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Rory McIlroy proved at the Australian Open that even the world’s no. 1 golfer has a few bad moments here and there.

German lawmakers approved plan to attract more military recruits and mandatory fitness for service medical checks for young men.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced on Thursday that it would allow Israel to stay in the Eurovision Song Contest.

The European Commission has issued a $140 million fine to Elon Musk’s X for violating the EU’s controversial Digital Services Act (DSA). The fine is likely to escalate tensions between the EU and America over free speech online.

French President Emmanuel Macron concluded a visit to China on Friday – one in which he reportedly “urged” genocidal dictator Xi Jinping, a close ally of Vladimir Putin’s, to help stop the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Reform now has a bank account, a modern day basic that had hitherto proven impossible in the cancel-culture infused financial sector. 

Europe faces imminent “civilisational erasure” driven by the hapless E.U. and unrestricted mass migration, President Donald Trump’s administration warned Thursday in a new strategy document.

Russian drones struck a house, killing a 12-year-old boy, while long-range Ukrainian strikes reportedly targeted a Russian port.

The world is in a febrile state. Europe is watching Russian aggression into Ukraine while the Middle East and parts of Africa remain unstable as China flexes in Asia. Still, the increasingly sidelined United Nations has its priorities firmly in place.

Former E.U. Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini resigned from her position as head of the College of Europe on Thursday hours after being detained and accused of corruption in an ongoing investigation.

The Berlin police union chastised Antifa “extremists” who attempted to violently shut down an Alternative for Germany conference over the weekend for displaying the very fascist tendencies they claim to be fighting.

New legislation passed by Italy’s lower house of parliament pushing back against “gender ideology and the woke bubble” is generating a meltdown on the left, the Guardian reported on Thursday.

Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia will walk away from the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest after Israel was cleared Thursday to take its spot next year.

The office of President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday that South Africa will take a “commercial break” from the Group of 20 (G20) forum over the coming year because the rotating precedency has passed to the United States under President Donald Trump.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for meetings with top officials, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“Hundreds” of prestige Porsche sports cars have been disabled by their onboard satellite-linked anti-theft immobiliser system across Russia.

Labour astroturfing posing as grassroots anti-“Fake News” group worked to kneecap outlets threatening its globalist worldview, says report.

Seven Ukrainian children have been reunited with their families, First Lady Melania Trump announced on Thursday as she has continued to advocate for reunification for these children for months.

The increasing prevalence of AI-powered “nudify” apps and deepfake technology has led to a disturbing trend of students creating and sharing sexually explicit images of their classmates, with 75 percent of these images targeting children under 14 and even as young as 11 years old, according to a new poll of teachers in the UK.

A former Miss Universe Australia finalist joined her father to successfully fight off three brazen car jackers by hitting back as the potential thieves struck in broad daylight on a street in Melbourne.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta on Thursday began deactivating Instagram and Facebook accounts of Australian users under the age of 16 ahead of next week’s social media ban.

GENEVA — Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest will be debated at a two-day meeting of member broadcasters in Geneva starting Thursday, following calls to exclude the country over its Gaza war tactics.

Britain and Norway will mount joint naval patrols to protect undersea cables from Russia, the U.K. said Thursday.

Prince Harry was born into a position of immense inherited privilege but that hasn’t stopped him commenting on the vigorous democracy that defines the U.S. and is now his home. He used that lofty status in an interview Wednesday night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to mock American voters and take a swing at President Donald Trump.

Ukraine war ‘peace’ talks were “difficult” but “necessary”, Russia’s Putin said, adding coming to a consensus on Ukraine “is no easy feat”. 

Police in Moldova deployed bomb disposal experts to a community miles from the Ukrainian border after a resident mistook a drone for “a toy”.

France instructed regional governments to boost security at Christmas markets against terrorist attacks, including the deployment of soldiers.

Germany inaugurated the first elements of the sophisticated Arrow 3 missile defense system, which it is buying from Israel.

Girl Guides Association and The Women’s Institute (WI) have confirmed they will step back from their “proudly trans-inclusive” stances. 

A transgender-identifying pervert convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl told a judge he “wasn’t attracted to females” and claimed the police and jury were “hypnotized” into finding him guilty.

King Charles III opened his arms wide in welcome as he greeted German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday.

Talks show Putin has no interest in peace and is stringing Western leaders along to achieve his own battlefield ends, Euro leaders said/

British sports commentator Laura Woods collapsed on live TV Tuesday while broadcasting from the England vs. Ghana women’s soccer game.

Leading UK psychologists have expressed alarm over the dangerous and unhelpful advice ChatGPT-5, the latest version of OpenAI’s AI chatbot, is offering to individuals suffering from mental illness.

The European Union’s former foreign policy chief faces corruption accusations alongside two other people arrested this week.

A French mayor was sentenced to prison for blackmailing a political rival with a sex tape featuring homosexual acts with a male prostitute.

Russia would totally eliminate European opponents and be left with “nobody to negotiate with” if war came, Putin said in belligerent remarks.