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Spain's PM to visit Ukraine on Monday to support Zelenskiy
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez plans to travel to Ukraine on Monday to support President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the Ukrainian democracy, he said on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump called Zelenskiy a "dictator". Trump's remarks and his change of U.S. policy on the three-year war in Ukraine heightened concerns among U.S. allies in Europe that his approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict could benefit Moscow. "I'll be in Kyiv on Monday to reaffirm Spain's support for the Ukrainian democracy and President Zelenskiy," Sanchez wrote in a post on social media platform X.
AFP
Hospitalised Pope had peaceful night, up, eating, working: Vatican
Pope Francis passed another peaceful night in hospital, "got up and had breakfast in his armchair", the Vatican said Thursday, the day after reporting a slight improvement in his condition.In a Wednesday evening update, the Vatican said the pope's blood tests had shown a "slight improvement" and his clinical conditions were stable.
Reuters
Austria moves towards centrist coalition deal after far right fails
Austria's two biggest centrist parties are moving quickly towards a coalition deal without the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) after it failed to form a government, party officials said on Thursday. It would be third time lucky if the conservative People's Party (OVP) and Social Democrats (SPO) managed to strike a deal with some degree of support from smaller centrist parties, since a first effort led by the OVP failed in January, then an attempt led by the eurosceptic, Russia-friendly FPO collapsed last week.
AFP
Hamas hands over dead Israeli hostages in black coffins
Hundreds watched on Thursday as four black coffins, which Hamas said held the remains of Israel's Bibas family and an elderly hostage, were carried off stage by Palestinian militants in southern Gaza.Abu Bilal, spokesman for the Mujahideen Brigade told AFP that his group "completed all arrangements for the handover of the remains of three bodies from the Bibas family", suggesting the lesser-known militants had held the three relatives.
Associated Press
Can sandals be art? Birkenstock says yes, but a German court says no
Birkenstocks: they are ubiquitous in the summer, comfy and very German, come in many colors and shapes, look sometimes chic and sometimes shabby. Birkenstock, which is headquartered in Linz am Rhein in western Germany and says its tradition of shoemaking goes back to 1774, had filed a lawsuit against three competitors who sold sandals that were very similar to its own. The shoe manufacturer claimed its sandals “are copyright-protected works of applied art" that may not simply be imitated.
AFP
Trump says trade deal with China 'possible'
US President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that a trade deal was "possible" with China -- a key target in the US leader's tariffs policy.One month into his second term in office, Trump has threatened sweeping tariffs on allies and adversaries alike -- targeting China as well as neighbors Canada and Mexico, and the European Union -- and using levies as his main policy tool for lowering the massive US trade deficit.
NBC News
Bodies of youngest Hamas hostages among those returned to Israel
Hamas released the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday, including what it says are three members of the Bibas family.
CNN
Hamas hands over bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to include Bibas children and their mother
Hamas on Thursday handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza — the first time the group has released deceased captives since October 7, 2023.
USA TODAY
Trump gave schools 2 weeks to ban DEI. Lawyers say it's not that simple.
The Department of Education told schools they have two weeks to eradicate DEI or risk losing federal funds.
AFP
South Korea's ousted PM says tried to stop martial law decree
South Korea's ousted premier said Thursday that he had opposed suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law, testifying for the first time at his former boss's impeachment trial about the events of a night that threw the country into turmoil.Much of Yoon's impeachment trial has centred on the question of whether he violated the constitution by declaring martial law, which is reserved for national emergencies or times of war.
TODAY
Opossum eats entire Costco chocolate cake and people can relate: ‘Been there, girl’
An opossum ate a whole Costco chocolate cake, according to Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, and many people on the internet say they can relate to her.
CNN
CNN Poll: Americans worried by Trump’s push to expand power
At the one-month mark of Donald Trump’s second term as president, his approval rating in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS tilts negative but still lands above the level he reached at any point in his first four years in office.
Reuters
US support for Taiwan remains 'very strong,' Taiwanese official says
Support from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration for Taiwan remains "very strong" and Taiwan is looking at more purchases from the country, including LNG, to help balance trade, a senior Taiwan security official said on Thursday. Trump has repeatedly criticised Taiwan for taking U.S. semiconductor business, saying he wants the industry to re-base to the United States. He has also threatened broad import tariffs on countries which have unbalanced trade with the United States, which could affect Taiwan, given the large trade surplus it runs.
AFP
Chinese workers from Myanmar scam centres start arriving home via Thailand
Hundreds of Chinese workers started to arrive home on Thursday after being freed from online scam centres in Myanmar, as authorities crack down on the illegal operations.Thousands of foreigners are expected to be repatriated from Myanmar in the coming weeks, starting with hundreds of Chinese nationals over the next three days.
USA TODAY
Bodies of Bibas boys returned to Israel in tragic end for youngest Oct. 7 hostages
Children and brothers Kfir and Ariel Bibas, symbols of the worst assault on Jews since the Holocaust, were kidnapped along with their mother by Hamas.
CNN
‘That training kicked in’: How flight attendants leapt into action after Toronto plane crash
After Delta Flight 4819’s cabin rolled upside down and came to rest in a terrifying crash landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport, a flight attendant stood on what had been the ceiling – one leg propped on an upturned baggage compartment – and addressed passengers who’d unbuckled themselves from inverted seats.
Time
What the Founding Fathers Said About Monarchy
Trump declared himself “king”—something the crafters of the Constitution hoped the U.S. would avoid.
Associated Press
Middle East latest: Israel receives remains said to include a mother and her 2 young children
Hamas on Thursday released the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to include a mother and her two children who have long been feared dead and had come to embody the nation’s agony following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The remains were said to be of Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz, who was 83 when he was abducted. Hamas has said all four were killed along with their guards in Israeli airstrikes.
AFP
Airbus profit climbs in 2024, aims to accelerate output
European aircraft maker Airbus said Thursday net profits rose in 2024 as it boosted plane deliveries and set a goal of accelerating them further.Net profit rose 12 percent to 4.2 billion euros ($4.4 billion), overcoming a massive writedown in the value of its space business earlier in the year.
Reuters
Kremlin says any UK plan to send troops to Ukraine would be unacceptable for Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Thursday that any British plan to send troops to Ukraine as part of a potential peacekeeping mission would be unacceptable for Russia and that it was monitoring statements by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer with concern. The British leader has said he is "ready and willing" to put UK troops on the ground in Ukraine as a security guarantee in the event of some sort of a ceasefire deal between Moscow and Kyiv.

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