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Eurovision 2026: Betting Odds for the Host City and the Early Favorites to Win – Eurovision News

June 1, 2025

With Eurovision 2025 behind us and the next contest on the horizon, attention is already shifting not only to the potential winners of Eurovision 2026 but also to the city that will host this spectacular music event. The betting platform Novibet has opened its markets both for the country most likely to win and the […]

Trump diverts military valor to himself

June 1, 2025

Over the Memorial Day weekend, Trump spent some time with the people he called suckers and losers of both the future and the past. He delivered the commencement address at West Point, and rambled on for a good hour reprising the trophy wives and yachts story he told the Boy Scouts back in 2017 and […]

UK must consider food and climate part of national security, say top ex-military figures

June 1, 2025

Former military leaders are urging the UK government to widen its definition of national security to include climate, food and energy measures in advance of a planned multibillion-pound boost in defence spending. Earlier this year Keir Starmer announced the biggest increase in defence spending in the UK since the end of the cold war, with […]

At least 10 killed, 33 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine overnight, officials say

June 1, 2025

At least 10 killed, 33 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine overnight, officials say A resident gestures as he stands near buildings damaged by Russian military strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Myrnohrad, Donetsk region, Ukraine May 29, 2025. A resident gestures as he stands near buildings damaged by Russian […]

UN probe: Russia’s ‘human safari’ in Ukraine is a crime against humanity

June 1, 2025

Russian is guilty of committing crimes against humanity in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region, according to a new report by the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine. The report comes following an extensive investigation into a campaign of Russian drone strikes on Ukrainian civilians over a ten-month period beginning in July 2024, with the […]

A Short Diary from Ukraine’s War: One American’s Story from Kyiv

June 1, 2025

I had traveled and lived in Eastern Europe and Russia before, and I knew I would not just change time zones along the way but cultures too. I left the United States on an American airline, transferring to a Polish carrier in Amsterdam, before boarding a train in Warsaw. Each transfer took me farther from […]

The former CIA chief reveals which European country Putin is about to attack

June 1, 2025

Vladimir Putin will invade a NATO country if he prevails in Ukraine, warned David Petraeus, an American general and former CIA chief, stating that Lithuania would be the most exposed to the risk. Russia could launch an incursion into this Baltic state to test the resolve of the West or as a precursor to a […]

Ukrainian drones hit Russian weapons production sites, Kyiv says

May 30, 2025

KYIV, May 28 (Reuters) – Ukraine's military said on Wednesday it struck several Russian weapon production sites during a major overnight drone attack that Moscow said its air defences had repelled. Both sides have conducted aerial attacks on targets far behind the front lines where fighting rages more than three years since Russia's full-scale invasion […]

UK turns to AI and drones for new battlefield strategy

May 30, 2025

UK turns to AI and drones for new battlefield strategy In February, the prime minister said cuts to the foreign aid budget would be used to fund the military boost. The funding will be one of the results of the government's long-awaited strategic defence review which is due to be published in full on Monday. […]

Explosion kills Russian veteran who led airstrikes on Ukraine port city

May 30, 2025

A retired Russian commander who led airstrikes on the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol died in a blast early Thursday in Stavropol in southern Russia, authorities said. Zaur Gurtsiev, 34, received several medals for participating in Russia's grueling assaults on the cities of Mariupol and Avdiivka. Authorities did not say what caused the explosion, but […]