India has scrapped a deal with France to buy 126 Rafale medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA), after three years of negotiations, due to the high cost of the project. India has announced that a deal to buy 126 Rafale medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) from French manufacturer Dassault Aviation is “effectively dead”. The reason is
Finland shuts door on black refugees
Refugee quotas have significantly been reduced by Finnish municipalities
Refugee quotas have significantly been reduced by Finnish municipalities
Qatar marches against ‘white hate crime’
About 1,000 people have taken to the streets of Doha, Qatar, to express their anger over the killing of three Muslim students in the US last week by their white neighbour. Qatar branded the murder “a terrorist act.” Protesters’ banners read, “End hate crimes”, “Unity”, and “We all have the right to live free from
Daily Show: Brainwashing a generation with lies
Brian Williams lied about his personal exploits many times, but Jon Stewart was unabashedly and habitually dishonest. Any standard liberal publication was as likely to contain an unflattering thought about Stewart as L’Osservatore Romano is to run a hit piece on the pope. Though Stewart has often claimed he does a “fake news show,” “The
Pope pivots to Asia
Pope Francis’ real interest is geopolitics. In less than two years in office, Francis has nudged the conversation away from sex to such as matters as Cuba-U.S. relations and climate change. In September, he will become the first religious leader who serves as a head of state to address a joint session of Congress. Pope
Bibi urges EU Jews to move to Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday urged European Jews to move to Israel after a Jewish man was killed in an attack outside Copenhagen’s main synagogue. “Israel is your home. We are preparing and calling for the absorption of mass immigration from Europe,” Netanyahu said in a statement, repeating a similar call after attacks
Terrorists celebrate 20 years of terror
Former Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled’s visit to Soweto on Sunday turned into a celebration of violence, armed terror and crime “for a noble cause”. Posters of Nelson Mandela adorned the walls of the Donaldson Orlando Community Centre in Soweto with the words: “The belligerent attitude adopted by the Israeli government is to us unacceptable.” Mandela
‘Negro’ erased from Swedish children’s literature series
The word “negro” will be erased from the new Swedish editions of the book series about Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren, Swedish media report. Karin Nyman, Lindgren’s daughter, has given her consent after having pondered the idea for several years. This year Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking series will celebrate its 70th anniversary and the new
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US Senator sells war with fake photographs
Serious questions have been raised about the authenticity of photographs provided by Sen. Jim Inhofe (R., Okla.) to sell a “Russian invasion”. Inhofe released “photographic proof of Russian solders in Ukraine” in order to push forward his bill to provide U.S. arms to Ukraine. Or so he thought. Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee
Western embassies in Yemen evacuated
The embassies of Germany and Italy have announced evacuation of embassies’ personnel from Yemen. They followed the example of other NATO member states, such as Britain, France and the Netherlands, which have closed their embassies in Yemen over security fears. US embassy staff were ordered to destroy all top-secret documents and sensitive equipment and pulled
The real Angela Merkel
The amazing career of a communist propagandist in the former German Democratic Republic
The amazing career of a communist propagandist in the former German Democratic Republic
Puny job ambitions fuelling Washington consensus on Ukraine
If we’re going to risk armed conflict with Moscow, the underlying causes ought to be grander than the highest-ranking woman at the Pentagon’s job aspirations
If we’re going to risk armed conflict with Moscow, the underlying causes ought to be grander than the highest-ranking woman at the Pentagon’s job aspirations
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Italian town renames piazza ‘Martyrs of Odessa’
The renaming of a piazza in a small Italian town has caused a diplomatic incident. The square in Ceriano Laghetto, in the northern province of Lombardy, is now called “Martyrs of Odessa” in memory of people killed during the recent upheaval in the Ukrainian city. It is named for pro-Russian separatists who died during clashes
Cashing in on British sexual deviance
UK firms are cashing in on British sexual deviance. Meanwhile, emergency services are on standby for a spate of “bedroom antics-gone-wrong.” It was revealed Tuesday that hardware store B&Q was preparing its staff and stocks for a spike in cable tie, rope and duct tape sales, as featured in Fifty Shades, a pornographic film to