The European Commission president says Ankara has made “no progress” in joining the bloc Today’s Turkey is further from the EU than it was decades ago when it applied to join the bloc, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in an interview published on Tuesday.

The group accuses Alexey Arestovich of being a homophobe for stating that LGBTQ persons are ‘people with deviations’ A Ukrainian LGBTQ group has called for the firing of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top adviser, Alexey Arestovich, on Tuesday after he stated that he considers queer persons “people with deviations.”

Unfinished Global Dream II cruise ship is set to be sold for scrap with the same fate looming over its nearly complete sister vessel An unfinished mega-liner, Global Dream II, which was expected to become one of the world’s largest vessels, will be sold for scrap after its owner, company Genting Hong Kong, went bust.