The American or European populist Right fanatically opposes Muslim fundamentalism in which it sees the main threat to Western Christian civilization. They claim Europe is on the verge of becoming “Europistan”. For the European as well as for American populists, the US withdrawal from Afghanistan is the ultimate humiliation of …
Read More »G7 countries invite Russia & China for joint meeting on Afghanistan, Tokyo reveals, but Moscow bemoans lack of clarity from group
Maria Zakharova was speaking to the TASS news agency after Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told a TV program that the G7 foreign ministers would be meeting with their counterparts from China and Russia on September 8 to discuss a joint response to the crisis prompted by the American withdrawal …
Read More »Brazil and Argentina point the finger at each another, but there’s plenty of blame to go around after their global embarrassment
Europe may snatch its best talent for their clubs, who take advantage of the poor finances and organization of its counterparts across the Atlantic, and the desire youngsters in the favelas and barrios have to play in the Champions League while establishing financial security for generations to come through astronomical salaries …
Read More »Europe’s high energy prices are just the beginning
Of course, natural gas prices are soaring everywhere—not just in Europe. The US benchmark price for natural gas has nearly doubled over the last year, with front-month Henry Hub prices reaching $4.690/MMBtu as of September 6. And that’s despite record natural gas production in hot basins like Appalachia. But US …
Read More »Can the perpetually underfunded NHS please just look after our health rather than wasting time and money lecturing us about race?
You would think that during a pandemic everyone who works in the NHS would be run off their feet keeping us safe from Covid. In the main this seems to be the case, and I know from friends who work in the NHS that they have been exceptionally busy and …
Read More »Russia & Japan locked in standoff over Moscow’s call for firms to move to Kuril Islands, in dispute holding up WWII peace treaty
On Monday, General Secretary of the Japanese Cabinet Katsunobo Kato lashed out against the plan, unveiled by Moscow, to attract investment and job creation on the Pacific Ocean archipelago. According to him, the efforts to bolster the local economy fly in the face of previous deals that govern the stalemate …
Read More »‘Destructive interference reminiscent of a domestic CIA’: court documents reveal how the FBI funded a neo-Nazi terror group
The CIA has long been discredited as a kind of rogue international meddler, capable of shocking deeds both intended and incompetent. The list of its apparent crimes is long: torture, war, election influence, education-propaganda, media indoctrination, drug trafficking, brainwashing, assassination, suppression, and just about anything else you can imagine. Currently its …
Read More »THIRD person dies in Japan after receiving Moderna Covid vaccine from batch recalled over stainless steel contamination
The man, 49, got his second Covid-19 jab on August 11 and was pronounced dead the following morning, local media reported, citing the Health Ministry. It is so far unclear if his death was linked to the vaccination. It is also unknown if the deceased had any underlying health conditions …
Read More »Legendary French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo dies at 88
The actor’s lawyers told AFP on Monday that their client, one of the biggest movie stars of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, had died at the age of 88. Affectionately nicknamed “Bébel”, Belmondo’s films were collectively viewed more than 130 million times at the cinema. Starting with his role in Jean-Luc …
Read More »Vietnamese man gets FIVE YEARS behind bars for breach of Covid-19 quarantine & spreading virus
The accused, Le Van Tri, was charged with “spreading dangerous infectious diseases to people,” a crime which carries a penalty of five to 10 years in prison if it results in the death of at least one person under Vietnam’s criminal code. Tri was found to have traveled to Ho …
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