Category: NEWS

Intel Leak: Disguised Chinese Spyware Still Sold to U.S. Government

Intel Leak: Disguised Chinese Spyware Still Sold to U.S. Government

Although banned four years ago, the intelligence assessment shows that Hikvision still constitutes a security threat to the U.S. Department of Defense.

April 19, 2023
British NHS Struggles With Junior Doctors and Nurses on Strike

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.

April 19, 2023
G7 in Japan: Finger Wagging at Russia and China

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.

April 19, 2023
Russian Naval Exercises in Pacific Grate on Tokyo

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.”

April 19, 2023
European Parliament Tightens Lobbying Regulations for ex-MEPs

European Parliament Tightens Lobbying Regulations for ex-MEPs

Among other regulations, former MEPs will not be allowed to lobby legislators for six months after leaving the EU lawmaking body.

April 19, 2023
Macron Defends Pension Reform In TV Address

Macron Defends Pension Reform In TV Address

The opposition parties were unanimous in denouncing the presidential address, judged “completely out of touch with reality.”

April 18, 2023
Kremlin Critic Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for “Treason”

Kremlin Critic Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for “Treason”

The sentence has been described as “one of the harshest sentences since Joseph Stalin’s time.”

April 18, 2023
Claims Surface Against MEP Maximilian Krah

Claims Surface Against MEP Maximilian Krah

Sources close to the situation have indicated that files have been brought to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and Krah’s immunity is likely to be lifted on the basis of the original investigation by the EU anti-fraud agency OLAF.

April 18, 2023
Massive Protest Sees Demonstrators Call for Czech Government’s Resignation 

Massive Protest Sees Demonstrators Call for Czech Government’s Resignation 

Since the onset of the war in February 2022, Fiala’s government has been among the European Union’s most fervent proponents of the collective West’s sanctions against Russia, despite the serious damage they have inflicted on the Czech economy.

April 18, 2023
Spain’s President Apologises to Women Hurt by Sexual Violence Law

Spain’s President Apologises to Women Hurt by Sexual Violence Law

He defended the law as “a good law,” but admits that “an unwanted effect has been caused that neither the Executive Power nor the legislative contemplated, but that we have to solve.”

April 18, 2023
Founder of the Front National Jean-Marie Le Pen Hospitalised

Founder of the Front National Jean-Marie Le Pen Hospitalised

The politician is 94 years old. His adviser told AFP that his family and friends were “worried, but serene.”

April 17, 2023
650 Illegal Immigrants Make It to Spain in Single Week

650 Illegal Immigrants Make It to Spain in Single Week

Illegal crossings of the Mediterranean intensify, with human traffickers mainly departing from Morocco and Algeria.