a chemical plant in the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk, Russia emergency services reported. Chemical company Sibur, who owns the…
More than 200,000 people have fled Lebanon for Syria since fighting resumed a month ago between Israeli forces and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, the United Nations' refugee agency said on Tuesday…
Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen emphasized that EU unity is crucial to managing the energy crisis, with oil up 70% and natural gas 50%, raising concerns over supply security. Energy Commissioner…
Friedrich Merz has drawn condemnation from NGOs and members of his own government after he called for the vast majority of Syrians living in Germany to “go back to their homeland.” The German…
By day 31 of the war in the Middle East, Nigel Farage had become somewhat less vocal about the closeness of his relationship with Donald Trump. “Trying to read what’s really in the minds of people in…
The 2020s haven’t exactly been a golden age for getting ahead. First came COVID, when job security evaporated overnight.
Rising geopolitical instability in West Asia is forcing a reassessment of how India’s macroeconomic strength is measured. As of March 2026, this instability has translated into active macroeconomic…
Almost half of primary school teachers are seeing pupils with eating disorders “at least occasionally”, rising to four in five at secondary level, according to a survey by the UK’s largest education…