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CDU leader Armin Laschet hopes for coalition, says SPD has no mandate to lead country after narrow victory in German election

During a press conference in which he declared that the CDU/CSU alliance was willing to form a ‘Jamaica’ coalition with…

3 years ago

Mali PM accuses France of ‘abandoning’ country ‘mid-flight’ as Bamako reaches out to Russian mercenaries

“The new situation resulting from the end of Operation Barkhane puts Mali before a fait accompli -  abandoning us, mid…

3 years ago

MSM loves to blow up any tiny problem in China into an existential crisis. No, the country’s not facing a ‘Lehman Brothers moment’

The Evergrande Group, China’s second largest property developer, is seemingly on the verge of bankruptcy. It’s one of the biggest…

3 years ago

Canada’s Trudeau says he has clear mandate to get country through pandemic after opposition concedes election defeat

“Thank you, Canada,” Trudeau, who won his third term as PM, wrote on Twitter. The Leftist leader said he was…

3 years ago

20 years after 9/11, I no longer recognize my country. The US has become a malignant narcissist, infecting all it encounters

I was raised as a military brat – a special category of American youth imbued from an early age with…

3 years ago

What’s in a name? Swedish couple told by country’s tax authorities they are not allowed to call their baby son ‘Vladimir Putin’

According to The Local, an English-language publication in Sweden, a couple in the small town of Laholm were refused permission…

3 years ago

Caitlin Johnstone: Australia’s not a free country. State surveillance and autocracy are rife because we have no bill of rights

There’s a lot to criticize, from soldiers patrolling state borders and policing the streets of Sydney, to people being arrested for merely posting about…

3 years ago

This week’s Palestinian prison break from Israeli jail could threaten the country’s entire security establishment and Fatah

The great escape has sparked outrage among Israelis, celebrations amongst Palestinians, and represents an embarrassing failure for Israel’s security apparatus,…

3 years ago

El Salvador buys its first bitcoin lot on eve of becoming first country to adopt the cryptocurrency as legal tender

“El Salvador has just bought its first 200 coins,” Bukele said on Monday afternoon. “Our brokers will be buying a…

3 years ago

Taliban wants Afghan professionals to help boost country’s investment potential & create economy ‘roadmap’

During a televised interview with Al Jazeera, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed the Islamist group will not “blame” or impose…

3 years ago