2025-11-20
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Italy
Abducted Ukrainian children recount dark reality of Russian captivity
For the first time since Russia’s all-out war, a delegation of Ukrainian children formerly abducted by Russian forces met the press in Rome on Wednesday. A senior official from Zelenskyy’s office said Ukraine wants to formalise the Vatican’s role as mediator to help secure the release of civilians.
Europe News
EU tells capitals to improve citizens' private pension options
The EU wants citizens to have more ways to ensure an adequate retirement income while also steering part of their savings toward the bloc’s strategic priorities – but state pensions will remain “the backbone of pension systems in Europe".
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Portugal
Nine-year-old boy loses fingers in extreme bullying case in Portugal
A nine-year-old Brazilian child had his fingertips severed by classmates in a Portuguese school. Twenty-seven lawyers are now representing him in a case of bullying that prompted wide condemnation in the south European country.
Ukraine
Explainer: What is new in the US-Russia plan for Ukraine?
Moscow’s plan for Ukraine, reportedly recently presented to the US, repeats most of the Kremlin’s maximalist demands, including Kyiv ceding its territory and Ukraine’s demilitarisation. What is new about this alleged framework is the timing of Russia's push for it.
Culture news
Spain approves a decree for the removal of 'Francoist vestiges'
The Spanish government has approved a decree to create a state catalogue of "Francoist symbols and vestiges" for their removal or resignification. Minister Ángel Víctor Torres puts the number of items to be reviewed at 4,000.
USA
NASA releases new images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
NASA released close-up images of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas, only the third known visitor from another star, after it passed near Mars. The closest the comet will come to Earth is 269 million kilometres in mid-December. Then it will hightail it back into interstellar space, never to return.