Less than 25% of the EU’s electricity came from fossil fuels in April
The drop in fossil fuel generation was driven by wind and solar growth as well as the recovery of hydropower.
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China is still harassing dissidents who fled in the 1990s
Yan Xiong escaped from China in 1992, but he and other dissidents are still being targeted by Beijing.
An estimated 2,300 people participated in a demonstration organized by the Islamist group Muslim Interactive in the German port city of Hamburg on Saturday. The group, classified as extremist by German security authorities, called for a new protest against "censorship and opinions being dictated.”
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has welcomed conditions imposed on a planned Islamist demonstration in Hamburg. The group "Muslim Interactive" sparked outrage recently with calls for "a caliphate for Germany."
German MPs propose that NATO intercept drones over Ukraine
The members of the German Parliament from the Greens and Free Democrats parties, as well as the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, are in favour of deploying NATO countries’ air defence systems to protect Ukraine’s western regions.
US said offering intel on Hamas leaders’ whereabouts if Israel drops major Rafah op
France to offer all 18 to 25-year-olds free fertility checks to combat falling birth rates
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a sweeping series of measures to address what he called a 'scourge' of infertility in his country.
Gunmen kidnap more than 100 in attack on villages in northwest Nigeria
Mexico heat wave melts temperature records in 10 cities, including Mexico City
In San Luis Potosí at least four people died due to heat stroke and six more deaths are under investigation, according to local health services.
Biden says there would be a ceasefire in Gaza ‘tomorrow’ if Hamas frees hostages
Egypt refuses to coordinate with Israel on entry of Gaza aid from Rafah crossing
Egypt, Qatar reject Israeli proposal to control civil administration in post-war Gaza
As the war in Gaza rages on, international parties struggle to come up with solutions for post-war administration for rebuilding the Strip and assisting the civilian population.
Wife of U.S. soldier detained in Russia says he was having an affair, not involved in 'geopolitical intrigue'
Megan Black said her husband's trip to Russia was "ill-advised" but simply part of an extramarital affair. Black's mother said she thought he had been set up by his girlfriend.
Russia takes five villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, defence ministry says
Hamas publishes video of Nadav Popplewell, claims hostage killed by Israeli airstrike
Popplewell had a black eye in the video, but no other visible injuries.
Kuwait parliament dissolved over 'widespread corruption'
Emir suspends Gulf state for up to four years ‘to save the country’
One way to decrease temporary residents is to make them permanent, Canadian ministers suggest
One way Canada plans to shrink the number of temporary residents is to offer them the opportunity to remain permanently, the immigration minister said Friday, but that doesn't mean everyone who wants to stay will be able to.
Israel orders people in more areas of Gaza's Rafah to evacuate
Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere
Experts issue warning after finding global average concentration in March was 4.7ppm higher than same period last year
Japan backs U.N. move to grant full membership to Palestine
NEW YORK--Japan joined 142 nations at the U.N. General Assembly on May 10 in approving a resolution calling on the Security Council to reconsider accepting Palestine as a full member.
Germany may introduce conscription for all 18-year-olds as it looks to boost its troop numbers in the face of Russian military aggression
Both men and women could be called up to arrest decline of armed forces