Thousands of people across Germany took to the streets on Saturday to protest the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, just weeks before the general election on February 23. Demonstrators in Berlin gathered at the Brandenburg Gate, lighting up their phones, blowing whistles, and singing anti-fascist songs, while in Cologne, protesters carried banners condemning the AfD.
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Greece on Sunday The mass protests demand justice for rail crash victims demanded of the nation’s deadliest rail disaster in 2023. Demonstrations broke out in 97 cities in Greece and 13 locations abroad. Marches in the largest Greek cities of Athens and Thessaloniki had about 30,000 and 16,000 demonstrators respectively. “What is happening today is majestic,” Pavlos Aslanidis, the father of a victim, told the media in Thessaloniki. “This is now a global fight,” he added, referring to the protests abroad. Demonstrations broke out in 97 cities in Greece “My son’s…
An undersea fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden belonging to Latvia State Radio and Television Center (LVRTC) was damaged in the Baltic Sea on Sunday. The cable linked the Latvian town of Ventspils with Sweden’s Gotland island. “We have determined that there is most likely external damage and that it is significant,” Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina told reporters following an extraordinary government meeting. “We are working together with our Swedish Allies and NATO on investigating the incident, including to patrolling the area, as well as inspecting the vessels that were in the area,” Silina wrote later on X, adding…
The United Kingdom will study its entry into a paneuro commercial treaty following new talks with the EU commision to find a solution to Boris Johnson’s post brexit deal which does not work. The Chancellor of Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, said this Sunday that she is willing to examine the proposal launched by the European Commission of Commerce, Maros Sefcovic, that the United Kingdom joins the commercial agreement known as the Pan-Euromediterranean Convention (PEM). “We will be totally happy to look at those proposals, because we know that the agreement that the previous government reached is not working well,” Reeves said…
Is Colombia seeing more war than peace? Since January 16, the guerilla group ELN and offshoots of the former militant organization FARC have been fighting each other in the Catatumbo region in the northeast of Columbia near the border to Venezuela. At least 80 people have died so far in the violence. At least 20 more people have been killed in clashes in the Amazonas region in the south of the country between rival splinter groups of FARC. Who are the actors? The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were previously by far the biggest guerilla group in Colombia. In 2016,…
Thousands march to protest against the AfD and Elon Musk. Thousands of Germans took to the streets in several cities to protest the rise of far-right extremism and the growing popularity of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany AfD party. Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), has classified the AfD as a “suspected” far-right extremist organization. Musk hosts X talk with German far-right leader Weidel Elon Musk is an instrument of the Trump administration, meddling in European politics as a Fascist Promoted and backed by Elon musk on Twitter/X the AfD party are…
South Africa, Malawi and Uruguay on Saturday announced that soldiers from their respective armies were killed as they battled to halt the advance of M23 rebel fighters in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The South African National Defense Force (SANDF) said that nine of its soldiers were killed during a pitched battle with M23 fighters as they attempted to advance on the city of Goma, the key city in the mineral-rich east. Congolese government troops deployed to help repel the M23 rebels who had been closing in on Goma, a key city in the mineral-rich east of the…
The new United States Executive has announced the official name change of the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali (Alaska), which will henceforth be called the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley, respectively, according to a statement from the Department of the Interior. “Pursuant to President Donald J. Trump’s recent executive order, the Department of the Interior is proud to announce the implementation of name restorations that honor the legacy of American greatness, efforts that are already underway,” the note begins, which explains that “these changes reaffirm the nation’s commitment to preserving America’s extraordinary heritage and ensuring that future generations…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is demanding the reopening of a pipeline carrying Russian gas through Ukraine in return for his support for the extension of European Union sanctions on Russia. The EU has imposed 15 rounds of economic sanctions on Moscow since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but there won’t be a 16th unless the bloc’s members unanimously vote to extend the measures by January 31. But Hungary’s Orban, a right-wing populist and ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has threatened to “pull the handbrake” on EU sanctions if Brussels does not persuade Ukraine to reopen a…
