Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte extended the country’s three-tier coronavirus restrictions on Friday, imposing a nationwide 10pm to 5am curfew until March and forbidding travel between Italy’s 20 regions until February 15. These measures were originally implemented in November, and were set to expire on Friday. For regions classified as …
Read More »Frankfurt Airport evacuated in police operation
Frankfurt Airport’s Terminal 1, along with its attached regional train station, was closed on Saturday evening, as the airport’s police service launched an otherwise undescribed “operation.” State and federal police were involved in the operation, and the airport police wrote on Twitter that one piece of abandoned luggage had been …
Read More »Progressive pundit Jimmy Dore helping ‘FASCISM’ by calling for Julian Assange pardon, liberal commentators claim
Appearing on Carlson’s show on Friday, Dore spoke out against the left’s support for the tech industry’s censorship of conservatives and Trump supporters. “The first person to be deplatformed was WikiLeaks and Julian Assange,” Dore argued. “A great way for Donald Trump to stick the thumb back in the eye …
Read More »‘I’m a Weapon of Mass Distraction’: American lawyer who took on US oil giant held under house arrest in New York for 500+ days
As a law graduate from Harvard, a contemporary of Barack Obama, there’s an expectation you would be exempt from the abuses of the US state. However, things have played out differently for Steven Donziger. He’s been under house arrest for over 500 days, despite being convicted of no crime. He …
Read More »TEN THOUSAND protesters decry Covid-19 curbs in Vienna, face counter-protest (VIDEOS)
Coronavirus skeptics took to the streets as Kurz and his government discussed the possibility of extending the ongoing third lockdown in Austria, which includes movement restrictions and the closure of all non-essential businesses. The official announcement is expected on Sunday. Two rallies took place in different parts of the city, …
Read More »Germany’s ruling party picks centrist Armin Laschet as its new leader
The first-ever digital election was held by CDU on Saturday, with Laschet defeating his main contender, hardliner conservative Friedrich Merz, in a runoff ballot. The centrist politician and self-styled Angela Merkel continuity candidate, Laschet, narrowly won the election scoring 521 to 466 votes. The digital election’s results will be further …
Read More »EU wants to shield itself from US sanctions & cut dependence on dollar – reports
In a policy paper set to be adopted as soon as next week, the European officials highlighted that “global financial markets are too reliant on the US dollar,” the Financial Times reported on Saturday citing the document. Given the lessons of the pandemic, Brussels is looking for ways to strengthen …
Read More »If you want the jab, raise your Hans: German vaccine officials left with no choice but to guess people’s ages from their names
The German state of Lower Saxony began vaccinating citizens against Covid-19 at the end of December, with priority given to the elderly and vulnerable. People over the age of 80 have been sent invitations urging them to make a vaccination appointment, but the state’s strict privacy laws have hampered this …
Read More »Belarus risks angering US over order of advanced Russian S-400 missile system that has sparked worries for NATO warplanes
Igor Golub, the commander of the country’s Air Force, told reporters that “we are continuing pre-contract work to equip our missile units that are currently using the S-300 systems with the new S-400,” its more modern successor. He added that “we have already signed contracts [with Russia] for the supply …
Read More »Alternative tech platform DLive cracks down on users amid media complaints about ‘extremist’ audience after Capitol storming
After Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, media organizations like the New York Times, Wired, and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) took aim at DLive for hosting users who attended and supported the incident – branding the alternative tech platform an “extremist haven.” “DLive has paid …
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