Visitors to Europe's biggest street party will be scanned for wanted knife offenders, rapists, robbers and those suspected of serious violent crimes.

Heavy downpours are likely across much of the UK bringing a risk of fast-flowing or deep floodwater and lightning strikes causing transport delays and power cuts.

It comes as the latest GP patient survey last week-jointly carried out by NHS England and Ipsos-discovered patient satisfaction with GP services has improved.

The 70-seater bus was carrying pupils from Minehead Middle School, believed to be aged nine and ten, following an end-of-term trip to Exmoor Zoo.

New reports have claimed the BBC sacked John Torode after he allegedly 'used the N-word twice while singing along to a Kanye West song'.

Astronomer CEO Andrew Byron uttered four stunned words when the Coldplay kisscam caught him cuddling his HR director, Kristin Cabot, at Boston's Gillette Stadium on Tuesday night.

The French army has completed its withdrawal from Senegal after its presence was deemed incompatible with national sovereignty Read Full Article at RT.com

Nimisha Priya’s execution has been postponed by the Yemeni authorities Read Full Article at RT.com

[allAfrica] Burkina Faso's junta has disbanded its electoral commission, calling it a waste of money.

Janie Mackenzie is sharing her side of the story in the hopes of bringing more clarity to what transpired the morning her grandchildren disappeared, and to help dispel the flurry of rumours that have been circulating online.

A recent SpiceJet flight witnessed a tense situation as passengers demanded the air-conditioning be switched on before takeoff. A viral video captured distressed travelers expressing their anger, with some requesting the flight be halted due to the sweltering cabin conditions.

Chaitanya Baghel, son of ex-Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, got arrested by the Enforcement Directorate. This arrest relates to the alleged liquor scam in Chhattisgarh. Raids occurred at Baghel's residence in Bhilai. Baghel criticized PM Modi, linking the arrest to his son's birthday. The ED alleges a Rs 2,161 crore scam involving government officials and liquor businessmen.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to East Champaran, lauded Operation Sindoor's success and contrasted his government's development initiatives with the previous RJD era, accusing them of neglecting Bihar. He inaugurated projects worth over ₹7,200 crore and flagged off Amrit Bharat trains.

Dattatreya Hosabale emphasizes the need to address both external and internal pollution. He highlights the importance of lifestyle changes and moral transformation. Bhupender Yadav stresses balance in human-nature relations, referencing India's cultural traditions. He mentions Mission LiFE promoting sustainable development. Yadav says India's values offer solutions to ecological challenges. Global frameworks are now recognizing these values.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray criticized the recent violence in the Maharashtra Assembly, decrying the decline in political decorum and demanding accountability. He questioned the obsession with power and the silence of critics who usually target MNS workers. Thackeray also warned against wasting public funds on such incidents and the potential for future escalation, urging impartial action from the state government.

This paper has been drafted to assist the European Parliament's Committees on Budgets (BUDG) and Budgetary Control (CONT) in the context of their work on an implementation report on the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation. Based on publicly available information, it provides an overview of EU reports and academic papers on the implementation of the Regulation. It examines three key interlinked concerns: (1) potential legal gaps in the Regulation; (2) the use of 'smart conditionality' to ensure that funds reach end beneficiaries; and (3) the links between the EU's rule of law reports and the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation. The paper also outlines how Parliament's recent resolutions and questions have addressed these three issues. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

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The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is being urged to deepen its collaboration with schools to ensure that commemorative events, such as those honouring the national heroes are not isolated from academic grounding. Custos of...

WESTERN BUREAU: Oral Johnson, who was held with 23 pounds of cocaine during a police operation in Coral Gardens, St James, on April 26, 2022, was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment in the St James Parish Court on Wednesday. Johnson, a bar and...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Matthew Samuda, says the Government has allocated $350 million to lessen the impact of the dry spell affecting several regions across the island. Addressing a special...

DWAYNE GRANT, as a police officer, is serving and protecting the Jamaican people, but, he’s also preserving and telling the checkered stories of black people in his art, art that is provocative, revealing, “bold”, and embracing black spirituality....

WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover Custos Lennox Wayne Anderson-Jackson was officially conferred with the Order of Distinction (OD) in the rank of Commander in a public installation ceremony at Rusea’s High School in Lucea on Thursday. Anderson-Jackson, a...

President William Ruto has maintained that he has a better plan for Kenya, stating that the country needs peace and unity, not chaos and division.

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Governor of Banadir Region and Mayor of Mogadishu, Hassan Mohamed Hussein Muungaab, met Thursday with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Abdikarim Ahmed Hassan, to strengthen collaboration on the ongoing voter registration campaign in the capital.

Rome (HOL) — The Commander of the Somali National Army (SNA), Lieutenant General Odawaa Yusuf Raage, is on a working visit to Italy, where he met with senior Italian military officials to strengthen bilateral defense cooperation.

The RIC troika was conceptualized by former Russian PM Yevgeny Primakov in the 1990s Read Full Article at RT.com

The project, which aims to link Los Angeles and San Francisco, has been beset by rising costs and delays. Gov. Gavin Newsom called the pulling of funds “illegal.”

On Thursday night, Republicans on the House Rules Committee sought to defuse political pressure around the explosive Epstein issue by adopting a non-binding resolution to possibly consider releasing the Epstein files in the future. It won’t have the force of law and may never come up for a vote.

A director within Papua New Guinea's newly formed NRL franchise stands down amid corruption concerns relating to business dealings at a state-owned oil company.

Residents of a suburban cul-de-sac in east London say they were shocked when heavily-armed police officers in tactical gear descended on their quiet street and later laid drug manufacturing and smuggling charges against a father and son who had lived on the street for years. 

[CAF] With just under three weeks to go until the kick-off of the 2024 TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) in East Africa, Central African Republic (CAR) head coach Sébastien Ngato is rallying his side for what promises to be a historic campaign.

[New Times] A geoscience laboratory, designed to test mineral quality and composition before export and for other purposes, is set to be fully operational in the 2026/27 fiscal year, The New Times understands.

[New Times] A new injectable drug known as lenacapavir could change how millions of people across the world and Africa in particular access HIV protective drugs, which historically have hard to come by.

Denise Richards made a bombshell accusation against estranged husband Aaron Phypers as he claims he never abused her.