Source link Berlin is seeking to reduce the amount it gives to the European Peace Facility (EPF), used to bankroll the Ukrainian war Germany is seeking to reduce its share in the so-called European Peace Facility (EPF), a €20 billion EU fund, which the bloc has been using almost exclusively to prop up Kiev in […]
Source link The current assault on the Palestinian enclave is devastating. But we’ve seen this modus operandi before After seven weeks of relentless Israeli bombing throughout Gaza, according to the modest estimates of the UN as of November 23 (right before a humanitarian ceasefire came into effect), more than 14,800 people have been killed in […]
Source link The media outlet has lamented that youthful citizens are increasingly backing “xenophobic” populists who prioritize their needs European voters under age 35 are increasingly supporting “far-right” political candidates, not out of xenophobia but because conservative populists seem to offer more solutions to the quality-of-life issues that concern them most, the UK’s Guardian newspaper […]
Source link Conservative parents have better quality relationships with their children, leading to better mental health, research has found Teenage children of liberal parents are more likely to experience mental health problems, according to a study published Thursday by the Institute of Family Studies and Gallup. Liberal parents have poorer quality relationships with their offspring […]
Source link Washington needs to secure additional funding before it gets “really hard” to continue propping up Kiev, John Kirby has admitted National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has said that the White House urgently needs supplemental funding for Ukraine support. The senior official admitted that the Biden administration effectively only has time before the […]
Source link The veteran US diplomat, who died on Wednesday, had been added to the ‘Peacemaker’ database for allegedly spreading anti-Kiev narratives Ukraine’s ‘Peacemaker’ database, which features supposed enemies of the state, has marked US veteran diplomat Henry Kissinger as ‘deceased.’ The former US secretary of state, who passed away on Wednesday, was added to […]
Source link Back in 2018, Juergen Helfricht co-authored the publication without informing his employer, the tabloid BILD Germany’s BILD newspaper has sacked its reporter Juergen Helfricht after it emerged that he’d co-authored a book titled ‘To learn to love Russia’ in 2018 without informing the editors about the project. The media outlet explained that the […]
Source link The pontiff also told the COP28 summit that ‘the destruction of the environment is an offense against God’ The Pope has called on world leaders to divert money being used to support conflicts across the globe into a fund to help eliminate world hunger, and also sounded the alarm about the impact of […]
Source link The EU has stepped up imports of nuclear fuel and services from Russia over the past two years despite sanctions and export curbs targeting the country in connection with the Ukraine conflict, Reuters reported on Friday, citing the Euratom Supply Agency. According to the report, the bloc continues to rely on supplies from […]
Source link Truckers and farmers have blocked border crossings in protest against the EU’s trade regulations with Kiev Ukraine’s exports through Poland have sharply dropped since Polish truckers and farmers staged a massive protest against the EU’s trade regulations with Kiev and blocked border crossings, the country’s Economy Ministry announced on Saturday. According to the […]
Source link More and more students question the return on investing in a degree, the broadcaster says Enrollment in colleges across the US continues to decline, CNBC has reported, citing data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The trend, which started during the Covid-19 pandemic when many opted to get a job or complete […]
Source link Russia became Spain’s third-largest supplier of LNG this year, El Mundo reports Spain stepped up purchases of Russian natural gas in 2023, with imports expected to hit a historic high by year’s end, news outlet El Mundo reported on Friday, citing data from the country’s gas network operator Enagas. According to the report, […]
Source link Olaf Scholz’s government is too engrossed in domestic problems at the moment, a commissioner told reporters Faced with pressing domestic issues, the German government has been unable to take part in discussions on EU finances, the bloc’s budget commissioner, Johannes Hahn, has told journalists. Earlier this year, Berlin – along with several other […]
Source link The restrictions were imposed in 1992 as a means to halt the flow of weapons to feuding warlords The United Nations Security Council voted on Friday to lift its last restrictions on the sale of weapons to Somalia’s government and armed forces, removing the final elements of a long-standing arms embargo. The UN […]
Source link Central bankers’ continued fight to bring rampant inflation under control could plunge developed countries into recession next year, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned. According to its global outlook, issued earlier this week, the tightening of monetary policy since early 2022 is slowing domestic demand growth, while interest rates […]