Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has imposed direct rule on Catalonia after the region declared independence. Mr Rajoy has fired the Catalonia government, dissolved parliament and call new elections for the area that will take place on 21 December. The vote in the regional parliament followed a tense week of last-ditch negotiations between Madrid and […]
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Catalan Government Said to Back Off Independence Push, Will Seek Elections; Spanish Stocks Soar, Yields Tumble…
Yesterday Catalonia’s government was preparing to declare independence, as we discussed. Just hours after Puigdemont snubbed Madrid, canceling his visit to The Senate to discuss their imposition of Article 155, Catalan Deputy First Minister Oriol Junqueras told AP that the Spanish government had left Catalonia “no other option” but to proclaim a new republic. Mr. […]
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Xi’s Road Map to the Chinese Dream…
Now that President Xi Jinping has been duly elevated to the Chinese Communist Party pantheon in the rarified company of Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory, the world will have plenty of time to digest the meaning of “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.” Xi himself, in his […]
UN Body Edited Inconvenient Data Out Of Its Landmark Pesticide Study…
The United Nations’ cancer agency edited contradictory data out of a high-profile study on whether a common pesticide ingredient caused cancer in humans, according to documents. The International Agency for Research on Cancer’s (IARC) 2015 study found that the chemical glyphosate most likely caused cancer in humans, setting off an international political and legal fight […]
“Czech Donald Trump” Wins Landslide Victory…
The election outcome, the result of popular discontent with established parties, is the latest in a recent wave of successes for European populists, including in Austria and Germany. The populist ascendancy highlights a shifting political landscape in Europe where runaway multiculturalism and political correctness, combined with a massive influx of unassimilable migrants from Africa, Asia […]
Germany: Full Censorship Now Official…
A new German law introducing state censorship on social media platforms came into effect on October 1, 2017. The new law requires social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, to censor their users on behalf of the German state. Social media companies are obliged to delete or block any online “criminal offenses” such […]
Italy’s 2 Richest Regions Claim Victory in Autonomy Votes…
The presidents of Italy’s wealthy northern regions of Veneto and Lombardy on Sunday claimed victory in autonomy referendums that seek to grab additional powers and tax revenue from Rome, riding a global tide of self-determination that has swamped Spain’s Catalonia region. The votes were nonbinding, but the leaders of the neighboring regions hope to leverage […]
Spain To Activate Article 155 Process, Suspending Catalonia Autonomy…
Spain announced it will trigger the so-called “nuclear option” of Article 155 under the Spanish Constitution, and move ahead with the process of suspending Catalan autonomy and the powers of the local government, after Regional President Carles Puigdemont for the second time in four days refused to comply with a Spanish ultimatum to clearly drop […]
Putin Says Russia Has ‘Caught Up with U.S. Missile Capabilities’ and Will Respond if America Quits Cold War Arms Treaty…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that Moscow has ‘caught up with US missile capabilities’ and will respond if America quits a landmark Cold War nuclear treaty. Speaking to international policy experts at the Valdai forum in Sochi, Putin said Russia will respond immediately and symmetrically if the United States quits the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear […]
Is Israel Hiding That its State-of-the-Art F-35 Warplane Was Hit by Syrian S-200 Missile?…
According to the available information, the Syrian Defense Forces used a S-200 missile against the Israeli warplane. This Soviet-made missile is the most advanced long range anti-aircraft system opearated by the Syrian military. Even in this case, it’s old-fashioned in terms of the modern warfare. Despite this, the Syrian Defense Ministry said in its statement […]
“The Lobby” British Style by Philip Giraldi…
One month ago, I initiated here at Unz.com a discussion of the role of American Jews in the crafting of United States foreign policy. I observed that a politically powerful and well-funded cabal consisting of both Jewish individuals and organizations has been effective at engaging the U.S. in a series of wars in the Middle […]
Syria, Iraq – Why The Kurdish Independence Project Failed
The bid of the Kurdish Barzani clan for an independent Kurdistan in north Iraq and beyond has utterly failed. Masoud Barzani, the strongman of the Iraqi Kurdish region, had called for the referendum to divert from his government’s financial problems. Other Kurdish powerhouses saw it as a last attempt by Barzani to save his failing […]
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Fueling More Bloodshed in Ukraine…
Last January, Sen. John McCain led a delegation along with his longtime sidekick, Sen. Lindsey Graham, to a contingent of Ukrainian troops not far from the front line in eastern Ukraine. In the presence of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Graham told the soldiers: “Your fight is our fight… 2017 will be the year of offense. […]
Son of Anti-Corruption Journalist Killed by Car Bomb in Malta Accuses Prime Minister of Being Complicit in Her Murder…
The son of an anti-corruption journalist killed by a car bomb on Malta has described finding her body in pieces. Matthew Caruana Galizia, himself a journalist, said his mother, Daphne, had been assassinated for doing her job in investigating alleged corruption. He described the horror of seeing ‘body parts all around me’ among the wreckage […]
61k Flee Kirkuk As Iraq Says Kurdish Independence ‘a thing of the past’…
After the Iraqi army took over Kirkuk, Baghdad has said that Kurdish independence is “a thing of the past” and the controversial referendum should be forgotten, as the UN says 61,000 people have fled the northern city of Kirkuk. “In the past 48 hours, the UN Migration Agency says that some 61,000 people have left […]
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600,000 Syrians Return Home…
According to a study by the International Organization for Migration (a United Nations body), some 602,759 displaced Syrians have been returned to their homes of which about two-thirds of that number specifically resettled in Aleppo Governorate. The period of time the study accounts for is from January to June 2017. Of the 602,759 returned Syrians, […]
Hostages Freed by Pakistani Forces Arrive Safely in Canada…
Freed Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle says his two young sons are ‘improving’ just days after the family returned to Canada after being held in Afghanistan. Boyle, his American wife Caitlan Coleman and their three children – two boys and a baby girl – arrived in Toronto on Friday after being held hostage by a Taliban-linked […]
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Spanish High Court Jails Two Catalan Separatist Leaders…
Marking the first time senior figures in the secessionist camp have been imprisoned since Catalonia’s Oct. 1 independence referendum, the court ordered the heads of the Catalan National Assembly and the grassroots Omnium movement held without bail pending an investigation for alleged sedition. Prosecutors allege that the ANC’s Jordi Sanchez and Omnium’s Jordi Cuixart played […]
Somalia Reeling as Truck Bomb Toll Passes 300…
The death toll from a truck bombing in Somalia’s capital has risen above 300, the director of an ambulance service said Monday, as the fragile Horn of Africa nation reeled from the deadliest single attack it’s ever experienced. More people died of their wounds in the past few hours, said Dr. Abdulkadir Adam of Aamin […]
Eurosceptic Sebastian Kurz Declares Victory in Nightmare for EU…
The People’s Party (OVP) got 31.6 per cent of the vote, according to exit polls from pollster SORA. Mr Kurz’s party is tough on migration, easy on taxes and widely Eurosceptic after rebranding itself over the last few months to propel its popularity in the wealthy Alpine nation. The 31-year-old is expected to form a […]
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