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South Africa: Doctors Without Borders employee caught in looting spree

EshoweVideos of South Africans in the province of KwaZulu Natal looting a broken-down truck that was delivering meat went viral on Twitter. A member of the French NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors without Borders, a medical humanitarian organisation, was also caught on camera stealing. The "doctor" appeared impervious to being admonished for theft.

German voters alarmed by tank deliveries to warring nation

BerlinThe delivery of Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, which has now been decided by the Scholz administration, is extremely controversial. According to current surveys, the majority of Germans think the decision is wrong.

Finland’s first trans figure skater ‘performs’ at the European Championship

EspooMarkku-Pekka Antikainen, a 59-year-old male Finnish farmer who took up figure skating at age 50 declaring himself to be "trans", performed under the female name "Minna-Maaria" at the opening ceremony of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships.

New Czech president is ex-NATO general Pavel

PragueThe Czech Republic is getting a new president: Ex-NATO general Petr Pavel has won the runoff against Andrej Babiš.

Germans believe their country is going down the tubes

BerlinThe Germans have lost faith in their country as a leading economic nation. Once the pride of the EU, today only 39 percent of the population believe that Germany will still play a leading role on the world economic market in 15 years.

Wealth of the Swiss billionaires increased by 52,2 percent after pandemic

DavosGlobally, the wealth of the richest have increased massively. This is shown by a report by the Institute for Policy Studies, which has accused the WEF of ignoring the problem of the concentration of money and power. Switzerland has for a long time been a paradise for the super rich. It is teeming with millionaires and billionaires.

Muslim leaders call for a boycott against Sweden

CairoThe Muslim educational institution al-Azhar University in Cairo has called on all the world's Muslims to boycott Sweden. Al-Azhar University is the premier Sunni Muslim institution of learning in the world and enjoys widespread respect among the world's 1,5 billion Muslims.

Will the Bundeswehr special fund be increased to 300 billion euros?

BerlinIn the spring of 2022, in response to the war in Ukraine, the German government launched the so-called “Bundeswehr special fund”. For the sum of 100 billion euros, the Bundeswehr was going to be modernized and decades of neglect in equipping the troops would be corrected.

Berlin to incinerate 800 million expired Corona masks

BerlinFour German federal states have burned a total of over 17 million expired Corona masks. They were bought with taxpayer money. The government wants to burn 800 million masks in total.

Trouble in paradise: Mutiny at the WEF

DavosKlaus Schwab has been at the helm of the World Economic Forum for more than half a century. Recently, there has been strong criticism against him coming from his own ranks.