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Italy’s coalition partners present their choice of premier

Published: May 22, 2018, 8:35 am

RomeMatteo Salvini, League leader, and Luigi Di Maio, Five Star leader, have presented their choice of premier to Sergio Mattarella, Italy’s president.

Diversity is harming sciences, says best-selling author

Published: May 22, 2018, 8:08 am

Universities and institutions of higher learning and research in the US are watering down requirements in order to try and attract women and minorities. One author believes it is a colossal waste of money that America can ill afford.

Conflict in Donbass heats up as NATO troops allegedly killed

Published: May 21, 2018, 8:59 am

On 17 May, a group of NATO troops from the US and Canada suffered casualties and injuries in a landmine explosion near Avdeyevka, according to DPR reports.

Immigration to Europe via Turkey triples

Published: May 21, 2018, 7:48 am

BrusselsThe number of migrants arriving in Europe via Turkey has increased since March 2018 to three times the previous year's period. According to a report by the European Commission about 15 000 newcomers have arrived over land and sea.

Britain’s claims about Skripal affair ‘precarious’ says German media

Published: May 21, 2018, 7:13 am

BerlinGerman intelligence already had a sample of the nerve agent used to poison the Skripals in the United Kingdom at least two decades ago. And so did the US and Britain.

Italy: Enemies fail to derail Salvini-Di Maio coalition agreement

Published: May 20, 2018, 10:49 am

RomeAfter several efforts by their political enemies to derail coalition talks, Italy's League and Five Star Movement (M5S) have finally agreed on a policy programme, ending a political stalemate.

Crisis brewing in ‘parking lot for migrants’

Published: May 20, 2018, 10:24 am

Some 120 000 migrants are currently heading towards Croatia, en route to enter the European Union via the popular Western Balkan route. Croatian police have been put on alert.

Chechen says he murdered girl because he was in a ‘bad mood’

Published: May 20, 2018, 8:59 am

ViennaA Chechen Muslim has been arrested for the murder of a 7-year-old girl in Vienna, Austria. He confessed to police, saying he murdered the girl because he had been in a "bad mood". His lawyer however, called him a "model student".

Terror-loving US journo gets pranked by Russian duo

Published: May 19, 2018, 10:14 am

On May 18, American journalist Tom Rogan tweeted that he "had a great conversation" with Ukraine’s foreign minister, after his calls for Ukraine to blow up the Crimean bridge. Such an attack would guarantee a Russian response, Rogan argued.

Special commission rules that Wilders was never given fair trial

Published: May 19, 2018, 9:17 am

AmsterdamDutch politician Geert Wilders will get new judges in his appeal against his 2016 conviction of "hate speech" after a special court commission ruled that the judges had shown bias against him. The PVV leader and his lawyers Carry Knoops and Geert-Jan Knoops successfully argued that he was never given a fair trial.