The rebirth of the ‘Weimar Triangle’ suggests that Franco-German tensions are on the mend and a common agenda on arming Kyiv is possiblePoland’s longstanding struggle for a bigger say in European leadership may finally be gaining ground with the revival of the long dormant Weimar Triangle – a diplomatic compact bringing Warsaw together with Germany and France in a regular dialogue on EU affairs.When the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, joined the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and the French...
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Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) This commentary picks up from where the brilliant commentary by Tarik Cyril Amar on March 15th at RT News leaves off. That article’s headline was “Western troops in Ukraine: How a big lie could lead to the biggest war” (i.e., WW3). The topic of my commentary will be why it […]
Canada’s housing minister openly mocked Ontario Premier Doug Ford on social media Friday over his concerns over fourplexes. Throughout the week, the premier has made it clear that he does not support a provincial mandate to build fourplexes in residential neighbourhoods—something that both the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force and the federal government have recommended. Later, he clarified he was just against four-storey “towers.” “You have to differentiate between putting four...
Ericsson to cut 1,200 jobs in SwedenEC clamps down on Alphabet, Apple and Meta Pan-African operator MTN reports a massive slump in profits
What a bewildering shift in recent times for Europe’s farmers. Long seen as national treasures, the EU establishment recently turned…What to read next: Europe’s summer of climate hysteria | Europe leaps further to the right | Europe’s Right is on the march | The march of Europe’s nationalists
The choir celebrated on stage of the magnificent RDs Concert Hall singing a triumphant rendition of ‘The Undertones’ standard, Teenage Kicks. The choir, under the direction of Emma-Jayne Kelly and accompanied by Trevor Burnside won the two- part Youth choir, were placed second in The Alice Yoakley Cup and won the overall Folen’s Publisher Award Cup and £3000 for the "School Choir of the Year 2024". Miss Kelly described the whole experience as “a fantastic day for Derry as Thornhill College also...
Ollie Watkins’ chances of booking a plane ticket for Euro 2024 could be ended on Tuesday night. That’s according to Arsenal great Perry Groves, who expects Ivan Toney to play and shine agains
A new chapter in the Sam Bankman-Fried saga: On Friday, federal prosecutors asked a New York judge to sentence the founder and former head of cryptocurrency exchange FTX to between 40 and 50 years in prison. They cited claims that Bankman-Fried participated in a “historic fraud” and cost customers and investors at least $10 billion as the rationale behind the hefty jail time. Bankman-Fried’s lawyers have argued that five or six years behind bars would be appropriate, maintaining that he’s not an...
Germany, the sick man of Europe, is about to end a quarter it would rather
Vaughan Gething, a Zambian-born lawyer, became the first Black European head of government and the first Black head of government in the UK following his election by the Welsh Parliament and approval by King Charles III
Greenhouse gases from sector could make up 44% of continent’s total output by 2030, says transport groupThe failure to tackle Europe’s “runaway” transport emissions could lead to the sector pumping out nearly half of the continent’s planet-heating pollution by 2030, a report has found.Driven by polluting cars and pushed higher by the growing thirst for flights, transport emissions in Europe have grown 26% since 1990 – even as efforts to clean up other areas of the economy have led to an overall...