THE EUROPEAN UNION appeared to be snubbed by Joe Biden ahead of the G7 summit, with a Brussels official responding in a tit-for-tat manner, asking "why should we talk to them first?" http://dlvr.it/S1J4nw
FRANCE must leave the European Union to protect its own national interests and the economic welfare of its citizens, according to a Yellow Vest activist. http://dlvr.it/S1DN4m
A NORTH Carolina country commission has banned and removed Coca-Cola machines from government facilities following the company's perceived "woke" and "left-wing" interference in state voting legislation. http://dlvr.it/S1BdSV
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has bizarrely claimed that he has been in charge of the country for 15 months - instead of five - in the latest gaffe from the American leader. http://dlvr.it/S182c7
MIKE POMPEO has warned that China does not want the world to know about the secretive military activity taking place at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the lead-up to the outbreak of coronavirus. http://dlvr.it/S156cV
FEARS are growing that the killer "black ´fungus" disease afflicting India is spreading around the world, after reports emerged of new cases in Chile and Uruguay. http://dlvr.it/S12r8j
US BOMBERS have flown over all 30 NATO states in a show of strength ahead of Joe Biden's face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin this month. http://dlvr.it/S124YS
SPECIAL forces troops and police are hunting a heavily armed rogue sniper who has a hit list of 10 people he wants to assassinate. Jurgen Conings, who has become known as the Belgian Rambo, is said to be targeting coronavirus scientists and Belgium's defence minister Ludivine Dedonder. http://dlvr.it/S11H9M
CHINA could have faced a horrific doomsday had it invaded Taiwan in 1958, according to declassified files that show the Pentagon "seriously considered" resorting to using nuclear weapons. http://dlvr.it/S0yGFk
HORRIFIC images of feral dogs eating charred human corpses on the banks of the river Bhagirathi in the Indian town of Uttarkashi have been circulating on social media. http://dlvr.it/S0v8Yn
BRITISH Eurostar passengers have been refused passage to France on the first day of Emmanuel Macron's travel crackdown as the country battles against the Indian variant of the coronavirus pandemic. http://dlvr.it/S0tRJt
THE EU has received a brutal slap in the face after a poll from Oxford University revealed EU citizens are highly divided over some of the key aspects of the bloc's membership. http://dlvr.it/S0sdCN
COUNTRIES around the world have taken different approaches in tackling the virus, but lockdowns have been a hugely popular means of addressing rising rates of COVID-19. But which countries are in lockdown now? http://dlvr.it/S0qLjt