Ahmad, a young man from Yemen whose name has been changed for safety reasons, was recruited by an intermediary for a supposedly well-paid job in Russia. But instead of working in a Russian coal mine, he found himself, against his will, on the front line in the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Other Yemeni witnesses told DW similar stories. They reported that a group of 24 friends and acquaintances had been lured to Russia with false promises of work...

Britain’s intelligence services have launched a summer internship programme – but white British students are banned from applying. MI5, MI6 and GCHQ are offering students the opportunity of a paid internship next summer, promising that the opportunity represents the “first steps towards an exciting full-time career”. It says that summer interns will not “just be sitting on the sidelines – this is your opportunity to get unique access to our operations, gain experience, and make...

In his first sit-down news interview since winning a second presidency in November’s election, Donald Trump renewed promises to pardon his supporters involved in the attack on the US Capitol in early 2021. He also doubled down on promises of mass deportations and tariffs in the conversation with NBC’s Meet the Press host Kristen Welker – the latter of which he acknowledged could cause Americans to pay more after riding voters’ complaints about higher prices back to the...

France’s President Emmanuel Macron staged an impressive return to the world stage using the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral as an opportunity to broker talks between Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President-elect Donald Trump against a backdrop that eclipsed other European leaders. The ceremony came at the end of a challenging week for the French president, after the collapse of the government, which left the country rudderless. Two days before the ceremony Macron was vowing to...

The Russian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that Bashar Assad has stepped down as Syrian president and left the country following negotiations with armed opposition groups amid the fall of Damascus to Islamist forces. In a statement issued on Telegram on Sunday afternoon, officials clarified that Moscow was not involved in the talks but acknowledged Assad’s decision to transfer power “peacefully.”

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The drug Bovaer which is described as a feed additive for dairy cows to “reduce emissions” has been disclosed as consisting of three ingredients: silicon dioxide, propylene glycol and 3-nitrooxypropanol (“3-NOP”). Writing […]

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by Jack Montgomery, The National Pulse: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has mandated testing of the nation’s milk supply due to growing concerns over bird flu, first identified in a Texas cow in March. The virus has since affected over 710 dairy herds across 15 states, with California experiencing the most cases. There have been 58 human infections, including a child […]