Church of England: ‘Profound disagreement’ remains on homosexuality

LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – The Church of England’s governing body will debate adopting fresh commitments on homosexuality and same-sex couples when it meets later this month, it said on Friday, acknowledging that there remained “profound disagreement” on the matter. … Read More

Pakistan’s ex-PM Sharif says he will seek a coalition government after trailing jailed rival Khan

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif changed tack Friday and said he would seek to form a coalition government after his party trailed independent candidates backed by his imprisoned rival, Imran Khan, in parliamentary election results. … Read More

Get realist: How the EU can secure its position amid great power rivalry

Europeans should take seriously the thinking of figures such as John Mearsheimer. If they are unable to answer his critiques, they might thereby prove his point Just two years ago, the European Union appeared to have finally found its place … Read More

France’s right-wing star joins forces with Italy’s Giorgia Meloni in EU Parliament

In a sign of EU Parliament’s rightward tilt, Marion Maréchal’s party has entered the Italian and Polish-led conservative group. STRASBOURG — Europe’s hard right is coalescing. On Wednesday, French far-right politician Marion Maréchal, the leader of a fringe party, announced that … Read More

Generative AI may change elections this year. Indonesia shows how

JAKARTA, Feb 08 (Reuters) – Fika Juliana Putri, a 19-year-old shopkeeper in East Jakarta, plans to vote in Indonesia’s presidential election next week for a once-feared former special forces commander. She likes him, she says, because he’s cuddly. A doe-eyed … Read More

Ukrainian special forces ‘in Sudan operating against Russian mercenaries’

Video reportedly from Ukrainian intelligence shows captured Russian saying he is from Wagner group Ukrainian special forces are reportedly operating in Sudan in support of the country’s army against Russian Wagner mercenaries aligned with the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF), … Read More

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