85 m. ago King Charles's bloodshot eye explained as he welcomes Emmanuel Macron to Windsor

King Charles was pictured with a bloodshot eye as he welcomed French president Emmanuel Macron to the UK for a state visit - but officials say there is no cause for alarm

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3 d. ago Suriname expected to elect first female president amid discovery of oil reserves

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, 71, will run unopposed as one of the poorest countries in the region eyes billions of dollarsSuriname is expected to elect its first female president this Sunday, the congresswoman and physician Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, 71, who will run unopposed after the ruling party decided not to field a candidate.Geerlings-Simons will succeed current president Chandrikapersad Santokhi, 66, who has been in office since 2020 and was eligible for re-election – but whose party failed to secure the two-thirds parliamentary majority required in the country’s indirect voting system. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago In Gaza we watched Iranian missiles go by, heading for Israel. That war is over – it seems ours will never end | Hassan Abo Qamar

For two years, we’ve waited for a final ceasefire that has never come. Peace will be delayed as long as our lives are considered disposableLast Tuesday night, Donald Trump announced on social media that Iran and Israel had agreed to a ceasefire, ending what he called a “12-day war”. It was the second war this year, after India and Pakistan’s four-day conflict, to start and end under Trump’s watch. They followed another, earlier conflict between Lebanon and Israel during President Joe Biden’s term.Here in Gaza, all eyes were fixed on the Iran-Israel conflict. Even cut off from the internet, people found ways to follow the news – on the radio, or by catching weak phone signals by climbing to high rooftops or walking near the sea, or just by staying up all night watching the sky, where some of the missiles launched from Iran could be seen from Gaza. Many wondered if Trump, the man who once promised to stop “endless wars”, would seize the moment to stop not only war on Iran but also the...

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9 d. ago Ferrari F1 legend speaks out after shock McLaren switch revealed in government document

Luca di Montezemolo spent more than 30 years as president of Ferrari until he felt the company in 2014, so eyebrows were raised when it was revealed he had joined McLaren

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1 week ago Trump threatens to sue New York Times and CNN over Iran bomb strike reporting

Trump’s lawyer claimed the reporting ‘undermined the credibility and integrity of President Trump in the eyes of the public and the professional community’

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2 w. ago Russia unleashes bloodiest Kyiv attack of 2025 as Zelensky begs 'don't turn blind eye'

Russia launches most brutal attack on Kyiv this year as President Zelensky begs the world not to 'turn a blind eye' to the suffering of his people and their fight to beat Putin's invasion

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3 w. ago Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni rolls her eyes as President Macron whispers to her at G7 roundtable

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was caught rolling her eyes after French President Emmanuel Macron whispered something to her as they sat at the G7 summit roundtable.

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3 w. ago Moment slouching Italian PM Giorgia Meloni rolls her eyes as President Macron whispers to her while sat round G7 roundtable

The reaction came as world leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) met in the luxury resort of Kananaskis, amid deepening global crises in both Ukraine and the Middle East.

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3 w. ago Starmer insists he will not ‘massage the figures’ as he vows to shut all migrant hotels properly

It comes as Keir Starmer and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni discussed a new sanctions regime on people smugglers

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3 w. ago G7 summit on wildfire watch for Trumpian explosions in Canada

Wildfires are on the agenda in Kananaskis, but with the world ablaze, all eyes are on the human flame-thrower AKA the US presidentA bright spark in the Canadian team preparing the G7 Kananaskis summit, in the ridiculously beautiful Canadian Rockies, decided to insert the issue of wildfires onto a crowded agenda. It seemed an eminently sensible and Canadian thing for the eminently sensible Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, to do.After all there are currently an estimated 225 blazes in Canada, including 120 classified as out of control, and they are raging to the west in British Columbia across to northern parts of Alberta. Indeed it is likely to be Canada’s second worst year on record for wildfires. Moreover, Carney had an ingenious solution ready to hand – a Kananaskis wildfire charter including “greater equipment interoperability” between the G7 members. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago European journalists targeted with Paragon Solutions spyware, say researchers

Citizen Lab says it found ‘digital fingerprints’ of military-grade spyware that Italy has admitted using against activistsThe hacking mystery roiling the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government is deepening after researchers said they had found new evidence that two more journalists were targeted using the same military-grade spyware that Italy has admitted to using against activists.A parliamentary committee overseeing intelligence confirmed earlier this month that Italy had used mercenary spyware made by Israel-based Paragon Solutions against two Italian activists. Continue reading...

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