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A trio of House lawmakers struck again at a senior Space Force official for criticizing states with “divisive” LGBTQ legal guidelines, saying the political remarks concentrating on GOP-run states threaten civil-military relations. ...

The head of the Wagner mercenary group has accused Russian navy leaders of focusing on his troops.Yevgeny Prigozhin mentioned the assault occurred after he criticised the nation's prime brass in an explosive outburst on the Telegram messaging app. In a video, he had mentioned the Kremlin's rationale for invading Ukraine final February was primarily based on lies - and the "evil" of Russia's navy management should be stopped.Prigozhin has since claimed the nation's defence ministry carried out missile strikes at Wagner's rear camps on Friday - killing scores of his fighters.In an announcement, the Russian defence ministry denied this - describing the allegations as "untrue and an informational provocation". According to the TASS information company, President Vladimir Putin ha...

A pod of killer whales bumped one of many boats in an endurance crusing race because it approached the Strait of Gibraltar, the newest encounter in what researchers say is a rising development of sometimes-aggressive interactions with Iberian orcas. ...

President Emmanuel Macron's local weather finance summit in Paris has delivered some progress on quite a few headline points.More than 40 world leaders and the heads of establishments just like the World Bank agreed to pause debt repayments on new loans for susceptible nations if they're hit by climate-driven disasters. Leaders agreed that multi-lateral growth banks ought to discover an additional $200bn (£158bn) in lending for low-income economies, bolstered by extra money from wealthy nations if vital and matched by funding from the non-public sector.And an extended overdue pledge of $100bn (£79bn) for growing international locations to take care of the impacts of local weather change is lastly, delegates had been informed, nearby.The two-day summit, led by Barbados Prime M...

CANBERRA, Australia — A suspected Russian diplomat is seemingly squatting on the location of Moscow’s proposed new embassy in Canberra after the Australian authorities vetoed the plan on safety grounds and handed laws that Russia will attempt to overturn in Australia’s highest court docket. ...

Steps have refused to play a gig in Dubai as a result of the contract stipulated there must be "no mention of sexuality," band member Ian "H" Watkins has stated.Speaking on the Attitude Pride Awards 2023, the 47-year-old Welsh singer stated: "Recently, we've got simply turned down a gig within the Emirates in Dubai, particularly, due to their human rights insurance policies and particularly their legal guidelines on LGBTQ+ folks. "We got offered a very lovely sum of money, but, in the contract, it did say no mention of sexuality and for me, as a gay man, I did say 'that doesn't sit well with me. I'm not going to be part of that'."Same intercourse relationships are unlawful within the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Dubai is without doubt one of the seven emirates which make up th...

ROME — Exactly 40 years after the teenage daughter of a Vatican worker disappeared, the Vatican mentioned Thursday that new leads “worthy of further investigation” had surfaced hopes of lastly attending to the underside of one of many Holy See’s enduring mysteries. ...

The boss of Irish broadcaster RTE has been suspended amid an argument over misreporting the wage of its highest paid star.Director basic Dee Forbes was because of step down subsequent month however was suspended on Wednesday, RTE's board revealed. It comes a day after it apologised and admitted Ryan Tubridy had obtained funds totalling €345,000 (£295,000) greater than his printed wage between 2017 and 2022.Tubridy hosted the flagship Late Late Show for 14 years - an Irish establishment - and now presents on RTE Radio One.However, he was changed on his Friday morning slot this week. Tubridy has stated he was stunned to search out out in regards to the errors and that the accounting procedures had been nothing to do with him."It is unfortunate that these errors are in relation ...

PARIS (AP) — The Olympic flame for the 2024 Paris Games will cross by 64 departments — together with 5 abroad — and 400 cities over 68 days earlier than the cauldron is lit. ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s electoral watchdog stated Friday that about 14,000 individuals had been prevented from voting in final month’s native elections due to a brand new legislation requiring voters to point out photograph identification. ...