A pet owner is making sure her dog gets the royal treatment wherever they travel. Catherine Sophie, 23, of Glasgow, Scotland, recently took a month-long vacation — with her dog. Teddy is a three-year-old Maltese and a “great companion,” said Sophie, when it comes to traveling. CANADIAN ‘INFLUENCER DOG’ TRAVELS THE WORLD, LIVES LUXURIOUS LIFE WITH 75-PIECE WARDROBE WORTH $2,500 …
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On this day in history, May 8, 1945, President Harry Truman announced to the American people that Nazi Germany’s forces had surrendered in World War II — and that “the flags of freedom fly all over Europe.” The day has been known as Victory in Europe Day or V-E Day — with celebrations erupting all around the globe to mark …
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Thousands of ride-or-die Taylor Swift fans who missed out on her U.S. concert tour last year or didn’t want to buy exorbitantly priced tickets to see her again found an out-of-the-way solution: Fly to Europe. The pop star is scheduled to kick off the 18-city Europe leg of her record-setting Eras Tour in Paris on Thursday, and planeloads of Swifties …
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Poland’s security officials said Wednesday that a 41-year-old man from Russia had been detained and was being questioned after illegally crossing in from Russia’s ally Belarus. The Border Guard confirmed that a 41-year-old “deserter” from Russia has been detained. Deputy Interior Minister Czeslaw Mroczek said that officials were trying to establish whether the man was a deserter from Russian army …
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Voters in North Macedonia were casting ballots on Wednesday in a parliamentary election and a presidential runoff dominated by issues including the country’s path toward European Union membership, corruption and the economy. The first round of the election for president, a largely ceremonial post, was seen as a barometer for the parliamentary vote. It gave a clear lead to Gordana …
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Kosovo’s foreign minister said Wednesday that her country is convinced that Russia must lose the war in Ukraine for conflict not to spread further in Europe. She said her young nation’s support for Ukraine is unconditional even though Kyiv has not recognized Kosovo’s independence. Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz, who is both foreign minister and deputy prime minister, said her small Balkan nation, …
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European Union nations reached a tentative breakthrough deal to provide Ukraine with billions in additional funds for arms and ammunition coming from the profits raised from frozen Russian central bank assets held in the bloc. The agreement among the 27 EU ambassadors was announced by Belgium, which holds most of the frozen assets in the bloc. It came after weeks …
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Reims, France, boasts the best of European travel condensed into a single little city. It’s the home of crowned kings, Christian faith, Gothic majesty and luminescent wine. It’s also where a sad, weary world toasted the defeat of Adolf Hitler and his evil National Socialist German Workers Party in World War II. COLUMBIA’S FORMER PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER WARNED THE WORLD …
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A baby gorilla’s adorable face can light up the world. At the Prague Zoo recently in the Czech Republic, a baby gorilla was seen having some fun while visitors noticed she was making funny faces at them. Through the glass at the gorilla exhibit, visitor Lucie Stephnickova said she saw a baby animal making faces, as SWNS reported. TEXAS ZOO …
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North Macedonia elected its first woman president Wednesday as the governing Social Democrats suffered historic losses in twin presidential and parliamentary elections. Conservative-backed Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, a 70-year-old law professor, was declared the winner after receiving nearly 65% support with more than two-thirds of the vote counted in a presidential runoff. “Is there a bigger change than electing a woman as …
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