Month: August 2024

Fed, ECB To Cut Rates While Inflation Stays Up

As the Federal Reserve readies its first rate cut since the inflation spike, it joins the ECB in facing an economic slowdown with persistent, elevated inflation rates.

Anti-Immigration Parties Set To Benefit From Solingen Terror Attack?

Anti-Immigration Parties Set To Benefit From Solingen Terror Attack?

AfD and Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht have both expressed their outrage at government inaction.

August 27, 2024
France: Instagram’s Ban on Right-Wing Accounts Sparks Backlash

France: Instagram’s Ban on Right-Wing Accounts Sparks Backlash

Marion Maréchal accused tech giant Meta of “arbitrary political censorship.”

August 27, 2024
Scholz Calls for EU “Task Force” Against Migration After Deadly Terror Attack

Scholz Calls for EU “Task Force” Against Migration After Deadly Terror Attack

“Some things will have to be changed in EU law,” the German chancellor claimed.

August 27, 2024
The Queen and I

The Queen and I

It’s no wonder that those still loyal to the House of Pahlavi call her mādar Eran—Mother of Iran.

August 27, 2024
Voting Is Not a Statement

Voting Is Not a Statement

Good character in elected officials is something of a luxury. It is a mistake to consider it apart from questions of governance.

August 26, 2024
Catalan Police Claim “Errors” Allowed Separatist Leader To Escape

Catalan Police Claim “Errors” Allowed Separatist Leader To Escape

Report also admits three cops were arrested for helping Spain’s most well-known fugitive, Carles Puigdemont, evade capture.

August 26, 2024
Russia and Ukraine Swap 200 Prisoners of War

Russia and Ukraine Swap 200 Prisoners of War

Capturing Russians to exchange for Ukrainian POWs was one of the primary objectives of the Kursk offensive.

August 26, 2024
Failed Asylum Seeker Confesses to German Festival Terror Attack

Failed Asylum Seeker Confesses to German Festival Terror Attack

The Syrian knifeman, who murdered three people and wounded eight more, should have been deported last year.

August 26, 2024
The Left’s Role in the Rise of Antisemitism

The Left’s Role in the Rise of Antisemitism

Progessives looked the other way as antisemitism became a feature, not a bug, in their ideology.

August 26, 2024
French Judge Extends Telegram Founder’s “Absurd” Detention

French Judge Extends Telegram Founder’s “Absurd” Detention

French authorities have until Thursday to decide whether to press formal charges.

August 26, 2024
Synagogue Attack Ignites Debate on Rising Antisemitism in France

Synagogue Attack Ignites Debate on Rising Antisemitism in France

The attack is just the latest in a series of incidents against France’s Jewish community.

August 26, 2024
Left-Wing Mayor of Brussels Suddenly Doesn’t Want To Take Migrants

Left-Wing Mayor of Brussels Suddenly Doesn’t Want To Take Migrants

“Sending illegal immigrants to Brussels would be to the detriment of the people there,” writes the left-wing mayor of Brussels while he expects Hungary to let migrants in.

August 26, 2024