LondonSince the start of 2021, the United Kingdom is no longer officially part of the European Union, thus completing its historic break after 47 years of an eventful union. Interviewed by RTL, Stanley Johnson said he wanted to take on French nationality to keep “a link” with the European Union.
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Sweden and Japan are paying the price for COVID exceptionalism
Both Japan and Sweden have avoided lockdowns in coping with the Covid-19 epidemic. But has it worked for the two countries who pride themselves on the innate discipline of their populations?
China: No internet access without facial recognition
BeijingAs of December 1, the Chinese state is forcing all of the country's 1,44 billion citizens to scan their faces before they are allowed to obtain mobile or Internet subscriptions. Facial recognition as a requirement for using the Internet is the latest in a one-party state's increasingly far-reaching efforts to keep track of its citizens. Combined with the world's most comprehensive camera surveillance, as well as new supercameras and advanced AI-based software, the Chinese Communist Party is fast approaching near total surveillance. The technology is now on its way to Europe, accelerated by alleged needs to maintain virus restrictions.
Escape lockdown at Swedish ecovillage
HagforsNear Hagfors in Värmland is Sunnemo eco-village. This oasis of self-reliance and living in nature is not only a place to go to recharge ones batteries, but many Europeans have also found their way here because they have fled north, away from the strict Corona restrictions imposed by many countries.
Macron’s fiasco: 138 vaccinated in France against 78 109 in Germany
ParisLaunched with great fanfare, on Sunday, December 27, the French vaccination campaign is currently turning into a major fiasco for President Macron. On Wednesday, December 30, there were only… 138 people vaccinated in France.
2020: US BLM cities experience huge spike in killings
There has never been a year quite like this. In 2020, murder rates have been soaring dramatically in the US in the aftermath of the death of drug addict George Floyd, with Americans are killing Americans in record numbers.
Vaccinated on Christmas Eve, dead five days later
LucerneA person died in Switzerland five days after receiving the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Authorities said a link with the vaccine was "highly unlikely". German media called his doctor a "Coronavirus skeptic".
EU bought 500 000 doses of ineffective drug for €1 970 per unit
ParisThe contract was signed in early October related to doses of Remdesivir, even though the WHO had not issued its conclusions concerning it. Once again, is this the sign of an unpreparedness or Big Pharma lobbies operating within Europe?
Islamist danger? Left-wing municipality withdraws its subsidies
ParisAt the heart of the dispute is a text evoking Islamism as a problem against which the Republic must fight.
Ahmed Maiteeq: Is he the newcomer and future leader of Libya?
TripoliAfter a period of failed Tunisian negotiations under the auspices of the UN and UNSMIL's Stephanie Williams, which led to discord among the participants and exacerbated relations between the Government of National Accord (GNA) and Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA), there is renewed hope in Libya for the gradual restoration of constructive dialogue through economic arrangements.
Sweden and Japan are paying the price for COVID exceptionalism
Both Japan and Sweden have avoided lockdowns in coping with the Covid-19 epidemic. But has it worked for the two countries who pride themselves on the innate discipline of their populations?
China: No internet access without facial recognition
BeijingAs of December 1, the Chinese state is forcing all of the country's 1,44 billion citizens to scan their faces before they are allowed to obtain mobile or Internet subscriptions. Facial recognition as a requirement for using the Internet is the latest in a one-party state's increasingly far-reaching efforts to keep track of its citizens. Combined with the world's most comprehensive camera surveillance, as well as new supercameras and advanced AI-based software, the Chinese Communist Party is fast approaching near total surveillance. The technology is now on its way to Europe, accelerated by alleged needs to maintain virus restrictions.
Escape lockdown at Swedish ecovillage
HagforsNear Hagfors in Värmland is Sunnemo eco-village. This oasis of self-reliance and living in nature is not only a place to go to recharge ones batteries, but many Europeans have also found their way here because they have fled north, away from the strict Corona restrictions imposed by many countries.
Macron’s fiasco: 138 vaccinated in France against 78 109 in Germany
ParisLaunched with great fanfare, on Sunday, December 27, the French vaccination campaign is currently turning into a major fiasco for President Macron. On Wednesday, December 30, there were only… 138 people vaccinated in France.
2020: US BLM cities experience huge spike in killings
There has never been a year quite like this. In 2020, murder rates have been soaring dramatically in the US in the aftermath of the death of drug addict George Floyd, with Americans are killing Americans in record numbers.
Vaccinated on Christmas Eve, dead five days later
LucerneA person died in Switzerland five days after receiving the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Authorities said a link with the vaccine was "highly unlikely". German media called his doctor a "Coronavirus skeptic".
EU bought 500 000 doses of ineffective drug for €1 970 per unit
ParisThe contract was signed in early October related to doses of Remdesivir, even though the WHO had not issued its conclusions concerning it. Once again, is this the sign of an unpreparedness or Big Pharma lobbies operating within Europe?
Islamist danger? Left-wing municipality withdraws its subsidies
ParisAt the heart of the dispute is a text evoking Islamism as a problem against which the Republic must fight.
Ahmed Maiteeq: Is he the newcomer and future leader of Libya?
TripoliAfter a period of failed Tunisian negotiations under the auspices of the UN and UNSMIL's Stephanie Williams, which led to discord among the participants and exacerbated relations between the Government of National Accord (GNA) and Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA), there is renewed hope in Libya for the gradual restoration of constructive dialogue through economic arrangements.
