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Thousands of demonstrators have marched in Hungary’s capital to voice their opposition to government measures seen as targeting LGBT people. Organisers of the annual Budapest Pride march predicted record crowds, and called on participants to express their opposition to recent laws passed by the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban […]

The Vatican closed out 2020 with a deficit of 66.3 million euro (£56.7 million), which was better than projected and even lower than pre-pandemic 2019, figures show. The Vatican’s economy minister, the Rev Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, credited lower spending and a milder-than-expected drop in revenues for the results. The […]

Music fans have been enjoying the first weekend since coronavirus restrictions were lifted in England at Latitude Festival. Saturday headliners at the Festival, which is taking place at Henham Park estate near the Suffolk coast, are The Chemical Brothers, while Rudimental and Supergrass will also play. Photo: Jacob King/PA Around […]

British police have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after a car struck a number of pedestrians on the promenade in Blackpool, England. Police were called at 5.25am on Saturday to reports a red Peugeot had driven at a small group of people near to the city’s North […]

Thousands of Hungarians joined the annual Budapest Pride march on Saturday to support LGBTQ people and protest against a law that limits teaching about homosexuality and transgender issues in schools. Hungary’s nationalist prime minister Viktor Orban, in power since 2010, has introduced social policies that he says aim to safeguard […]

Around 35,000 revellers have marched for LGBTQ rights at Berlin’s annual Christopher Street Day celebration – twice as many as had been expected. The parade started with a call from Klaus Lederer, Berlin’s senator for culture, to make the city a “queer-freedom zone” in response to deteriorating safety for gay […]

The Vatican released information on its real estate holdings for the first time on Saturday, revealing it owns more than 5,000 properties as part of its most detailed financial disclosures ever. The information was contained in two documents, a consolidated financial statement for 2020 for the Holy See and the […]

Piers Morgan has revealed he thinks he caught coronavirus while watching England play at Wembley. The journalist and television presenter told the Mail on Sunday he contracted Covid despite being double vaccinated. In a post on Twitter, he said it has been “a long ten days”. Piers Morgan began to […]

Far-right activists and members of France’s yellow vest movement are holding protests against a bill requiring everyone to have a special virus pass to enter restaurants and other venues and mandating Covid-19 vaccinations for all health care workers. Legislators in France’s senate are debating the bill on Saturday after the […]

Thousands of residents have fled flooded communities and swollen rivers in the Philippine capital Manila and its outlying provinces after days of torrential monsoon rains, which left at least one villager dead. Officials said they struggled to open more emergency shelters in order to allow social distancing among the displaced […]