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Dozens of rail routes launched in recent years are making it easier to journey across European country borders.But a newly announced proposal from a Copenhagen-based think tank has a much more ambitious plan for the continent’s train connections.21st Europe’s blueprint envisages a Europe-wide high-speed rail network that would function like a metro or tube system.Named Starline, it hopes to reinvent the continent’s “fragmented, uneven, often slow” rail infrastructure and introduce ultra-fast connections to rival air travel.“A truly integrated rail system is no longer just a matter of convenience; it’s a strategic necessity for Europe’s resilience in the 21st century,” the…

Republicans are facing a trifecta of major challenges this week on President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, his trade war escalation and the biggest test of the party’s political staying power since November. Here’s a rundown of what’s coming. News on Trump’s legislative wish list: Senate Republicans will move as soon as Wednesday to start advancing the budget plan Congress has to approve to enact Trump’s tax cuts, border agenda and energy policies. Senate Republicans are aiming to adopt a budget resolution before leaving for the weekend. A vote-a-rama could start as early as Thursday. Before they get there, senators expect…

Russia views efforts to end its three-year war with Ukraine as “a drawn-out process,” a Kremlin spokesman said Monday, after U.S. President Donald Trump expressed frustration with the two countries’ leaders as he tries to bring about a truce.“We are working to implement some ideas in connection with the Ukrainian settlement. This work is ongoing,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.“There is nothing concrete yet that we could and should announce. This is a drawn-out process because of the difficulty of its substance,” he said when asked about Trump’s anger at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s…

A child was hospitalized after being trapped by a tree that fell into an East Side home as a powerful storm system blew through Columbus Sunday night.Columbus Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Geitter said around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, crews received a call from the 1400 block of Noe-Bixby Road about a tree that had fallen on a house. Two adults and a child were at the home at the time.The fallen tree had trapped the child inside the home, but firefighters managed to pull the child out of the structure. First responders took the child to Nationwide Children’s Hospital for treatment.…

The popular right-wing French lawmaker has been barred from seeking public office over financial misconduct A Paris court has prohibited Marine Le Pen, a leading figure in the right-wing National Rally (RN) party, from running for public office. Le Pen, who had described such an outcome as “political death,” was found guilty of embezzling EU funds along with several other lawmakers.The five-year ban for the 56-year-old MP came into effect immediately, regardless of any appeals process. Le Pen left the court before the judge read the decision in full, according to French media.The French Constitutional Council ruled in an unrelated case on Friday…

A drug-resistant fungus is on the rise in American hospitals, targeting patients who already reeling from illness. New cases have been identified in Georgia and Florida hospitals, according to The Hill. Candida auris has been in the U.S. since 2016, but cases have increased annually through 2023, the most recent year for which the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have data. “We’ve had four people at one time on and off, over the past few months, and in years past, it was unusual to have one or even two people with Candida Auris in our hospital,” Dr. Timothy…

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 16: Josh Emmett enters the Octagon in a featherweight fight during the … More UFC 296 event at T-Mobile Arena on December 16, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The UFC is back at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas for the promotion’s next fight card, UFC Vegas 105, which kicks off the promotion’s schedule for April 2025. In the main event of the Saturday, April 5, UFC Fight Night card, featherweights Josh Emmett and Lerone Murphy look to move up the promotion’s 145-pound…

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) – A U.S. armored vehicle that went missing in Lithuania has been retrieved from a swamp after a six-day search but there is still no information about the fate of the four American soldiers who were on board, Lithuanian officials said Monday. “The armored vehicle was pulled ashore at 4:40 a.m., the towing operation is complete, Lithuanian Military Police and US investigators continue their work,” Defense Minister Dovile Sakaliene said Monday morning in a post on Facebook. The soldiers were on a training exercise at the massive General Silvestras Zukauskas training ground in the town of Pabrade…

With Tax Day a little more than two weeks away, Jackson-Hewitt Tax Services has been caught handing out flyers in New York City allegedly advising illegal migrants on how to get up to $14,000 in tax refunds from the IRS. According to independent journalist Savanah Hernandez, the company’s representatives are handing out information outside the Roosevelt Hotel migrant shelter with tax filing tips showing illegal aliens how they can get thousands of dollars from the IRS based on how many children they claim to have. Hernandez presented a flyer that seems to inform the migrants that they can get a…

Germany’s acting interior minister on Monday touted her administration’s success in combating human trafficking, as representatives from 40 countries met in London for a conference on illegal migration.Speaking at the Organised Immigration Crime Summit, Nancy Faeser said countries must come together to jointly tackle international trafficking.”We must stop the brutal business of trafficking gangs,” said Faeser. “This involves serious organized crime and often armed groups of perpetrators.”She called on partner countries to “exchange information even more closely to uncover and dismantle the entire logistics chain behind the smuggling operations.”Faeser also highlighted the progress Germany has made in stopping human trafficking,…