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Soaring across the Adriatic Ocean by speedboat, my Boomer mum squeals in delight as she accidentally grips onto my recently developed, Millennial motherhood-induced belly rolls for extra anchorage. My eight-year-old is there with us, with freshly bloodied knees and elbows from an impromptu Parkour move-gone-wrong on Our Lady of the Rocks island, standing in a superman pose as the wind whips his hair. My Gen Z brother, who I’ve not been on holiday with in 20 years, watches on with tears in his eyes, overcome by the beauty of the looming Montenegrin mountains drawing closer as we glide into Boka…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with families of soldiers killed in overseas military operations, promising them a beautiful life, the state-run media said in a statement released with pictures on Saturday. It follows last week’s ceremony in the capital, Pyongyang, that paid tribute to soldiers who returned from combat in Ukraine, an event where Kim was seen sobbing in tears and placing posthumous state awards on the soldiers’ corpses. According to Saturday’s statement from the Korean Central News Agency KCNA, Kim expressed deep condolences to all the bereaved families of the officers who fell in the battlegrounds on foreign…
North Korea launched new air defence missile weapons earlier this week that the government claimed had “superior combat capability,” according to a release from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The government said in a press release that these two new missiles are suitable for “destroying various air targets,” like attack drones and cruise missiles. The report from the KCNA didn’t explain the missiles in any detail and only said that their “operation and reaction mode is based on unique and special technology”. They did not say where the test had been conducted either. Here is all we know about…
Birdwatching tourism has exploded in the last decade, mainly because of the increasing desire for sustainable outdoor travel, which provides a deeper connection with nature. Other factors, such as discovering new destinations, seeing as many bird species as possible and meeting new people have supported this trend as well. The rise of technology, such as the eBird app, which receives more than 100 million bird sightings from around the world, also makes it much easier to connect with other birdwatchers. This lets them participate in communities, share observations, as well as swap pictures and destination recommendations. However, birdwatching tourism also…
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By Euronews Published on 30/08/2025 – 21:45 GMT+2 Speaking in Estonia in a joint news conference on Saturday with Prime Minister Kristen Michal, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed that sanctions against Russia should be tightened and Europe needs to bolster its defence spending. “Our aim is that by 2030, we have significantly filled all gaps that we have identified today,” von der Leyen said speaking at the Ämari Air Base, where NATO aircrafts are stationed. “Here we put a strong focus on defence.” “Estonia is making the Eastern flank safer. And Europe, stronger,” von der Leyen added. With…
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After he snubbed last year’s edition of the gathering, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also attending the gathering in Beijing. Relations between India and the U.S. reached a low point this month after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 50 percent tariff on Indian goods over the country’s purchase of Russian oil. Putin will stay in China until Wednesday, when Xi is hosting a military parade to commemorate the end of World War II, following Japan’s formal surrender. Alongside Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico will attend the parade, as well as Serbian…
Andriy Parubiy, a senior Ukrainian politician who served as the parliament’s speaker, has been shot dead in Ukraine’s western city of Lviv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday. “Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs Ihor Klymenko and prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko have just reported the first known circumstances of the horrendous murder in Lviv. Andriy Parubiy was killed,” Zelenskyy said on X. The country’s national police earlier in the day reported a shooting in Lviv, the nearest major Ukrainian city to the Polish border, without giving further details.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Saturday that Paris remains open to talks with Iran to avoid the reimposition of far-reaching sanctions if Tehran is willing to take concrete steps immediately. France, Germany and the United Kingdom notified the United Nations on Friday that crushing global sanctions against Iran which were lifted a decade ago would now snap back within 30 days due to the Iranian government’s unwillingness to cooperate with the international community on its nuclear program. Reiterating France’s commitment to reimpose the sanctions, Barrot nonetheless left the door open to further talks. “What happens now?” he said.…