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In view of the unusual spread of monkeypox, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging various measures, but sees no reason for alarm. “It is not a disease the general public should be worried of. It’s not like Covid,” WHO expert Sylvie Briand said …

A Norwegian airline has started selling tickets for budget transatlantic flights from London Gatwick, including return trips to New York JFK from £255 or $316. Daily flights on the Norse Atlantic Airways route begin on August 12 using Boeing 787 Dreaml…

In the former Soviet Republic of Moldova the pro-Russian Former Moldovan president Igor Dodon was put under house arrest in the course of an investigation examining, among others, the charge of high treason, local media reported on Thursday. A court in…

At least seven people were killed and a further 17 injured in attacks by the Russian army in the Kharkiv area in eastern Ukraine, the regional Ukrainian commander Oleh Syniehubov said on Thursday, according to a report by the newspaper Ukrayinska Pravd…

The position of the Catholic Church on the Russian invasion of Ukraine came under criticism at the Catholic’s Day, a festival organized by the Catholic laity, in Stuttgart on Thursday. Theologist Regina Elsner from the Centre for East European and Inte…

Iraqi parliament on Thursday passed a bill “criminalizing” all forms of normalization of relations with Israel, Iraq’s state news agency INA reported. The move comes months after a controversial conference was held in Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdis…

The Palestinian attorney general on Thursday blamed Israel for deliberately killing veteran Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. The reporter was killed a fortnight ago during an Israeli military operation in Jenin in the northern West Bank. Her deat…

German beer is “much too cheap” against the backdrop of rising prices, the sales director of the Erdinger Weißbräu brewery said in an interview released Thursday. “Shoes, cars and so on are much more expensive nowadays – only food and beer cost almost …

Washing dishes, tidying up, vacuuming – British company Dyson, best known for its vacuum cleaners and hairdryers, wants robots to handle virtually all household chores in future. The company says it’s working on high-tech helpers that are set to be abl…

A towering, living Tree Of Trees sculpture in front of Buckingham Palace in London acts like a beacon sending an “eternal message” that trees are the “superheroes” of our towns and cities, the designer has said. The 21-metre-tall Platinum Jubilee centr…