"The United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord but begin negotiations to re-enter either the Paris Accords or an entirely new transaction on terms that are fair to the United States, its business, its workers, its people, its taxpayers... So we're getting out. So we will start to negotiate and we will see…
As has now been reported by media across the political spectrum, from the Wallstreet Journal, to Fox news- Former national security adviser has told the Federal Bureau of Investigation and congressional officials investigating the Trump campaign's potential ties to Russia, that he is willing to be interviewed in exchange for immunity from prosecution. To summarize…
Angela Merkel has said to industry leaders in Germany that she will put the interests of the remaining 27 member states first, telling German carmakers to brace themselves for a new era of trade tariffs with Britain. The commonwealth A commonly used argument by the 'Brexiteers' is that the commonwealth will bridge the gap left…
While we saw several small-scale deployments of U.S. forces on the ground in Syria under Obama, Trump has recently deployed several detachments of U.S. forces into the Syrian conflict without approval from the Syrian government or, more importantly without congressional approval. Making the move, technically illegal, it becomes important to find out exactly what and why…
Trump to sign order undoing the Paris agreement, thereby undoing the Obama climate change policies President Donalt J. Trump has signed another controversial executive order undoing the Paris agreement rules aimet at curbing climate change. The order, titled the Energy Independence Executive Order (EIEO) scraps over a half dozen measures enacted since the Paris agreement, aimed at…
The United States has officially denounced the arrest of hundreds of protesters in Russia. In an official statement the arrests were called "an insult to democratic values." In an update on the story about the Russian protests in dozens of Russian cities yesterday, the US has denounced the arrests of hundreds in Moscow alone. In our previous…
According to the Times of London, President Trump handed german Chancellor Angela Merkel a piece of paper on her first visit to the White House under his administration. Thereby also insulting many in German and NATO circles.
The recent argument between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and European nations has significant contextual consequences on social and geo-political issues. On Sunday, the diplomatic feud between Turkey and his NATO allies deepened. President Erdogan accused the Netherlands of fascism and Denmark joined the argument decrying the "rhetorical attacks against the Netherlands." The backdrop for this…
In Bulgaria a snap parliamentary election sees the centre-right GERB party challenged by the socialist BSP. The election was triggered by Rumen Radev's winning presidential bid last November, seeing a Socialist-backed candidate hold the office of president. The thrid election in four years shows the fragility of the standing coalition and indicates the probable fragility…
Earlier this month President Trump postponed his state visit to Britain by at least several months for fear of protests and government officials protesting his visit. The trip was originally to take place this summer, estimated at the time for October 5th-8th. The decision to delay the trip was mutually agreed upon between British Prime Minister…
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