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Spain sees highest inflation in nearly 40 years

Inflation in Spain rose by 9.8% in March compared to the same month last year, according to preliminary data published by the National Statistics Institute on Wednesday. The rise in the consumer price index is the highest since May 1985, and the provisional figure for this month is more than …

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French far right politician booted out of Zidane football club (VIDEO)

A French far right politician was ejected from a football club established by France ’98 icon Zinedine Zidane by the former player’s brother Noureddine. On the eve of the French presidential election, anti-immigration candidate Eric Zemmour went to the Z5 five-a-side football club in Aix-en-Provence for an informal game. Having hardly …

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Taliban bans poppy cultivation

Taliban supreme leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada has outlawed the cultivation of poppy, the source of sap that is refined into morphine and heroin, in a decree issued on Sunday, fulfilling its promise to ban the narcotic, made after seizing power last year. Afghanistan is estimated to have accounted for 90% …

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Poland wants more US troops along Russia’s borders

A top Polish leader has called for the US to dramatically expand its troop presence in Europe, to deploy more forces along Russia’s borders and possibly to station nuclear weapons in Poland. “Poland would be pleased if the Americans increased their presence in Europe from the current 100,000 soldiers up …

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Zelensky can offer Russia sanctions relief for peace, US says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky got a green light from Washington to offer Russia relief from international sanctions in exchange for ending its military offensive against the former Soviet republic. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken opened the door to such an offer on Sunday, confirming in an NBC News interview …

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Orban set to win fourth term in Hungary

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s conservative Fidesz-KDNP party has emerged with a comfortable lead as polling closes in the country on Sunday. As of 9pm local time, the party is ahead with 59.99% of the votes, with 23.03% of party-list ballots counted. Despite the six leading opposition parties uniting to …

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Mass shooting in California leaves 6 dead

A shooting outside a strip of bars and clubs in downtown Sacramento, California left at least six people dead and ten more injured on Sunday morning, according to a tweet from police at around 4am local time. Video posted to social media shows a brawl underway among at least a dozen …

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First EU country stops buying Russian gas

Lithuania’s government said on Saturday that it has halted all purchases of Russian natural gas, making irrelevant President Vladimir Putin’s demand that all “unfriendly states” pay for the fuel in rubles amid heavy sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine conflict. “In these circumstances, Russia’s demand to pay for gas …

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Judge rules on Ghislaine Maxwell retrial

A US federal judge has refused to grant convicted underage sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell a new trial, ruling on Friday that a juror who failed to disclose his childhood history of sexual abuse had not done so maliciously. Judge Alison Nathan declared that while juror Scotty David’s failure to reveal …

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Ukraine conflict makes Germany ‘poorer’ – finance minister

Germans are already paying a price for Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, the country’s finance minister has acknowledged. Speaking to Bild tabloid newspaper, Christian Lindner said that “the Ukraine war is making us all poorer, for example, because we have to pay more for imported energy.” In an interview published …

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