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The number of nights spent in tourist accommodation in the European Union in 2022 approached pre-pandemic levels, the bloc’s statistics office Eurostat said on Wednesday. The 27-nation bloc recorded 2.72 billion nights spent in tourist accommodation last year, down by only 5.6% from 2019 levels, before COVID-19 inflicted heavy losses …

A Canadian father of a fourth-grade student went off on a school district on Tuesday not just for requesting to know what his daughter’s gender identity is, but also for the contents of a book on the school library shelves. David Todor spoke during a public portion of a Waterloo …

Former high school teacher Ailia was devastated when her 85-year-old father died after displaying COVID-like symptoms as the virus swept through their hometown in the southeastern province of Jiangxi. While her father was never tested, Ailia and her mother were both confirmed positive around the same time and she believes …

Infamous drug trafficker “El Chapo” has pleaded to speak with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador over “cruel and unfair” treatment in U.S. prisons and request an extradition.  “Joaquín asked me through verbal messages to fight for his return to Mexico,” lawyer Jose Refugio Rodriguez said during an interview with …

The Vatican has ordered a prominent French priest who advised the Holy See for years on matters of sex and homosexuality to cease his psychotherapy practice following allegations he sexually abused men in his therapeutic care. But the Vatican didn’t defrock or otherwise sanction the Rev. Tony Anatrella despite several …

Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg is being accused of staging her detention at a German coal mine protest after video surfaced showing the 20-year-old seemingly laughing with officers.  During the purported photo-up, video shows Thunberg smiling and laughing with who appears to be another protester. One officer, clad in …

The Mexican prosecutor probing the murder of American tourist Shanquella Robinson has asked the U.S. to help determine if there were accomplices in the crime – while the main suspect still hasn’t been extradited. Baja California Sur Attorney General Daniel de la Rosa Anaya made a rare public comment Friday, …

According to Ukrainian authorities, a helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb left 18 people dead on Wednesday, including Ukrainian officials and three children. An emergency services helicopter crashed in Brovary, an eastern suburb of the Ukrainian capital. Nine people who died were aboard the helicopter. Among those killed were Interior …

JERUSALEM — While the plight of Christians in the region has decreased drastically, the population of Israeli Christians grew by 2%, according to a report released by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) in December. The publication of the new data coincided with Christmas and showed roughly 185,000 Christians live …

Despite the distinction of being Emmanuel Macron’s birthplace, Mayor Brigitte Fouré doubts that Madonna has heard of Amiens, a city in the north of France halfway between Paris and Lille. However, on Monday, Fouré revealed a connection and asked the singer to consider loaning the city a painting it lost …