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Following the Dutch notice, the Belgian government announced that it is also working on adjusting the travel advice in light of stricter border controls and changing attitudes toward transgender people and the LGBTQ+ community, Flemish public broadcaster VRT reported. German and Finnish authorities have also tightened their travel warnings for the U.S. after President Donald Trump took steps to remove some protections for sexual minorities, such as only accepting M or F (male or female) as gender identification on passports and visas. ”It reflects a sad and completely needless reality,” Dutch MEP Kim van Sparrentak, from the Greens group, told…

In a letter to Health Commissioner Oliver Várhelyi, health ministers from 12 countries urge the Commission to step up its fight against tobacco and novel nicotine products. Health ministers have urged the European Commission to step up its fight against tobacco and questioned the blocking of several pieces of tobacco legislation in a letter to Commissioner Várhelyi seen by Euronews. In the letter, dated 21 March, health ministers from Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovenia, and Spain, at the initiative of the Netherlands, voice their concerns over the increasing use of new nicotine products among youth, cross-border…

Daniel Heath and William Lawrence admitted to vandalism after they drunkenly broke and stole half of a statue of Paddington Bear on a night out. Two engineers with the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) who broke a statue of Paddington Bear while drunk on a night out were criticised by a judge on Tuesday for being the “antithesis” of everything the bear stands for.Daniel Heath and William Lawrence, both 22, admitted in Reading Magistrates’ Court that they were responsible for the act of vandalism on 2 March in Newbury, the hometown of Paddington creator Michael Bond.The pair were handed 12-month…

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu says he’s “convinced” that Washington’s decision is “strictly a technical measure” as part of the U.S. reassessment of security risks.  “We will take advantage of this — hopefully short-lasting — delay to work with our American partners to clarify all issues of concern to the U.S. government,” Ciolacu wrote in a post on Facebook. Romania’s inclusion in the Visa Waiver Program came amid election turmoil in the country. After far-right presidential candidate Călin Georgescu won the first round of the presidential election, the results were annulled in December due to alleged Russian manipulation during the…

Calling the portrait “truly the worst,” Trump blamed Colorado’s Democratic Governor Jared Polis and declared he’d rather have no portrait at all. A painting of Donald Trump hanging among the other presidential portraits at the Colorado State Capitol is being taken down – much to the president’s delight – after he claimed it was “purposefully distorted,” according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.In a recent post on his Truth Social platform, Trump shared a photo of the portrait, saying it’s “truly the worst” and blaming it on Colorado’s “Radical Left Governor, Jared Polis.” “I would much prefer not…

“It’s a serious, serious issue, and all lessons must be taken.” Carney was speaking during a stop on the second day of campaigning for Canada’s federal election in late April. “We have a very strong intelligence partnership with the Americans through Five Eyes. Mistakes do happen, but what’s important is how people react to those mistakes,” he added. “They don’t deny the mistakes; that they are clear and transparent in addressing them.” The Atlantic’s report, published Monday, shocked national security officials and members of Congress.  POLITICO reported later that Mike Waltz, the national security adviser, may be the fall guy…

The coalition’s junior partners, The League and Forza Italia, take opposing positions on the war in Ukraine and the European Commission’s plan to build up Europe’s security. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is walking a political tightrope Giorgia Meloni’s key coalition right-hand men are causing her strife as their opposing attitudes to the Ukraine conflict and the EU response to it have been exacerbated in recent days.Antonio Tajani of Forza Italia (European People’s Party) and Matteo Salvini of The League (Patriots for Europe) are both Meloni’s deputies, serving respectively as foreign and transport minister.But they have long been at odds over key…

The chocolate bar has already been recreated by Swiss chocolate maker Lindt, as well as several other smaller shops and supermarkets across the world. The Dubai chocolate bar has taken social media by storm in the last several months. Originally created in the United Arab Emirates by Fix Dessert Chocolatier, the sweet treat is a milk chocolate bar with a creamy pistachio and crispy kataifi filling. Since the original chocolate bar is handmade, it can only currently be bought in the UAE. Nonetheless, this has not stopped a slew of recreations from hitting the global market, with premium Swiss chocolate maker…

Maréchal is the granddaughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen, who founded the National Rally’s predecessor alongside Nazi collaborators and was several times sentenced for hate speech and downplaying the significance of the Holocaust. Le Pen infamously called Nazi gas chambers used to commit genocide against millions of Jews a mere “point of detail” in World War II history on several occasions. He died earlier this year and Maréchal pledged to “pursue his mission.” Maréchal’s mother was Le Pen’s second daughter. Early on in her political career, she referred to herself as Marion Maréchal Le Pen. She has since dropped Le Pen from her…

One of the largest and most significant Iron Age hoards ever discovered in the UK has been unveiled. It will likely reshape our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ago. It began, as many great discoveries do, with a metal detectorist and a lucky beep. In December 2021, Peter Heads stumbled upon what would turn out to be one of the largest and most significant Iron Age finds ever made in Britain: the Melsonby Hoard.Now, after meticulous excavation and research, archaeologists have unveiled a collection of more than 800 objects found by Heads near the village of Melsonby in…