Vladimir Putin loses his 57th colonel in just four months of war
Russia has also lost at least 12 generals during the conflict
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Month: June 2022
To save NATO, destroy it
MADRID — From the sounds of it, the transatlantic alliance has never been stronger. At the close of what leaders across the West billed as a “historic” summit on Thursday, which included dinners in the Spanish capital’s sumptuous royal palace and the spectacular Prado museum, superlatives were flying fast and furious. Calling the summit “transformative” […]
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Israel smeared Palestinian activists, EU admits
The EU has overturned a funding ban on two Palestinian NGOs, effectively debunking an Israeli campaign to smear them as terrorists.
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The priorities of the Czech Presidency
Leaders of the European Union decided by unanimity to grant Ukraine and Moldova EU candidacy status ahead of the Czech EU presidency. Marking a pivotal step for the two countries’ journey towards closer ties with the EU, what is next on the agenda for the Czech Republic’s role as EU crisis responder? Just few days […]
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Europe to see ‘high levels’ of Covid-19 this summer, WHO says
The World Health Organization said Thursday it expected “high levels” of Covid-19 in Europe this summer and called on countries to monitor the spread as cases tripled in the past month.
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Trump is in trouble and he knows it
At first blush, the Supreme Court’s decision striking down Roe v. Wade doesn’t have much to do with the startling revelations produced by the Jan. 6 select committee. Thanks, then, to Donald Trump for helping us get quickly to second blush: The ex-president himself seems to understand that the two are linked in a profound way, going […]
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Supreme Court handcuffs Biden’s climate efforts
The Supreme Court delivered a major setback to President Joe Biden’s ambitious climate change goals on Thursday, ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have broad authority to curb planet-warming pollution from power plants. The 6-3 ruling erects a significant obstacle to Biden’s hopes of addressing global warming through executive branch action — barely six […]
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NATO chief avows need to defend alliance territory in ‘a more dangerous world’
An unstable world could get even more dangerous if NATO does not remain strong and united, the head of the alliance said Thursday at the end of a summit where Western leaders labeled Russia “a direct threat” to the security of their nations.
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Czech MEP Zdechovsky : ”Organ harvesting is a lucrative state-sponsored business in China”
“Organ harvesting is a lucrative business that is state-sponsored in China and specifically targets Falun Gong practitioners as well as other prisoners of conscience, which is unacceptable,” Czech MEP Tomas Zdechovsky said in his introductory speech at an event organized at the Press Club in Brussels on 29 June, on the eve of the EU […]
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Overlooked No More: Klaus Nomi, Singer With an Otherworldly Persona
His sound and look influenced everyone from Anohni to Lady Gaga. He also sang backup vocals for David Bowie.
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