Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly told ministers in his coalition that he will not be able to appoint Education Minister Naftali Bennett of the Jewish Home party to the defense minister post because of opposition to the move from other coalition partners, a development which likely puts Israel on course for early elections. The […]
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Israeli Incursions into Gaza Are the Rule, Not the Exception…
Since Israeli special forces troops got into a deadly firefight with Hamas commandos deep inside the Gaza Strip Sunday night, Israel has dropped dozens of bombs and missiles into Gaza and Hamas has fired hundreds of rockets into Israel. The New York Times described the special forces raid as “the first known Israeli ground incursion […]
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The Populist Wave Hits the Catholic Church…
The Catholic Church faces a crisis of leadership. The latest series of abuse revelations, most notably the exposure of former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick as a sexual predator, revealed a hierarchy that will not (and perhaps cannot) address corruption in its own ranks. Only intense public pressure and the threat of ruinous lawsuits have led […]
Brexit: Cabinet Approves Draft Agreement…
Theresa May has finally managed to cinch a draft Brexit agreement with the EU’s negotiation team. But no text of the agreement has bee released; presumably that will happen shortly after Question Time at noon and the 2:00 PM Cabinet meeting in which May hopes to secure the approval of her ministers. Since we don’t […]
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WHAT?: Amazon ‘used neo-Nazi guards to keep immigrant workforce under control’ in Germany…
Amazon is at the centre of a deepening scandal in Germany as the online shopping giant faced claims that it employed security guards with neo-Nazi connections to intimidate its foreign workers. Germany’s ARD television channel made the allegations in a documentary about Amazon’s treatment of more than 5,000 temporary staff from across Europe to work […]
Brexit: A State Change Nigh? Updated: UK and EU Said to Reach Agreement; Key MPs Denounce It…
One of the images used to describe the post-Lehman phase of the financial crisis was a state change. Pump enough energy into water and it undergoes state changes, from ice to water and from water to steam. With each state change, its movement becomes more chaotic. Think of Lambert’s famed “overly dynamic situation”. A state […]
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Bank of England Refusing Venezuelan Request to Return $550 Mln in Gold…
Earlier, Caracas indicated that it was looking to repatriate some 14 tons of gold bars back from the UK out of concern that the bullion may be affected by harsh US sanctions against the Latin American country. The Bank of England is refusing to release Venezuela’s gold bars, worth about $550 million or £420 million, […]
Croatia Will Not Sign UN Migration Pact Joining U.S., Hungary and Austria…
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic will not sign the UN’s Global Compact for Migration (GCM), Croatian newsportal Direktno reports. The website bases the decision on a Facebook post by Croatian TV journalist Velimir Bujanec. He asked her position on the GCM after a lot of people we’re interested in her stance. In the answer his editorial […]
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Russia Slaps Large-Scale Sanctions on Ukraine…
Russia-Ukraine relations have soured for years and could further deteriorate after Moscow rolled out large-scale economic sanctions against Kiev on Thursday. The sanctions, ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin last month, include freezing non-cash funds, uncertificated securities and property controlled by the blacklisted in Russia and banning their withdrawal of capital from Russia, according to […]
France’s Macron Warns Europe of a Return to 1930s…
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned Europe of a return to the 1930s because of the spread of a nationalist “leprosy” across the continent, in a newspaper interview. He also warned that Europe risked losing its sovereignty if it is “pushed around by foreign powers.” “I am struck by similarities between the times we live […]
UN Assembly Condemns U.S. Embargo of Cuba…
The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelming approved a resolution condemning the American economic embargo of Cuba after rejecting proposed U.S. amendments strongly criticizing the lack of human rights in the island country. Thursday’s vote approving the Cuban-sponsored resolution was 189-2 with no abstentions and two countries not voting — Moldova and Ukraine. In separate votes […]
Nearly $6 Billion Belonging to Dead Libyan Dictator Gaddafi Has Gone Missing…
Nearly nine months after Politico first reported that interest payments stemming from nearly $70 billion in frozen assets formerly belonging to the regime of deceased Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi had been paid to opaque accounts belonging to the Libyan Investment Authority, UN investigators are finally looking into where the money went. At last count, RT […]
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro Promises Senior Job to Judge Who Jailed His Rival…
Brazil’s far-right president-elect has convinced crusading anti-graft judge Sergio Moro to become his justice minister, the two said on Thursday, delighting his supporters and enraging critics by hiring the jurist who jailed his chief political rival. Moro oversaw the so-called ‘Operation Car Wash’ probe that convicted former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of […]
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Varoufakis: “Soros phoned Tsipras in 2015 and demanded [my sacking]”…
With billionaire ‘philanthropist’ George Soros making enemies and influencing people all around the world, a little more from his sordid puppetmastery background was exposed this week as his successful efforts to have a finance minister of a European Union nation fired have been put under the spotlight of awkward conspiracy fact. Infamous former Greek Finance […]
Human Bones Found in Vatican May Shed Light on 35-Year-Old Mystery…
The discovery came 25 years after two teenage girls, Manuela Orlandi and Mirella Gregori, mysteriously disappeared in Rome within the space of 40 days. The Orlandi case is reportedly linked to unknown persons’ efforts to win freedom for Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca, who attempted to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981. The Vatican […]
German Nurse Niels Hoegel Admits to Killing 100 Patients, Becomes One of Deadliest Serial Killers…
Former German nurse, Niels Hoegel, has admitted to murdering some 100 patients under his care. If convicted, his admission would make him one of Germany’s most notorious post-war serial killers. The 41-year-old Hoegel (Högel) confessed to the crimes on the first day of his trial, which took place on Oct. 30 in Germany’s northwestern city […]
Russia’s GRU Dealt Blow as Kremlin Spies Exposed by Black Market Data Sale…
Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, has been dealt a blow after a Russian journalist living in Europe reportedly bought the identities of undercover agents on the black market from Moscow police, according to ABC. Kanev, who lives in self-imposed exile in Europe, told The Associated Press he uncovered the identities by using databases purchased […]
Saudi Dissident Prince Flies Home to Tackle Muhammed bin Salman Succession…
Prince Ahmad bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman, has returned to Saudi Arabia after a prolonged absence in London, to mount a challenge to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman or find someone who can. The septuagenarian prince, an open critic of bin Salman (MBS), has travelled with security guarantees given by US and […]
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Russia Sends Team to Venezuela to Help Draft Rescue Plan…
Russia has sent a senior delegation to Venezuela to consult high-ranking government officials on a plan to stem the brutal economic collapse in a key Kremlin ally. Venezuela is reeling from the impact of U.S. sanctions and low oil prices. Russia, which has maintained close ties with the leftist government of President Nicolas Maduro and […]
Angela Merkel Will Not Run for CDU Party Chair Again…
Chancellor Angela Merkel has confirmed that she will not be running for re-election as party leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Merkel said she still plans on remaining in her post as chancellor, but will step down in 2021 when her current term finishes. She once said that party leadership and chancellorship must […]