The new restrictions will not apply to goods arriving from Northern Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, or the Isle of Man.
While FMD doesn’t pose a risk to humans and there are no current cases in the United Kingdom, it’s a highly infectious…
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Facing a funding freeze, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian service says it’s cutting back on staff and broadcasts — Meduza
Due to funding restrictions, the Ukrainian service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has been forced to furlough some of its staff and scale back broadcasts. On Friday, the outlet announced the final episode of the morning livestream…
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One of Earth’s oldest mysteries keeps getting weirder
By the time you’ve read this sentence, lightning could have struck Earth as many as 270 times. That may sound like a lot, but according to the UK’s Met Office, there are about 44 lightning strikes every second. Put another way, that’s about…
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Science says the color purple isn’t actually real
The color purple has long been a symbol of royalty, creativity, and mystery. But according to science, it’s also something else: a figment of our imaginations. While it looks just as real as red or blue, purple is actually an optical…
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Russia blacklists Yeltsin-era chief diplomat as ‘foreign agent’ — Meduza
On Friday, Russia’s Justice Ministry added former chief diplomat Andrei Kozyrev to the country’s “foreign agent” registry. Kozyrev was the head of Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry from 1990 to 1996, serving with President Boris Yeltsin…
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Why hasn’t EU acted against Turkey’s increasing repression? – DW – 04/11/2025
As Istanbul’s jailed opposition mayor appeared in court on Friday in one of multiple cases against him, supporters gathered to protest what they believe is a politically motivated campaign to bar him from running for the presidency.
Ekrem…
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Britain plots state control of a flailing steelmaker. Here’s why.
LONDON — Britain’s government is scrambling to save the country’s last functioning blast furnace steel site — and 3,000 jobs in Labour’s industrial heartlands.
Lawmakers will on Saturday debate emergency legislation that would give…
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Amid talks of peace negotiations, Russia is ramping up military recruitment
Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed he’s ready for peace talks with Ukraine — though not on “the basis of Kyiv’s demands.” But the numbers at home tell a different story. Recruitment efforts in Russian regions are surging, with…
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Moscow bans American NGO
Hope Harbor Society has been accused of collecting funds for Ukraines military and backing Russian opposition
The Office of the Russian Prosecutor General has designated the US non-governmental organization Hope Harbor Society as ‘undesirable’,…
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US tells government employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’
The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new executive order on supporting employees of Christian…
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