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As Germany prepares for a string of state elections this weekend, with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) sitting on a one-year low of 30 percent in the opinion polls, the dead-cat strategy has been invoked in an attempt to avoid disaster at the ballot box. The tactic, devised by …

“Twitter seeks to stop AG Paxton from unlawfully abusing his authority as the highest law-enforcement officer of the State of Texas to intimidate, harass, and target Twitter in retaliation for Twitter’s exercise of its First Amendment rights,” Twitter said in its court filing on Monday. Twitter said the investigation comes …

In 2014, the Ukrainian government constructed a makeshift dam on the North Crimean Canal, which previously provided 85 percent of the local water supply. It connected the region to the River Dnieper, the fourth-longest river in Europe. Following the reabsorption of Crimea into Russia, the same Kiev ordered the channel …

The incident happened on Thursday evening and involved Iran Air flight 334 from Ahvaz in southwestern Iran to Mashhad in the northeast, according to media reports, citing a statement by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The plane made an emergency landing at Isfahan Airport in the central part of …

The room, dubbed “Is Clubhouse Obsessed with ‘Wokeism’?” was created by independent journalist Michael Tracey, who said he thought the Clubhouse chats “almost inevitably evolve into a discussion of ‘woke-ism’… but there’s seldom anyone in the room who identifies enough with the ideology to give a defense of it.” His attempt …

Having seen their quality of life dropping, people all over the world have been growing increasingly weary and frustrated with the toll the coronavirus pandemic has taken on their lives, and Russia is no exception, Putin said in an extensive interview with Russian media published on Sunday. He added that …

The EU’s efforts to monopolise on a fixed understanding of ‘Europe’ was intended to create a common narrative and identity to unify its members. Instead, the EU has wrecked a common language required to negotiate and harmonise the different ideas (German, British, Polish, Russian, etc.) about the continent and how …

“The goal of these people was to make an attempt on my life,” Moise told journalists on Sunday, adding that the plot was “aborted.” The President also said that the plot was in the works since at least the end of November, adding a Supreme Court judge and a police inspector …

By deciding to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol on Friday, the EU attempted to stop vaccines moving from the Union to the UK – which, unlike the EU, has enjoyed a speedy inoculation rollout – through the perceived backdoor of Northern Ireland. The EU reversed its plan after …

IT’S TOUGH being a black reactionary these days. Not that I am one. But I almost feel sorry for anyone who is. Almost. Take African-American social commentator, right-wing poster chick and Trump fangirl Candace Owens. She’s been lambasted by black radicals and white liberals alike for going MIA ever since …