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In what’s shaping up to be the political version of a high-stakes soap opera, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced an unexpected visit to Lebanon after Israel, apparently running out of things to bomb, targeted United Nations peacekeepers. Yes, you read that right—UN peacekeepers. The guys in blue helmets who are basically supposed to […]
The European Commission has dropped a bombshell: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), once hailed as the perfect eco-friendly compromise between traditional combustion engines and full electric cars, are now being exposed for their dark side. These supposedly green machines, marketed as the ultimate solution for urban and long-distance commuting alike, are about to face the
Warning: This article contains disturbing details. The courtroom in Avignon fell into an uneasy silence as three large screens were lowered from the ceiling. People instinctively braced themselves for what was about to unfold. It was time to witness the carefully selected home videos that Dominique Pelicot had kept for years—a grim collection of footage
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Culture and Society, Geopolitics and Global Conflicts, Politics and Law
In what feels like a plot twist from a Cold War thriller nobody asked for, Laurent Vinatier, a French political scholar and self-proclaimed lover of Russian literature, found himself behind bars in Moscow. His crime? Not a sinister espionage scheme, but a classic case of “failing to register as a foreign agent” while gathering military
In a courtroom saga that feels more like a Cold War thriller than a case from a dusty archive, an 80-year-old former East German Stasi officer, Martin Naumann, has been convicted of murder for a crime committed half a century ago. The ghost of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) came back to haunt Naumann when
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Business and Companies, Politics and Law
The courts are having a field day with the Andalusian government. The Investigation Court No. 13 has officially launched a probe into the administration of Juan Manuel Moreno, following a complaint from the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party). The scandal? Allegedly funneling €243 million into private clinics without so much as a competitive bid, all
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, seems to have a curious sense of timing when it comes to outrage. While she’s quick to condemn Iran’s missile attacks on Israel «in the strongest possible terms,» her lips stay sealed when it comes to Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon. Talk about selective outrage! It’s
