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For two hours, the men surrounded Jagielska, she said, preventing her from doing her job. “These are acts of terror against patients, doctors, and hospital administrators,” Poland’s Minister for Equality Katarzyna Kotula told the TVN24 news channel. Jagielska is not new to abortion protesters. As a doctor performing abortions in one of the countries with the strictest abortion laws in Europe, she has seen her fair share of pro-life demonstrations and online hate. Her hospital attracts crowds of pro-lifers at least once or twice a week, she said. But on Wednesday things escalated beyond anything she had experienced before. “We…
A planned refit of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Procedural Regulation intended to clarify and streamline cross border cooperation between data protection authorities (DPAs) risks further complicating the system, privacy advocates have warned. Introduced in 2018, the GDPR shields citizens rights over how their personal data is used. But when a complaint is filed against a company based in another EU or EEA country, the case must go through a cooperation process between the data protection authority in the complainant’s country and the authority where the company is headquartered. This cross-border system is often slow and opaque, with complaints…
Hungary on Thursday confirmed a fifth outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) at a cattle farm in Rábapordány, near the borders with Slovakia and Austria, escalating concerns over the spread of the highly contagious livestock virus first detected in the country last month. The latest case, confirmed by laboratory tests Thursday afternoon, prompted authorities to place the facility — housing some 600 dairy cows — under immediate quarantine, Agriculture Minister István Nagy announced on social media. Veterinary teams have begun preparations to cull the entire herd in accordance with emergency containment protocols. The virus was previously confirmed at four farms in…
Kyiv and Washington have been hashing out the terms of such an agreement for several months and were on the cusp of signing a deal in February — before a remarkably hostile White House meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spectacularly derailed the talks. The memorandum inked Thursday laid the groundwork “for an Economic Partnership Agreement and the establishment of the Investment Fund for the Reconstruction of Ukraine,” Svyrydenko said, and reiterated U.S. support for a “free, sovereign, and secure Ukraine.” “Ahead is the finalization of the text of the Agreement and its signing — and then, ratification…
A Florida gunman who is the son of a local deputy sheriff used his mother’s former service weapon to kill two and wound six in a shooting on the campus of Florida State University, authorities say.The 20-year-old, identified by police as Phoenix Ikner, opened fire outside the student union building.Officers quickly arrived and shot and wounded Ikner after he refused to comply with commands, said Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell. Authorities have not yet revealed a motive for the shooting, which began around lunchtime on Thursday, sending frightened students and parents hiding for cover in a bowling alley and a freight…
The United Kingdom successfully tested a new type of weapon, which uses radio frequency waves to take down drone swarms, the UK’s Ministry of Defence said.Called RapidDestroyer, the device uses the high-power frequency “to disrupt or damage critical electronic components inside drones” at a distance, which causes them to crash or malfunction,” according to a government statement published on Thursday.The weapon managed to take down over 100 drones during several different tests and was shown to work at ranges of up to 1km, and cannot be jammed using electronic warfare.Drone attacks are increasingly used in modern warfare, with Ukraine defending…
French President Emmanuel Macron has suggested extending France’s so-called nuclear umbrella over its European allies, amid fears an aggressive Russia could one day turn its sights from Ukraine, which it invaded in 2014 and again in 2022, to the European Union’s eastern flank. With around 300 nuclear warheads, France is the only EU member country to possess such weapons, and one of three NATO members along with the U.S. and the U.K. Poland and Denmark have previously expressed openness to the idea of sheltering under France’s nuclear protection. In March, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk — who comes from a…
Bordeaux might soon have competition for the mantle of the world’s most famous wine region.As climate change affects rainfall and temperatures continue to rise, experts predict that regions as far north as Yorkshire in the UK could become premier wine producers by the end of the century.According to a recent Fine Wines and Restaurants Market Monitor report, Hull could be known for its cabernet sauvignon as soon as 2100, as climate change batters Bordeaux and transforms northern England into a hotspot for production.‘Regions that couldn’t grow certain grapes can do that now’Over the past decade, renowned vintages have emerged from…
After his inauguration in January, Trump passed an executive order slashing the funding for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which has resulted in major setbacks for many HIV/AIDS programs that rely on USAID funding.The World Health Organization (WHO) said: “A funding halt for HIV programmes can put people living with HIV at immediate increased risk of illness and death and undermine efforts to prevent transmission in communities and countries,” warning that Trump’s prolonged pause on foreign assistance could take “the world back to the 1980s and 1990s when millions died of HIV every year globally”.Now, Elton John…
The secretary of state added that while the United States is “prepared to do whatever we can to facilitate that and make sure … that [the war] ends in a durable and just way,” if that is “not possible, if we’re so far apart that this is not going to happen, then I think the president is probably at a point where he’s going to say, well, we are done.” Rubio had traveled to the French capital alongside special envoys Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg for ceasefire talks on Thursday with French President Emmanuel Macron and high-level delegations from Germany,…