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Malta’s ‘golden passport’ scheme is illegal, EU top court rules – POLITICO
While Malta suspended the scheme for Russian and Belarusian citizens following the invasion of Ukraine, recipients before the ban took effect included sanctioned Russian businesspeople, according to media reports.
Malta’s government said…
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Cardinal Who Threatened to Crash the Conclave Now Says He Won’t
When more than 130 cardinals solemnly file into the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin voting on who among them will lead the Roman Catholic Church as the next pope, there will be one cardinal left out in the cold.
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Whooping cough is making a comeback, but the vaccine provides powerful protection
Whooping cough, a bacterial infection that can be especially dangerous for babies and young children, is on the rise. Already in 2025 the U.S. has recorded 8,485 cases. That’s compared with 4,266 cases during the same period in 2024.
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Reclaiming Kursk Moscow reports full control of western Russian region despite ongoing fighting with Ukrainian forces in border areas — Meduza
Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article takes stock of the recent developments on the battlefield based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the very start, and our…
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Disinformation and other forms of ‘sharp power’ now sit alongside the ‘hard power’ of tanks and ‘soft power’ of ideas in policy handbook
“The strong do what they will, the weak suffer what they must.”
So wrote Thucydides in the “History of the Peloponnesian War,” and the Greek historian’s cold-eyed observation still holds.
But in today’s world, strength…
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Ukraine of NO STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE to US – former Pentagon adviser
Ukraine of NO STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE to US – former Pentagon adviser
Colonel Douglas Macgregor wondered whether the US should be prepared “to go to war 7,000 miles away from our home…
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Ukrainian Reporter Was Tortured in Russian Prison Before Her Death, Investigation Finds
Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna was tortured during the year she spent in Russian detention, and her body was returned to Ukraine with several organs missing, according to a joint investigation published on Tuesday.
Roshchyna,…
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Russia rejects Trump’s ceasefire proposal, lists maximalist demands – Firstpost
Even as the latest US peace proposal has offered recognition of Russian occupation of Ukrainian territories, Russia has rejected the ceasefire proposal and made a host of maximalist demands
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Russia has rejected US President Donald…
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Who will lead the African Development Bank? – DW – 04/29/2025
The search for a new president of Africa’s top financial institution, the African Development Bank (AfDB), is gathering momentum.
The current head, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, who is serving his second five-year term, will step down from the position…
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