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Poland says it will QUIT European treaty on violence against women as it requires teaching children ‘ideological’ gender theory

Posted on July 29, 2020July 29, 2020By Editor

The Polish government is pulling out of a European treaty said to focus on violence against women. Warsaw says it contains a provision for the schools to teach children about gender theory, which calls biological sexes “archaic.” … Read More >Poland says it will QUIT European treaty on violence against women as it requires teaching children ‘ideological’ gender theory

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Any chance Russia will join G7 again? Germany says ‘no,’ but admits Moscow’s help needed to put out flaming hotspots

Posted on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020By Editor

There’s “no chance” of Moscow returning to the elitist Group of Seven unless the Ukrainian conflict is solved, Berlin has said. But untying this and other knots is unimaginable without Russia’s helping hand, it admitted. … Read More >Any chance Russia will join G7 again? Germany says ‘no,’ but admits Moscow’s help needed to put out flaming hotspots

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Pot, kettle, black: Facebook takes EU regulators to court for invading its privacy

Posted on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020By Editor

Facebook – the ubiquitous privacy-invading social network – is taking European Commision regulators to court. The Silicon Valley giant is complaining that an EU investigation is invading its privacy. … Read More >Pot, kettle, black: Facebook takes EU regulators to court for invading its privacy

Europe’s economy on path to outshine US after coronavirus crisis is over – report

Posted on July 27, 2020July 27, 2020By Editor

Europe is set to do better than the US not only in handling the Covid-19 outbreak, with a strikingly lower number of infections, but also when it comes to dealing with the economic fallout of the pandemic, bankers say. … Read More >Europe’s economy on path to outshine US after coronavirus crisis is over – report

‘Very serious threats’: US reportedly ramps up pressure on Nord Stream 2 contractors

Posted on July 27, 2020July 27, 2020By Editor

The US government has made further attempts to force European firms to ditch the Russian-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, Welt am Sonntag reported, citing people familiar with talks on the issue. … Read More >‘Very serious threats’: US reportedly ramps up pressure on Nord Stream 2 contractors

Global stocks dip amid growing tensions between US & China

Posted on July 26, 2020By Editor

Markets in Europe and Asia fell on Friday after Beijing ordered the US government to shut down a diplomatic facility in Chengdu in retaliation to the US closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston. … Read More >Global stocks dip amid growing tensions between US & China

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EU privacy watchdog orders data transfers to US under ‘Privacy Shield’ protocol to stop immediately after Facebook lawsuit

Posted on July 25, 2020July 25, 2020By Editor

The European Union’s Data Protection Board has ordered data transfers between the EU and the US under the ‘Privacy Shield’ protocol to cease immediately after the instrument was found incompatible with EU law by a court. … Read More >EU privacy watchdog orders data transfers to US under ‘Privacy Shield’ protocol to stop immediately after Facebook lawsuit

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Switzerland begins militarization process

Posted on July 23, 2020July 23, 2020By Editor

Historically neutral country begins to distrust the relevance of international organizations and to worry about its own security. … Read More >Switzerland begins militarization process

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‘Others want to change Europe, we want to quit’: Italian senator meets with Farage in London, plans to launch ‘Italexit’ party

Posted on July 22, 2020July 22, 2020By Editor

Italy is getting its own Brexit-type party led by a staunch Eurosceptic senator, a former journalist and ex-member of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement who recently met with Nigel Farage for inspiration. … Read More >‘Others want to change Europe, we want to quit’: Italian senator meets with Farage in London, plans to launch ‘Italexit’ party

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Ex-SBU Operative Exposes Deep State StratCom PsyOps re Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, etc.

Posted on July 22, 2020July 22, 2020By Editor

The Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down on 17 July 2014 while flying over eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 crew onboard were killed. Subsequent blame was put on the Russians to justify Western sanctions. … Read More >Ex-SBU Operative Exposes Deep State StratCom PsyOps re Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, etc.