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A new poll from Pew Research revealed that 72 percent of American adults believe social media companies wield too much power and influence in politics - majorities of both Republicans and Democrats.

StockholmOn July 20, Swedish TV4 interviewed criminologist Tage Alalehto, who in the segment says that one explanation for the increased number of stabbings in the country could be "ethnic, xenophobic moods". But that was not really what he had said on camera.

AnkaraA bevy of politicians of Turkish origin in Germany have invariably openly appeared as propagandists for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his party the AKP. Are their careers supported by Ankara?

Kimstad In Sweden, the pedophile and repeat offender Ahmed Mahamoud, 39, was sentenced on Monday to eleven years in prison for a sadistic and brutal rape on a 9-year-old Swedish girl in Kimstad in Norrköping municipality.

LyonSince the tragic death of the young French caregiver Axelle Dorier, ethnic tensions have redoubled in force on social networks.

AleppoThe Maronite Catholic Cathedral of Saint Elijah in Syrian Aleppo has opened its doors again. The Christian landmark was badly damaged during the war in Syria. In 2013, Islamists tried to destroy the church.

WashingtonUS President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday requiring census data to be fixed by the subtraction of illegal immigrants.

The HagueAnti-Semitism is rife on Dutch websites, the anti-Semitism watchdog CIDI commented on the release of a new report on Internet anti-Semitism. The websites with the most anti-Semitic slurs are Dutchturks.nl and Morokko.nl.

BerlinThe “Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs” (Ditib) with its more than 900 funded mosques in Germany is regarded as a powerful instrument of influence of the Turkish state.

NaplesThe captain of an Italian ship had rescued migrants and then brought them back to Libya, an illegal act for which he is now on trial - a first in Italy.