Category: NEWS

U.S. Announces Another $2.6B in Weapons for Ukraine

U.S. commitment to substantial resources “reflects the American interests and values that are at stake,” the Department of Defense said, vowing to send more packages in the future.

NGOs Block Public Disclosure in EU Congo Sex Probe

UNICEF is among the NGOs attempting to block the disclosure of files relating to the exploitation of women and children in the Congo amid reports that aid workers impregnated 26 women.

Parisians Vote To Ban E-Scooters

The results are unanimous, regardless of the political stripe of the arrondissement, Right or Left: scooters have been voted out.

EU Clarifies Insect Labelling Rules

The issue of bug eating has become an attack point for European populists, while advocates extoll the benefits of insect consumption to the European Green Deal.

EPP HQ Raided Over Digital Bribery Allegations

The raid relates to a corruption case against top EPP official Mario Voigt, with allegations that the CDU politician awarded a contract to design an EPP campaign app on the basis of bribery.

Shelling of Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Raises International Alarm

Shelling of Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Raises International Alarm

“This time a nuclear catastrophe was miraculously avoided, but miracles cannot last forever,” Energoatom warned.

August 10, 2022
Israel Strikes a Truce with Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Israel Strikes a Truce with Palestinian Islamic Jihad

The death toll in Gaza rose to 44, including 15 children. Israeli authorities have reported that some of these deaths resulted from Jihadi missiles falling in the Palestinian territory. Hamas denies this.

August 10, 2022
U.S. Authorises $1bn Weapons Package for Ukraine

U.S. Authorises $1bn Weapons Package for Ukraine

The package includes ammunition for the U.S.-supplied HIMARS, which has been termed a “gamechanger” by Western officials. With their 300 kilometres range, they have proved highly effective in hitting various strategic targets.

August 10, 2022
Ahead of Elections, Italian Center-Left Coalition Splinters

Ahead of Elections, Italian Center-Left Coalition Splinters

Her confidence buoyed even more by the Left’s rupturing, Fratelli d’Italia’s Meloni mockingly referred to it as a “new twist in the soap opera.”

August 10, 2022
Biden’s FBI Raids Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Estate

Biden’s FBI Raids Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Estate

“These are dark times for our Nation… Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before,” Trump said in a statement.

August 9, 2022
French Fundamentalist Imam: Expulsion Denied

French Fundamentalist Imam: Expulsion Denied

Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin welcomed the legal firmness with which the imam was treated. It was, however, a firmness that was quickly put to the test.

August 9, 2022
U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks to Resume

U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks to Resume

The resumption of negotiations comes after an escalation of tension between the U.S. and Iran.

Shots Fired on Serbia-Kosovo Border

Shots Fired on Serbia-Kosovo Border

The shooting is the latest in a series of incidents along the border between Serbia and the breakaway province.

August 9, 2022
German Ex-Chancellor Schröder Pleads for Opening of Nord Stream 2

German Ex-Chancellor Schröder Pleads for Opening of Nord Stream 2

Russian state media celebrated Schröder’s statements while German legacy media was infuriated. Schröder now stands accused of spewing Kremlin propaganda.

August 8, 2022
Spanish Parents to Sue City over Sexually Explicit Event

Spanish Parents to Sue City over Sexually Explicit Event

Parents were shocked to hear from their pre-teens that they spent the event putting condoms on bananas with their mouths, moulding penises and vulvas out of play-doh, and imitating sexual positions from the Kama-sutra with kids of the opposite sex.

August 8, 2022
Amnesty Report Claims Ukrainian Tactics Endanger Civilians

Amnesty Report Claims Ukrainian Tactics Endanger Civilians

A report by Amnesty claims Ukrainian military tactics “endanger civilian lives” by using hospitals and schools to set up bases in populated areas. Ukrainian officials say Amnesty distorted the real picture and failed to understand the situation on the ground.

August 8, 2022
Germany Announces October’s New COVID Rules

Germany Announces October’s New COVID Rules

Health Minister Lauterbach presented the latest version of the German Infection Protection Act which will keep mask mandates and vaccination statuses around until 2023.

August 8, 2022