The Republican vice presidential candidate has outlined what peace talks with Russia might look like Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has a concrete proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, his running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, has claimed. Trump has repeatedly said he would stop the fighting “in 24 hours” if elected, most recently at…
Month: September 2024
Sweden to pay immigrants to leave
The move is part of a “paradigm shift” in the Nordic state’s migration policy, government minister Johan Forssell has said Sweden will pay immigrants up to $34,000 to return to their home countries, Migration Minister Johan Forssell told reporters on Thursday. Forssell’s announcement comes amid a broader reversal of the Nordic nation’s once-liberal migration policy….
Israel strips foreign journalists of accreditation
The Qatari network “constitutes a threat to the IDF,” according to a government statement The Israeli government has said it is revoking the press credentials of Al Jazeera journalists working in the country. The move comes four months after the Jewish state closed the Qatari TV network’s bureau there. Al Jazeera’s Israeli offices were closed…
US Republican clarifies controversial ‘cat bounty’
Activist Chris Rufo has offered $5,000 for proof that Haitians were eating pets in Ohio Republican activist Christopher Rufo has offered a $5,000 reward in order to fact-check claims that Haitian immigrants in an Ohio town were eating people’s pet cats, but had to amend its terms to prevent abuse. Around 20,000 Haitian migrants have…
Ice Age study challenges what we know about teenagers and puberty
Ice Age teenagers entered puberty at roughly the same age as teens today
French court fines women for calling Macron’s wife a man
One claimed that a prominent lawyer has evidence that Brigitte Macron underwent a sex change A court in Paris has fined two women and ordered them to pay €8,000 ($8,800) in damages to the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, for claiming that she was born a man. The rumors began in 2021, when self-proclaimed…
Biden wears pro-Trump hat (VIDEO)
The US president was heckled by firefighters until he put on the ‘Trump 2024’ hat US President Joe Biden was filmed trying on one of Donald Trump’s campaign hats at a 9/11 memorial event in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. The White House said that Biden wore his two-time opponent’s headgear in a gesture of “bipartisan unity.” …
EU state tells Ukrainians to go home and fight
The West should not subsidize draft-dodgers with refugee benefits, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has said EU members should reduce social benefits given to Ukrainian refugees to encourage them to go back to their home country and fight against Russia, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has said. In an interview with Le Monde on Thursday the…
Member state threatens to sue EU
Budapest wants reimbursement for money spent on border protection against illegal immigrants, a senior official has said Hungary could sue the European Commission for compensation of money spent on border protection amid the migrant influx in recent years, the head of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s office said on Thursday. Gergely Gulyas insisted to reporters that…
Olaf Scholz has a sudden moment of clarity about Russia
Germany’s lame-duck chancellor appears to have had a moment of lucidity about engaging in diplomacy with Russia Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, has caused a stir. Not by some kind of success, in, for instance, elections, the economy, or foreign and domestic policy. Scholz does not do that kind of thing. For a man with…