The Reform party of Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas won the election for the European Parliament on Sunday (March 5), with Tallinn's (the capital and most populous city of Estonia) administration remaining one of Europe's most ardently pro-Kyiv. In other news, a new report alleges that the late Polish Pope John Paul II a.k.a Karol Wojtyla knew about child abuse in Poland's Catholic Church even before taking over as pontiff.
Pakistan's former president and army chief General (retired) Pervez Musharraf was laid to rest in Karachi on Tuesday (February 7). Musharaff died at the age of 79 last Sunday following a prolonged illness. In Tunisia, President Kais Saied on Tuesday dismissed Othman Jerandi as the foreign minister of the country without citing any reason. This latest firing makes the top diplomat the fourth minister to leave his position since Saied attempted to seize power in July 2021.
Former US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, in his memoir "Never Give an Inch" has claimed that in 2019, neighbouring countries India and Pakistan were on the verge of a nuclear war and that the US de-escalated the situation. In other news, Chris Hopkins has been sworn in as New Zealand's new Prime Minister, replacing Jacinda Ardern. Meanwhile, in yet another shooting in the US, this one in Yakima, Washington, a 21-year-old man shot and killed three people before committing suicide.
During a recent interview, Germany’s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said that her country won't stand in the way of Poland supplying Leopard 2 tanks to war-torn Ukraine. In other news, New Zealand's incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has acknowledged the "abhorrent" abuse faced by his predecessor, Jacinda Ardern. Today's brief also has news on an exciting discovery that was recently made in the white landscape of Antarctica.
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As pacifist Japan moves ahead with its biggest military overhaul since World War Two, North Korea denouncing the move has warned that the nation will regret its choice. In other news, for the first time since the beginning of the Ukraine-Russia war, Moscow has claimed to have shot down four US-made missiles. Meanwhile, the January 6 committee slammed former President Donald Trump on Monday calling him "unfit for any office".
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