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Italy: AGI sale prompts press freedom row
Eni, Italy’s largest energy and petroleum company, said they’re considering the sale of subsidiary company AGI – Italy’s second largest news agency – to a rightwing MP with links to… Read more
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Russia: 137 killed in Moscow concert hall terror attack
Russia announced a day of mourning following Friday’s terror attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow in which 137 were killed and dozens more injured. The attackers used guns and… Read more
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Haiti: Anarchy in Port-au-Prince
The Caribbean nation of Haiti is rapidly descending into lawless anarchy following the escape of over 3,500 inmates from the country’s largest prison in Port-au-Prince. The Haitian Ministry of Communication said… Read more
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Iran: Morality Police flog and fine hijab dissenters
Amnesty International has released reports of the Iranian morality police using floggings, fines, and car confiscations to punish tens of thousands of women for removing their headscarves. The police continue… Read more
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Russia: The Death of Alexei Navalny
The West hopes from afar that Alexei Navalny (1976-2024) will be remembered as the man who, by his death, triggered the first real stirrings of uprising against Vladimir Putin’s ironclad… Read more
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UK-US: Julian Assange Appeals Extradition
Julian Assange has begun a UK High Court Appeal against his extradition to the US to face sabotage charges. The US government claimed that his whistleblowing website, Wikileaks (est. 2006),… Read more
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Indonesia: Prabowo Subianto wins presidential race
Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia’s new president-elect, has completed his evolution from ex-special forces strongman accused of human rights violations against pro-democratic activists to head of the world’s third largest democracy of… Read more
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Italy: Meloni’s immigration scheme approved by Albanian court
An Albanian court has constitutionally approved the Italian government’s plan to process asylum claims in the port town of Shengjin in North-West Albania from Spring 2024. According to Albanian media,… Read more
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UK: Lord David Cameron’s First Months As Foreign Secretary
David Cameron’s return to British Politics in November 2023 as The Right Honourable Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton signified the Conservative Party’s efforts to return to a pre-Brexit,… Read more
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Argentina: Milei’s Sweeping Economic Reforms Divide Public Opinion
Economist says austerity means ‘more Argentinians below the poverty line’ Argentinian President Javier Milei, self-styled libertarian economist and leader of Partido Libertario, has proposed sweeping reforms to combat the country’s worst economic… Read more
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