Bahrain, Brazil, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Oman, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, and Turkey are the 18 countries affected by the tariffs…
‘The American Friends’: New Court Files Expose Sheldon Adelson’s Security Team in U.S. Spy Operation Against Julian Assange…
As the co-founder of a small security consulting firm called UC Global, David Morales spent years slogging through the minor leagues of the private mercenary world. A former Spanish special forces officer, Morales yearned to be the next Erik Prince, the Blackwater founder who leveraged his army-for-hire into high-level political connections across the globe. But […]
Spain’s Princess Maria Teresa Becomes First Royal to Die Coronavirus…
Spain’s Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma has become the first royal to die from the novel coronavirus. The 86-year-old was a cousin of Spain’s King Felipe VI. She died after contracting COVID-19, her brother, Prince Sixto Enrique de Borbon, the Duke of Aranjuez, announced on Facebook. “On this afternoon… our sister Maria Teresa de Borbon […]
Senate GOP Crafting New Massive Coronavirus Package ‘at Warp Speed’…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will work at “warp speed” to craft a massive new stimulus package to help Americans deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis, vowing that senators “will not leave” Washington until it’s done. And Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) said Tuesday there is a “high […]
Amazon Expedites Grocery, Health Shipments at Expense of Other Products…
Amazon is taking steps to speed the delivery of household staples and medical products amid a surge of demand because of the coronavirus pandemic — a move that threatens to devastate businesses that use its platform to sell less-essential goods. The country’s largest online retailer notified vendors and third-party sellers Tuesday that it would temporarily […]
Spain Nationalizes All Private Hospitals As It Goes on Lockdown…
Spain Turns Back Cars from Land Borders as Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 500…
Spain set up police checks at its land borders with France and Portugal on March 17 and turned back foreigners attempting to enter, part of strict measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Europe’s second hardest-hit country. The government reported 182 new fatalities overnight, bringing the total number to 491 and making Spain […]
Islamic State Alive and Well in Europe…
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the November 29 jihadi attack at London Bridge, where a Pakistani Islamist stabbed two people to death and injured three others. The suspect, 28-year-old Usman Khan, a convicted terrorist, was subsequently shot dead by police. Khan, from Stoke-on-Trent, was convicted in February 2012 of plotting — on behalf […]
Spain’s Socialists and Unidas Podemos Strike Preliminary Deal to Form Coalition Government…
Caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the leader of left-wing Unidas Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, have signed a preliminary agreement to form a coalition government after Sunday’s inconclusive repeat general election in Spain. Despite months of negotiations between the parties to strike a governing deal following the April poll, the two leaders have done this deal […]
After Another Inconclusive Election in Spain, Socialists Rule Out Grand Pact with Popular Party…
Forming a government in Spain will be more complicated than ever following the inconclusive repeat election on Sunday, which delivered big gains for the far right and left the winning Socialist Party (PSOE) with 120 seats, 56 short of a parliamentary majority. The arithmetic of the election produces several possibilities for getting the caretaker prime […]