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Pressure mounts on UK government to ban Kanye West after festival backlash
Promoter defends plan for US rapper to headline London festival as sponsors pull out.
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Ukraine war
Ukraine proposes ceasefire on striking energy targets to Russia
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China-EU relations
Orban on the brink: could Hungary’s election dent China’s influence in Europe?
6 Apr 2026 - 12:00PM
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Ukraine war
Ukraine and Syria pledge security cooperation as Zelensky expands Middle East tour
Zelensky and Sharaa discuss drone defence and food security as Kyiv seeks to export its military expertise.
6 Apr 2026 - 9:50AM
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus. Photo: Reuters
Ukraine war
Russian wheat freighter sinks after attack by Ukrainian drones
At least one sailor has died and two are still missing in the Sea of Azov after attack.
6 Apr 2026 - 10:19AM
Hungary
Orban appears to blame Ukraine after explosives found on gas pipeline to Hungary
Discovery on Serbian border comes as the Hungarian leader faces a tight election and ‘false flag’ accusations from opposition.
6 Apr 2026 - 1:46PM
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Britain
Major sponsors drop out of London festival headlined by Kanye West
Pepsi and Diageo pull out of Wireless Festival as PM Starmer weighs in on US rapper who has praised Nazism in the past.
6 Apr 2026 - 11:09AM
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, after arriving at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in 2025. Photo: AFP
Germany
Tree tragedy and ‘polonium’ scare mar Easter egg hunts in Germany
Infant among three killed by falling tree in the north while discovery of ‘radioactive’ vial triggers major hazmat response in the south.
6 Apr 2026 - 12:06PM
Religion
Pope Leo calls for peace, dialogue amid Ukraine, Iran wars in Easter mass
Leo addressed some 50,000 in St. Peter’s Square and quoted his predecessor, who reminded the faithful of the ‘great thirst for death, for killing, we witness each day’.
5 Apr 2026 - 7:35PM
Ukraine war
Zelensky fears Ukraine may get less US support to fight Russia due to Iran war
Zelensky has offered to share Ukraine’s battlefield expertise with the US and allies to develop countermeasures against Iranian attacks.
5 Apr 2026 - 3:48PM
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‘Ease the burden’: 5 EU nations urge tax on energy firms’ profits
As fuel prices spike, finance ministers from Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Austria ‘stand united’ and call for action.
4 Apr 2026 - 7:10PM
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Britain
London mayor’s bodyguards relieved of duties after bag of guns ‘misplaced’
A pregnant passer-by found the bag, containing guns, a taser and ammunition, on a road outside Sadiq Khan’s home.
4 Apr 2026 - 11:09AM
South Korea
Softly, softly: why South Korea, France prefer diplomacy over force in Hormuz
Presidents Lee and Macron have agreed to cooperate on safety in the strait but they are likely to wade in only after the war, analysts say.
4 Apr 2026 - 9:00AM
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Italy
Pope Leo carries cross for full Good Friday procession
‘I carry all of this suffering in my prayer,’ the pontiff said before he set out for the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross.
4 Apr 2026 - 1:24PM
China energy security
Chinese airlines shed weight, add flights over Russia to trim fuel costs
Some carriers have even removed non-essential items like in-flight magazines from their planes.
3 Apr 2026 - 5:07PM
An Air China plane at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. Photo: Shutterstock
US, Israel war on Iran
Immediate reopening of Strait of Hormuz demanded at 40-nation talks
Iran is trying to hold the global economy hostage via its blockade of the waterway, said the UK’s foreign minister, who hosted the meeting.
3 Apr 2026 - 11:30AM
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Italy
Italy arrests German-Indian ‘guru’ on child abuse allegations
The two children did not attend school and had to stand guard around the house where they lived at night.
2 Apr 2026 - 9:12PM
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Ukraine war
Russia is luring students with large financial packages to join drone units
Students are being offered attractive packages to sign up, with the prospect of ending their contracts after one year.
2 Apr 2026 - 3:42PM
A new billboard recruitment campaign which shows a young drone operator with glowing eyes in hi-tech glasses. Photo: EPA
History
Wreck of Danish flagship sunk by famed British admiral discovered after 225 years
Marine archaeologists find the Dannebroge, sunk during a brutal hours-long naval clash considered one of Admiral Horatio Nelson’s ‘great battles’.
2 Apr 2026 - 2:20PM
Ukraine war
Russia says it has taken full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region
A small sliver of land in the area has remained beyond Moscow’s reach since 2022, and Kyiv denies that the situation has changed.
2 Apr 2026 - 11:06AM
France
France suspects link to pro-Iranian group HAYI in foiled Paris bomb plot
The group had posted a video on March 23 targeting Jewish interests and communities in Europe, naming Bank of America’s Paris headquarters.
2 Apr 2026 - 12:12AM
Britain
BBC defends action in new sex abuse scandal involving DJ Scott Mills
The BBC has been rocked by multiple sexual scandals involving top personalities in recent years.
1 Apr 2026 - 11:11PM
Anti-BBC protesters in 2024 as former BBC news presenter Huw Edwards (not pictured) arrives at Westminster Magistrates’ Court for his sentencing hearing in London. Photo: EPA-EFE
Japan
Japan, France to draw road map for supply of critical minerals
It aims to lower their high dependency on China, which mines about 70 per cent of the world’s supply and refines some 90 per cent.
2 Apr 2026 - 3:23PM
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Germany
Wolf bites woman on the face at German shopping centre in rare attack
The animal, which had previously avoided humans, was captured and taken to a wildlife park.
1 Apr 2026 - 12:41AM
China-EU relations
Europe urged to ‘learn to fight for itself’ in case US-China truce collapses
European Council on Foreign Relations calls for Brussels to be prepared and ‘not wait until the next crisis hits’.
31 Mar 2026 - 3:00PM
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