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Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has called the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO a danger to Russia and announced plans to build new military bases to counteract this threat. The situation on Russia’s western border is characterized by a g…

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet will get rare access to Xinjiang province as part of a six-day visit to China next week, her office said on Friday. China has been accused by rights groups and legislatures in several countries of committing geno…

Lucien Favre is set to return for a second term as Borussia Mönchengladbach coach, according to news reports on Friday. The Bild paper said the presentation could come as early as Sunday while Kicker sports magazine expects it next week. Bild said on F…

Even the drive west on the six-lane motorway from Havana to the quiet province of Viñales is an adventure: cars, tractors and bikes make their way over potholes and crumbling asphalt. Cows, too – several times you have to slow down because of curious c…

Former Spanish king Juan Carlos, who has been living in exile in the United Arab Emirates, was greeted with cheers by onlookers in the small coastal town of Sanxenxo as he visited his homeland for the first time in nearly two years. The 84-year-old ex-…

Athletes and officials who express support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could face sanctions from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), its president Thomas Bach said on Friday. Bach told the 139th IOC Session that they aware that under Russia…

RB Leipzig coach Domenico Tedesco hopes that the experience of his players can make the difference in Saturday’s German Cup final against debutants Freiburg in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium. Many Leipzig players featured in the 2019 and 2021 finals the team…

Authorities in Australia, France and Germany confirmed their first cases of monkeypox on Friday as the normally rare disease continues to crop up in a growing number of countries around the globe. The Australian state of Victoria recorded its first cas…

A little over half a year since the devastating volcanic eruption on La Palma, the Spanish Canary Island has reopened what is perhaps its most famous hiking trail, parts of which lead past recently cooled streams of lava. The Ruta de los Volcanes on th…

Carina Vogt of Germany, the first Olympic champion in women’s ski jumping, said on Friday she is ending her career in the wake of several injuries. Vogt, 30, won the inaugural women’s jumping at the Games 2014 in Sochi plus five world titles, two in in…