How Matteo Salvini’s alliance of European nationalists plans to tear apart the fabric of the EU
When Matteo Salvini took to the stage in Milan on Saturday afternoon, he knew he was among friends. Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s National Rally, had already warmed up the crowd. Geert Wilders, the leader of the Netherlands’ party of Freedom, tapped him on the shoulder to grab a selfie. Click Here: Sports Water Bottles And…
US spy challenge offers $250k to those who can accurately forecast future events
American spy chiefs are offering $250,000 in prize money for a competition that will test how successfully someone can predict future unknowns such as political election results or missile tests. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity [IARPA], which sits within the office of America’s top intelligence official, is behind the challenge, which is designed to…
Spain and France call urgent meeting to decide fate of sheep-killing Pyrenees bear
French and Spanish authorities convened on Friday to determine the fate of a sheep-killing bear after furious farmers threatened to take the law into their own hands. The bear, Claverina, was one of two brown bears airlifted into the French Pyrenees from Slovenia in order to repopulate the region last October. She has since ravaged eight…
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison holds on to power in ‘miracle’ victory for conservatives
It was supposed to have been the election the opposition Labor Party couldn’t lose. But on Saturday voters in Australia stunned the political establishment by delivering a shock victory for the ruling centre-Right Liberals. “I have always believed in miracles!” Scott Morrison, the prime minister, told loyalists in Sydney. “I’m standing with the three biggest…
Tourists who misbehave in Venice to be fined up to €500 and banned with Asbo-style decrees
Tourists who misbehave in Venice will be hit with Asbo-style decrees banning them from the city in the latest effort to maintain decorum among the millions of visitors who descend on the World Heritage attraction. Tourists who swim in Venice’s canals, wander around shirtless or loll on the steps of stone bridges will be fined up to €500…
Vote rigging uncovered in Russian TV singing contest
Russia’s state-owned Channel One TV has cancelled the results of a popular TV singing competition, The Voice Kids after an investigation uncovered evidence that phone votes were rigged. Channel One confirmed that ”there was outside influence on the voting that affected the result”, after the probe found evidence of rigged voting – thousands of SMS messages. Earlier Channel…
Narendra Modi takes no questions in his first press conference as prime minister
As the campaigning officially ended for the Indian election, prime minister Narendra Modi called his first-ever press conference in a last-ditch clarion call to voters on Friday – and failed to answer a single question. Indian TV channels carried simultaneous press conferences from Mr Modi and the leader of the opposition Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi,…
Tourists who misbehave in Venice to be fined up to €500 and banned with Asbo-style decrees
Tourists who misbehave in Venice will be hit with Asbo-style decrees banning them from the city in the latest effort to maintain decorum among the millions of visitors who descend on the World Heritage attraction. Tourists who swim in Venice’s canals, wander around shirtless or loll on the steps of stone bridges will be fined up to €500…
How Brexit killed the concept of an EU exit
When Britain voted to leave the EU in 2016, Brussels feared that it could trigger a wave of copy-cat EU exits, fracturing the unity of a bloc already under strain from the 2015 migration crisis and fights over the future of the Euro. Initially, it seemed like Brexit was the loose thread that could unravel…
Missouri moves to ban abortion at eight weeks
Missouri is set to become the latest US state to introduce strict laws on abortion after the state’s senate approved a bill that would ban abortion beyond eight weeks, including in cases of rape and incest. Only medical emergencies would be exempt. It came hours after Alabama on Wednesday introduced a law banning almost all abortions.…