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Every star – and there were many – who put their name to the pledge published on Monday surely knew how incendiary that action was. Hollywood A-listers, including Oscar winners …

Kyiv, Ukraine – Evhen Ihnatov was a young teenager when Russian forces occupied his hometown. In the eight months of 2022 when the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson was overtaken, …

Published on 13/07/2025 – 14:59 GMT+2•Updated 16:54 ADVERTISEMENT Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy slammed Russia for intensifying what he called a terror campaign designed to intimidate Ukrainian civilians. Zelenskyy made the …

In these circumstances, she added, political leaders “can threaten businesses with tax audits, more regulation, even criminal charges, unless they give in to the autocrats’ demands.” Project 2025, Scheppele wrote, …

Islamabad, Pakistan – Six senior Pakistani judges have accused the country’s powerful spy agency of interfering in judicial matters and using “intimidatory” tactics such as secret surveillance and even abduction …