Trump, Pentagon set to announce plan to withdraw more US troops from Iraq
A coordinated announcement is expected sometime Wednesday. President Trump and the Pentagon plan to announce a reduction of U.S. troop levels from 5,200 to about 3,500, a senior defense official told Fox News. The coordinated announcement is expected sometime Wednesday and the Iraqis … Read More
Macron’s Brexit swansong is about to unfold
At a solemn ceremony at the Panthéon to mark the 150th anniversary of the (re-)birth of the Republic, president Macron chose a 59-year-old anti-Brexit British expatriate to be one of five newly naturalised French citizens emblematic of what it means … Read More
Brexit trade deal hopes fade as Britain plans to renege on agreement with EU
Prospects of a trade deal between Britain and the European Union dimmed to a flicker last night after London admitted that it plans to break international law by overriding the withdrawal agreement Boris Johnson signed last year. Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis told the House of … Read More
‘This is not over’: Britain to ban gatherings of more than six people
London: All social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in England, under new limits to be announced by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday, as coronavirus cases grow. At a press conference, Johnson will confirm that police … Read More
Half of Germans still skeptical about Merkel’s migrant stance: poll
More than half of German residents are now skeptical about Chancellor Angela Merkel’s famously optimistic quote regarding the 2015 migrant crisis, a poll published by the Augsburger Allgemeine on Saturday found. Read more: Refugees in Germany: From the boat to the Bundeskunsthalle The survey, carried out … Read More
Berlin chair protesters call for evacuation of Moria refugee camp in Greece
Protesters have set up chairs in Berlin to represent residents of the overcrowded Moria camp in Greece. They say the first positive coronavirus test at the camp has made the need for intervention even more urgent. NGOs stage refugee protest … Read More
Israel and UAE agreement to be signed in Washington will be designated as “peace treaty”
The agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, expected to be signed within the next two weeks in Washington, D.C., will be a “treaty of peace” with the same legal and diplomatic status as peace agreements Israel has previously … Read More
Israel-UAE deal: Will Jordan’s custodianship of the Al-Aqsa Mosque be affected?
An ambiguously phrased statement has left Jordan guessing whether its custody of Jerusalem’s Muslim and Christian religious sites is under threat. A Palestinian Muslim man leaves after performing the Friday prayer in occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on 21 … Read More
Russians, Poles and Hungarians least likely to take COVID vaccine, finds global survey
Only just over half of Poles (56%) say they would take a vaccine for COVID-19 if one were available, a global survey by Ipsos on behalf of the World Economic Forum has found. That puts Poland second from bottom among … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 4 September 2020
Greetings from Tyler, Finally, some clarity. We’ve learned that the riots are real, who’d have thought? People are getting killed right and left, even though we only hear of those matching the mainstream narrative. We’d hate to know how many … Read More
Germany: Thousands Affected by New Corona Test Glitches
Due to two glitches, more than 10,000 Germans and residents of other nationalities were waiting for their overdue Corona test results on Friday. Two hundred and fifty of them will never receive their results. In Bavaria, more than 10,000 travelers … Read More
The Digital Divide Hits U.S. Immigrant Households Disproportionately during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Two women use their laptops. (Photo: #WOCinTech Chat/Flickr) The internet is a critical component of modern life, and never has that been clearer than during the COVID-19 pandemic, where online connectivity has proven an essential lifeline to telework, distance learning, … Read More
Southwest Japan braces for Typhoon Haishen
What could be the most powerful typhoon in decades is threatening the country’s southwest. Weather officials expect the typhoon to develop to emergency-warning level as it approaches or makes landfall in the Kyushu region from Sunday to Monday. Japan Meteorological … Read More