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German frontrunner pledges to lead in Europe before key election | Elections News

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and opposition leader Friedrich Merz appeal to voters in the run-up to Sunday’s election.German politicians made their final appeals to voters on Saturday on the eve of crucial snap elections in which conservatives are the frontrunners and the far...

Can Arabs stop Trump’s Gaza displacement proposal? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Some Arab leaders have met to discuss an alternative plan for the Strip devastated by 15 months of Israeli war.US President Donald Trump has ruffled many feathers since he announced his proposal to “take over” Gaza. According to him, more than two million Palestinians...

Allowing racist tropes about Romani people to persist is dangerous | Racism

The black tea I sipped in the cafe seemed to curdle as I processed the words. An engaging conversation with an academic colleague had just turned bitter as I heard him repeat a slur and a biased narrative I’ve experienced far too often. I...

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,094 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Here are the key developments on the 1,094th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Here is the situation on Saturday, February 22: Fighting A Russian drone attack killed a rail worker at a crossing in the Boryspil district, east of Kyiv, and falling drone fragments...

What can stop M23 advance in Democratic Republic of the Congo? | Conflict News

Fighting is intensifying in the east of the country as diplomacy appears to fail.Anxiety is growing in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwandan-backed M23 rebels are advancing in the east, spreading out across north and south Kivu and are...

Why an Irish news site has been drawn into JD Vance’s attacks on Europe | Media News

A conservative media outlet in Ireland has become the latest lightning rod for populist concerns about free speech that have exposed stark divisions between Europe and the United States in the era of President Donald Trump. Gript, a news site known for its conservative...