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Ukraine said a Russian missile and drone strike hit the Zhytomyr region, northwest of Kyiv, on Friday, killing one person and injuring 10 as emergency crews searched through rubble and damaged neighbourhoods. Local authorities reported that 18 houses were destroyed, while about 100 residential buildings and 55 public or administrative buildings were damaged in the attack, which came as part of a wider wave of strikes across the country. The Zhytomyr strike formed part of a broader Russian barrage that killed at least eight people across Ukraine on 3 April, according to Associated Press reporting. Ukrainian officials said Moscow is…
The desire to join NATO has not blinded Ukraine to the substantial cracks within the alliance. The ambassador admitted that the country’s faith had been shaken, in part because of NATO’s “behavior in the first years of the war, when it deliberately tried to distance itself from all key processes related to providing Ukraine with the most necessary support — lethal weapons.” Following Trump’s reelection and Washington’s decision to scale down its support of Kyiv, NATO took a more active role in the country’s defense, and today the alliance coordinates more than 80 percent of all military assistance to Ukraine.…
Worshippers carrying wooden crosses and dressed in biblical costumes moved through districts including Yaba and Ikeja on 3 April, stopping to pray and reflect on the final hours of Jesus. The annual ritual is widely observed across the country, but this year many participants said it resonated more deeply as households struggle with rising prices, job insecurity and persistent violence. Good Friday is a public holiday in Nigeria and one of the most visible moments of the Christian calendar. The symbolism was especially strong in Lagos, where inflation and transport costs continue to shape daily life. Recent market reporting has…
The museum insisted no passwords or security maps were stolen and that the systems involved were closed-circuit and not accessible from outside, with “no information lost.” The transfer of items to the vaults, including Medici-era treasures, was unrelated to the cyberattack but due to ongoing renovations. The episode quickly turned political. Former Prime Minister and ex-Florence Mayor Matteo Renzi tore into Giorgia Meloni’s government, accusing Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli of failing to protect one of Italy’s most iconic cultural institutions in his home city. “Hackers attack the Uffizi and threaten our cultural heritage. What is Minister Giuli doing?” Renzi wrote…
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Published on 03/04/2026 – 17:09 GMT+2 Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi might be nearing the final chapters of their legendary rivalry – but together, they’re still capable of breaking the internet. The two icons of modern football have reunited for another World Cup-themed advertisement, this time ahead of the 2026 tournament in the United States. After their viral Louis Vuitton chess campaign before Qatar 2022, Ronaldo and Messi are back – but this time joined by the next generation in Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Jr. The four athletes star in LEGO’s new “Everyone Wants a Piece” campaign, promoting…
European lawmaker Bernd Lange, responsible for the European Parliament’s negotiations on the EU-U.S. trade deal, told POLITICO he believed the Trump administration’s announcement made a final deal more likely. Lange noted that the U.S. administration had scrapped 50 percent tariffs on many steel derived items, bringing some, like motorcycles, to the agreed 15 percent levels. In other cases, however, a special 25 percent rate applied. “The US is increasingly adopting a stance of not further breaching the Scotland Deal,” said the EU lawmaker. But, he added, “we wanted a little bit more, so let’s see.” The White House also confirmed…
She was again questioned by the police on Friday morning as part of an investigation into a social media post she wrote last week expressing solidarity with Japanese terrorist Kōzō Okamoto. Okamoto was convicted of a terrorist attack that killed 26 people at Ben Gurion International Airport in 1972. In her post on Friday, Hassan, who is an MEP with the hard-left France Unbowed party, said she had two types of CBD, a chemical that is found in the cannabis plant but does not have the same intoxicating effects as THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. The first type…
By Rédaction Africanews with Jeremiah Fisayo-Bambi Published on 02/04/2026 – 11:08 GMT+2•Updated 03/04/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2 Former Malawian leader Lazarus Chakwera has delivered a blunt warning about the cost of reform in office, saying efforts to tackle corruption can quickly turn leaders into targets. “The fight you engage in fights back,” Chakwera said in an interview on Africanews’ Global Conversation, reflecting on his presidency and the backlash he faced while attempting to expose wrongdoing. Elected in 2020 on a reformist, anti-corruption platform, Chakwera said his time in office was quickly overtaken by overlapping crises, from the global shock of the COVID-19 pandemic to…
ATHENS — Margaritis Schinas, a former European Commission vice president, is set to take over the Greek agriculture ministry after a widening farm fraud scandal prompted the resignation of three top government officials. Agriculture Minister Konstantinos Tsiaras, Civil Protection Minister Ioannis Kefalogiannis and Deputy Health Minister Dimitris Vartzopoulos stepped down Friday after being implicated in fresh allegations from the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) earlier this week. The European investigations are chipping deeper into the ranks of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ center-right New Democracy party. They focus on dozens of cases in which Greeks allegedly received EU agricultural funds for pastureland…