Month: April 2023

Le Pen Backs Salvini; Criticizes Meloni; Rejects NATO

Le Pen criticized Meloni for being too moderate, supporting weapons shipments to Ukraine, being pro-EU and pro-NATO, and failing to live up to her campaign promises to put a stop to illegal migration.

A Look at Solarpunk

A futurist fiction sub-genre promising to unite Art Nouveau, Hayao Miyazaki, and 1800s Age of Sail aesthetics with implementable green technology, Solarpunk has yet to rise above its present state as a therapeutic tonic for climate change fears.

British NHS Struggles With Junior Doctors and Nurses on Strike

The strike is getting longer and harder. The RCN has announced that the new phase of the strike, which is due to start on April 30th and last for 48 hours, will this time not spare emergency services or intensive care units.

G7 in Japan: Finger Wagging at Russia and China

Apart from Moscow’s war in Ukraine, Beijing’s increasingly muscular position on its claim to Taiwan and the South China Sea is bringing the G7 considerable anxiety.

Russian Naval Exercises in Pacific Grate on Tokyo

Russia’s naval drills coincided with a visit by Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu, who said that military cooperation between Russia and China was “developing very well.”

Landowner Gets 525 Expropriated Hectares Back from Solar Park

Landowner Gets 525 Expropriated Hectares Back from Solar Park

The judge declared the expropriation null and void and added a word for the energy company: “The action (of Iberdrola) is surprising. Nonsense has no name.”

April 17, 2023
Protracted Civil War Threatens Sudan

Protracted Civil War Threatens Sudan

Two military factions in the Northeast-African country of Sudan are vying for supremacy, sparking fears of a civil war. Since

April 17, 2023
Parallel Law: The Rise of Sharia Councils in the UK

Parallel Law: The Rise of Sharia Councils in the UK

Sharia councils claim they help Muslim women attain religious divorce, but this may leave them vulnerable and without any legal protection.

April 17, 2023
Spanish Health Care Suffering from Long Waiting Lists

Spanish Health Care Suffering from Long Waiting Lists

The latest statistics from the Ministry of Health indicate that patient wait times for primary care visits, specialist appointments, and surgery all continue to lengthen.

April 17, 2023
Upcoming Transparency Directive Makes European NGOs Sweat

Upcoming Transparency Directive Makes European NGOs Sweat

In Brussels, transparency rules are welcome only as long as they target conservatives, as foreign-funded NGOs fear that by forcing them to disclose their sources of revenue, the Commission will let “illiberal forces stigmatize” civil society.

April 17, 2023
Poland, Hungary Ban Ukrainian Grain and Other Food Imports

Poland, Hungary Ban Ukrainian Grain and Other Food Imports

Farmers in Romania, Bulgaria, and Slovakia have been equally affected by the influx of cheap grain coming from Ukraine.

April 17, 2023
Beyond TikTok: Let’s Talk About Another Chinese Trojan Horse

Beyond TikTok: Let’s Talk About Another Chinese Trojan Horse

As dangerous as TikTok is, it’s not the only Chinese creation that deserves closer attention.

April 17, 2023
The America Report: Diplomacy, 2024, and the Culture War

The America Report: Diplomacy, 2024, and the Culture War

The culture war will be important in the 2024 election. The dividing lines separate two very different ideologies about the principles of human civilization: on the one hand, God, life, liberty, and tradition; on the other hand, secular hedonism with no boundary between right and wrong.

April 16, 2023
Islam, Scholarship, and Modernity: An Interview with <strong>Dr. Javad Hashmi</strong>—Part I

Islam, Scholarship, and Modernity: An Interview with <strong>Dr. Javad Hashmi</strong>—Part I

Can a historical-critical lens affect how we understand early Islam, and what it means to be a Muslim today?

Higher Fuel Surcharges Predicted Under Carbon Trading Scheme

Higher Fuel Surcharges Predicted Under Carbon Trading Scheme

A new EU surcharge on fuel could trigger a price spike as experts warn that politicians have severely underestimated the actual tax rate.

April 16, 2023
Intel Leak: Romania Plays ‘Key Role’ in the War in Ukraine

Intel Leak: Romania Plays ‘Key Role’ in the War in Ukraine

Bucharest has been training troops, transporting weapons, and flying drones over Ukraine without anyone in the country knowing.

April 16, 2023
What Does a ‘Slimmed-Down’ Monarchy Mean?

What Does a ‘Slimmed-Down’ Monarchy Mean?

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams said it has become “totally unclear” what exactly the term refers to.

April 16, 2023