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Violent knife and sex offenders can increasingly escape prosecution if they show contrition and say sorry, a report Wednesday claims.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned Tuesday that the “climate crisis” threatens the lives of humans all over the world.

Prosecutors in Italy are investigating the captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people, on possible charges including manslaughter, his lawyer said Monday.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer blamed the previous Tory government and the “snake oil of populism” for the unrest in the wake of a mass stabbing

French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out selecting a member of the far-left New Popular Front as his next prime minister, despite having partnered with the leftist bloc in the recent elections.

Police in Birmingham have launched an investigation after three instances of apparently anti-white graffiti appeared in the multicultural British city.

Marseille -– A museum in southern French city Marseille is inviting visitors to discover Europe’s relationship to the naturist lifestyle by wandering its halls in the nude.

British singer Charli XCX accidentally inserted herself into Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign with an offhanded X post, as the Democrats try to co-opt pop culture and Gen Z parlance.

Comedian and Hollywood actor Russell Brand said Monday that coincidences are “created by prayer” as a kind of “sacred synergy.”

Telegram, the popular messaging app known for its largely hands-off approach to moderation, has responded to the arrest of its CEO and founder, Pavel Durov, by French authorities outside of Paris.

Icelandic rescuers worked by hand Monday to cut through the remnants of a collapsed ice cave as they searched for two tourists missing for more than 24 hours since a glacier in the southeastern part of the island caved in, killing one person and severely injuring another.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered an alarming update on nationwide Russian bombings of his country on Monday, describing blackouts “everywhere” and significant harm to Ukraine’s power grid.

London’s Metropolitan Police have described the Notting Hill Carnival as a “fantastic event” and a “family day” as a mother was stabbed in front of her child.

Stricter knife laws and increased deportations of rejected asylum-seekers. Those are two much-repeated promises made again Monday by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as he talked tough on a visit to the scene of the knife attack in which a suspected Islamic terrorist from Syria is accused of killing three people.

A Pakistani judge on Monday acquitted a man who was charged with spreading misinformation about the Southport stabbing in England.

Russia unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage throughout Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure, killing at least three people.

French populist Marine Le Pen vowed that her party will bring a vote of no confidence if President Macron attempts to install a leftist government.

The first day of London’s annual Notting Hill Carnival saw at least 38 arrests, multiple knives seized, and a man stabbed, prompting police to enact stop and search powers.

The Syrian asylum seeker accused of killing three and injuring several others in Germany reportedly had a deportation order for his removal last year, but authorities failed to remove him from the country.

Five people died in Ukrainian shelling in Russia’s border region of Belgorod, officials said Sunday, while Russian forces struck a hotel in eastern Ukraine, leaving one journalist missing and two others injured.

Police arrested four people following a stabbing in front of a row of shops in the multicultural British city of Birmingham.

Europe is experiencing a crisis evidenced by a “wave of populism” that threatens European universality, Pope Francis warned Saturday.

A man suspected of trying to set a synagogue ablaze in the southern French city of la Grande-Motte was arrested late Saturday after a shoot out with police, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France on Saturday after his private jet landed at Le Bourget Airport, French media reported.

A 26-year-old asylum seeker from Syria has been arrested after a mass stabbing at a “festival of diversity” in Germany on Friday left three people dead and several injured.

The suspect in the mass stabbing at a German “festival of diversity” reportedly shouted out “Allahu Akbar” during the attack and is said to have been a “visitor to a local mosque”.

The crew of a Greek coast guard vessel opened fire on a speedboat smuggling migrants that rammed into a patrol boat.

A survey of UK Labour Party voters found that a majority think that the government should work to reduce immigration into Britain, putting further pressure on fledgling Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The French government ordered police reinforcements to protect Jewish places of worship after a suspected arson attack on a synagogue.

Prosecutors in Italy have opened an investigation into multiple manslaughter after a superyacht capsized off the coast of Sicily.

Ukraine admitted that it is actively using American-made bombs to strike within Russia’s Kursk region amid its counter-invasion.

Russian officials have filed criminal charges against CNN reporter Nick Paton Walsh for reporting from a Russian town occupied by Ukraine.

At least three were reportedly killed and several others wounded during a mass stabbing at a festival of diversity in the German city of Solingen.

The last of seven bodies was recovered on Friday after a super yacht sunk off the coast of Sicily, and the person is believed to be an 18-year-old woman.

Snipers from Russia’s national guard on Friday killed four inmates who had seized prison guards as hostages and declared allegiance to ISIS.

The EU needs more migration to boost economic growth amid the birth rate decline among native populations, a top central banker has claimed.