According to thefreedictionary.com, a patriot is “a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests”. The derision of patriotism is going mainstream in the US, Europe and Australia, in an effort to say goodbye to borders.
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EU Commission to sue Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic over migrant quotas
BrusselsThe European Commission has launched legal procedures against Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, for refusing to take in asylum seekers flooding into the EU as a result of German chancellor Angela Merkel's 2015 "Open Door" policy.
Munich wastes hundreds of thousands on migrant centre
MunichCity officials in Munich, Germany, wasted hundreds of thousands of Euros converting a seven-storey office building into a migrant centre, only to discover that not enough migrants wish to live there.
Cambridge professor says ‘genius’ is a sexist word
CambridgeHistory tutors at the University of Cambridge have been told to stop using the word “genius” in the classroom because it offends women.
Breaking: Gunman opens fire on Republican Congressmen
AlexandriaVirginia police confirmed that a gunman opened fire on Congressional Republicans during early morning baseball practice in the Del Ray neighbourhood of Alexandria, Virginia.
Witnesses leak details of Munich attack: ‘Southern type who spoke little German’
MunichTwo eyewitnesses in the Munich train shooting have come forward to describe the scene of the attack, leaking new details to the German daily, Tageszeitung.
Migrants from Libyan coast already up by 40 percent
The migrants pouring into Europe are crossing the Mediterranean between Libya and Italy with a criminal industry thriving and the European agency tasked to stop them is not optimistic about stemming the tide.
Norwegian insurer says London fire will hit reinsurers
LondonA huge fire has engulfed a tower block in West London. The fire broke out on Wednesday at Grenfell Tower in London’s Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and is expected to result in a hit to reinsurers of a Norwegian company.
Oliver Stone suggests US military-industrial complex wants war with Russia
MoscowThe US military-industrial complex (MIC) is responsible for deteriorating relations between the United States and Russia, according to US film director Oliver Stone. He likened the MIC to a money-devouring "monster".
Breaking: Shooting at Munich station ‘not terror’
A German policewoman was shot in head by an attacker early this morning. The assailant grabbed her gun and opened fire, also injuring bystanders at a metro station in a Munich suburb. "There was one suspect and we've got him," a Munich police spokesman told reporters at the scene.
EU Commission to sue Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic over migrant quotas
BrusselsThe European Commission has launched legal procedures against Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, for refusing to take in asylum seekers flooding into the EU as a result of German chancellor Angela Merkel's 2015 "Open Door" policy.
Munich wastes hundreds of thousands on migrant centre
MunichCity officials in Munich, Germany, wasted hundreds of thousands of Euros converting a seven-storey office building into a migrant centre, only to discover that not enough migrants wish to live there.
Cambridge professor says ‘genius’ is a sexist word
CambridgeHistory tutors at the University of Cambridge have been told to stop using the word “genius” in the classroom because it offends women.
Breaking: Gunman opens fire on Republican Congressmen
AlexandriaVirginia police confirmed that a gunman opened fire on Congressional Republicans during early morning baseball practice in the Del Ray neighbourhood of Alexandria, Virginia.
Witnesses leak details of Munich attack: ‘Southern type who spoke little German’
MunichTwo eyewitnesses in the Munich train shooting have come forward to describe the scene of the attack, leaking new details to the German daily, Tageszeitung.
Migrants from Libyan coast already up by 40 percent
The migrants pouring into Europe are crossing the Mediterranean between Libya and Italy with a criminal industry thriving and the European agency tasked to stop them is not optimistic about stemming the tide.
Norwegian insurer says London fire will hit reinsurers
LondonA huge fire has engulfed a tower block in West London. The fire broke out on Wednesday at Grenfell Tower in London’s Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and is expected to result in a hit to reinsurers of a Norwegian company.
Oliver Stone suggests US military-industrial complex wants war with Russia
MoscowThe US military-industrial complex (MIC) is responsible for deteriorating relations between the United States and Russia, according to US film director Oliver Stone. He likened the MIC to a money-devouring "monster".
Breaking: Shooting at Munich station ‘not terror’
A German policewoman was shot in head by an attacker early this morning. The assailant grabbed her gun and opened fire, also injuring bystanders at a metro station in a Munich suburb. "There was one suspect and we've got him," a Munich police spokesman told reporters at the scene.
