Category: NEWS

Green Fuels To Become Mandatory in 2025

A dispute over whether an artificial demand for biofuels would impact food prices had delayed the deal, with some cautioning that the infrastructure in place to produce green fuels was not up to scratch.

You Can’t Put Filters on a Cow’s Chimney

As part of the Green Deal, the EU Commission wants to expand the Industrial Emissions Directive—the main EU regulation for pollutant emissions from industrial installations—to include cattle farms.

MEPs Rally Europe Against “Disastrous” Migration Pact

“We are very hopeful to move things in the right direction,” members of the new cross-party policy group said, promising to do everything they can “to stop this left-wing compromise” on the new migration pact.

Terror Plot Foiled in Hamburg

Counter terrorism police conducted raids in the port city of Hamburg and Kempten, and found the Syrian Islamist planning to manufacture a suicide vest.

Monkeypox Rebranded

Monkeypox Rebranded

In a letter from June 29th, scientists from around the world called for a new, non-discriminatory, and non-stigmatizing name for monkeypox.

August 15, 2022
Estonia and Latvia Pull Out of ‘China Club’

Estonia and Latvia Pull Out of ‘China Club’

Arguing for its replacement, Lithuania’s minister of foreign affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis tweeted that “China’s 17+1 format was already redundant and divisive long before Lithuania quit.”

August 15, 2022
Rushdie Taken Off Ventilator As Assailant Pleads Not Guilty

Rushdie Taken Off Ventilator As Assailant Pleads Not Guilty

The man accused of stabbing the author multiple times, Hadi Matar, pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault. He is due back in court on Friday.

August 15, 2022
Germany Pulls Out of Mali

Germany Pulls Out of Mali

This is the latest in a reduction of European troops in the country which were there to help the Malian government fight jihadist insurgents.

August 15, 2022
Pakistan: Arrests After Alleged Incitement of Mutiny on Live TV

Pakistan: Arrests After Alleged Incitement of Mutiny on Live TV

A close aide of former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on charges of “seducing people to rebellion” after he called upon ordinary soldiers to disobey orders from their superiors during a TV program.

August 14, 2022
Drought in Norway Newest Energy Threat

Drought in Norway Newest Energy Threat

This year’s drought has brought water reservoir levels so low that the government is considering having to temporarily stop hydroelectricity exports.

August 14, 2022
Jordan Peterson Receives Spengler Prize; Call for Papers

Jordan Peterson Receives Spengler Prize; Call for Papers

Spengler Society, Peterson “fights for holding on to the very own basic values of our civilization,” which makes his work “increasingly compatible and complementary to that of Spengler.”

August 14, 2022
RyanAir to Raise Prices, Blames Airports for Delays

RyanAir to Raise Prices, Blames Airports for Delays

O’Leary blamed the summer’s travel problems on a lack of planning by airport officials, saying they knew schedules months in advance.

August 14, 2022
Novelist Salman Rushdie in Hospital After Attack on Stage

Novelist Salman Rushdie in Hospital After Attack on Stage

In an email, his book agent Andrew Wylie wrote that “the news is not good,” as the author is likely to lose one eye. During the attack, stab wounds damaged his liver and severed the nerves in his arm.

August 13, 2022
Greek Government Facing Phone-Tapping Scandal

Greek Government Facing Phone-Tapping Scandal

In his speech to the nation, PM Mitsotakis attempted damage control by calling the phone-tapping legal, but wrong.

August 13, 2022
High-Profile Protesters Arrested in Sri Lanka

High-Profile Protesters Arrested in Sri Lanka

The arrest of trade union leader Joseph Stalin led to large scale protests in Sri Lanka. UN special rapporteur on human rights, Mary Lawler, called the arrest “disturbing” and said Stalin “must be supported, not punished.”

August 13, 2022
ECJ Ruling Will Facilitate Work of Mass Migration NGOs

ECJ Ruling Will Facilitate Work of Mass Migration NGOs

Inevitably, the high court’s ruling will have a disproportionately negative impact on the EU’s Mediterranean countries—the states most vulnerable to illegal mass migration: Italy, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, and Malta.

August 12, 2022