Denmark Danish PM's COVID-19 mink cull order had no legal basis, lawmakers say Fearing transmission of COVID-19 variants in 2020, Denmark's government had ordered 15 million animals to be slaughtered despite having no legal basis to do so. 30/06/2022
Georgia ICC demands three to be arrested for war crimes in 2008 Georgia war The suspects are all accused of committing war crimes in the Russian-backed self-declared republic of South Ossetia. 30/06/2022
Ukraine Nearly 100 Azovstal fighters released amid war's largest prisoner swap The prisoner swap saw 144 Ukrainian fighters released. 30/06/2022
Russia Western leaders would look 'disgusting' topless, says Vladimir Putin G7 leaders had mocked the Russian President for recent bare-chested photos of him on a horse. 30/06/2022
no comment Clowns back at Brazilian hospital after COVID-19 A group of clowns resumed in-person performances at a Rio de Janeiro hospital on Wednesday after they were suspended for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 30/06/2022
United Kingdom UK fails to tackle Russian 'dirty money' despite sanctions — MPs Corrupt money has continued to flow into the UK despite ministers' rhetoric about clamping down on kleptocrats, says an all-party parliamentary committee. 30/06/2022
no comment Hundreds protest in Lisbon for ocean preservation outside UN Ocean Conference Several hundred people are taking part in a "blue march" in Lisbon called by some 60 international and local organisations to demand greater protection for the oceans, on the sidelines of a UN conference. 30/06/2022
Afghanistan 'We respect women a lot': Taliban holds 3,000-delegate men-only summit Critics and civil society groups said it will not have legitimacy if Afghan women, who number around 20 million, do not attend. 30/06/2022
no comment The old western part of Iraq's northern city of Mosul Buildings, houses and the destroyed 12th century Great Mosque of al-Nuri in the old west side of Iraq's northern city of Mosul are filmed by a drone. 30/06/2022
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Ukraine Ukraine to regain control of Snake Island after Russians withdraw "KABOOM!" said Andriy Yermak, head of the presidential office in Ukraine. "No Russian troops on the Snake Island anymore. Our Armed Forces did a great job." 30/06/2022
Ukraine Putin blasts NATO 'imperialism' over Western military shake-up plan Russia's president said NATO's pledges at the Madrid summit showed it was not acting in Ukraine's interests or "the good of the Ukrainian people". 30/06/2022
Philippines Dictator's son Ferdinand Marcos Jr sworn in as Philippines president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, who succeeds Rodrigo Duterte, sees the return of the Marcos family to power 36 years after his father's tyrannical rule ended. 30/06/2022
France 'You can't turn the clock back': Paris survivors react to verdicts Survivors and relatives of the victims of the November 2015 terror attacks responded to Wednesday's guilty verdicts with a mixture of emotions, mostly relief. 30/06/2022
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Austria One dead after severe rainfall causes flooding in southern Austria Authorities have declared a civil emergency after several remote villages ended up being cut off. 29/06/2022
USA R&B singer R Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking Kelly, 55, was found guilty of racketeering and other counts in a trial last year. 29/06/2022
France French court rejects extradition requests for 10 Italian Red Brigades The case. which saw President Emmanuel Macron go against the so-called Mitterand doctrine, has poisoned relations between Rome and Paris for 40 years. 29/06/2022
Ukraine Five things you need to know about Ukraine war from Wednesday From the "independence" referendum in Kherson to Ukrainian troops battling encirclement in the Donbas and the detention of a Russian lawyer, here is what you need to know about the war. 29/06/2022
no comment Traditional wine battle returns in northern Spain The battle of the wine of Haro in northern Spain returns after a two-year break due to COVID-19. This wine battle takes place on Saint Peters Day (Dia de San Pedro), which is June 29th every year. 29/06/2022