US President Donald Trump traveled to North Carolina before continuing on to California on Friday to visit people affected by hurricanes and wildfires. The visits are Trump’s first trips outside of Washington, DC, since taking office in his second term as president. Trump critical of Biden administration policies and fire response Trump has heavily criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom and other officials for the response to the wildfires that caused widespread devastation this month. However, as the pair met on the tarmac in California, Trump struck a more positive note, saying: “I appreciate the governor coming out and meeting me,” He pledged to “get…
Parts of Ireland and Northern Ireland are grappling with the devastating impact of Storm Eowyn, which hit early Friday with wind speeds exceeding 180 kilometers per hour (112 miles per hour). One person in Ireland died when a tree fell on his car, said police reports. The storm has forced public transport to come to a standstill, closing schools and roads. Hundreds of flights were canceled at airports in the cities of Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh and Glasgow. ESB Networks said there had been “unprecedented” damage to its network, leading to more than 700,000 homes and businesses in Ireland and almost 100,000 in Northern Ireland…
Caixabank has closed the year 2024 with the granting of 31% more mortgages in the Aragonese community. Specifically, mortgage loans have exceeded 148 million euros. The entity, which leads the mortgage market with a 25.6% share at the national level, has granted 83.5% of fixed type mortgages in Aragon. A fact that the trend of recent months is maintained despite the decrease in interest rates. It is also due to the fact that CaixaBank maintains its commercial priority in fixed mortgages due to greater simplicity, transparency and protection against types of types. In this way, 40% of the entity’s mortgage…
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has been elected taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland for the second time, following intense debates in the Dáil (Ireland’s lower house of Parliament). The Dáil faced multiple suspensions on Wednesday due to heated exchanges between the government and opposition parties.
A Paris court sentenced a Pakistani man to 30 years in prison on Thursday for a 2020 knife attack outside Charlie Hebdo’s former offices. The court found Zaheer Mahmood, 29, guilty of attempted murder and terrorism in an Islamist-motivated attack in September 2020, which left two people injured. Mahmood believed he was attacking employees of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, not realizing that the satirical magazine had relocated after Islamists gunned down 12 of the magazine’s staff in January 2015. Attack after Charlie republished cartoons of Prophet Mohammed The knife attack came five years after the Al-Qaeda-linked attack on Charlie Hebdo’s…
For Sihem Bensedrine, a 74-year-old Tunisian rights activist, being in her cell at the Manouba women’s prison became unbearable last week. “I can’t stand the injustice that’s hitting me anymore,” she posted on her Facebook page on January 14. “I am determined to pull myself out, at all costs, of this black hole that I was arbitrarily thrown into,” she wrote. She has been on hunger strike ever since. Bensedrine has been in pre-trial detention since last August, on charges of fraud and “gaining unfair advantages,” as well as accusations of forging part of an official report while she was head of Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission…
Italy’s top court upheld the conviction of US citizen Amanda Knox for slander on Thursday, in a case that dates back nearly two decades.. Knox was convicted last year of slandering local bar owner Patrick Lumumba by implicating him in the 2007 murder of her British flatmate, Meredith Kercher. But another man, Rudy Guede, was eventually convicted of Kercher’s murder after DNA evidence linked him to the scene. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison and released early in 2021. What was the reaction to the verdict? Knox, who was not in Italy for Thursday’s verdict, described it as “surreal.””I’ve…
In Pedro Sánchez’s first visit to Valencia after the one he made to Paiporta in November with the Kings and which was interrupted by the indignation of those affected, the President of the Government has announced more money for the town councils that continue trying to recover normality. almost three months after the floods. After meeting with the 28 mayors of the municipalities that suffered the most intensely from the effects of DANA and are still in a situation of Emergency 2, Pedro Sánchez announced two new measures with which the central government will increase its contribution to the reconstruction…
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, who was set to be nominated, accused Sinn Féin and other opposition TDs (MPs) of orchestrating the disruption. He called the delay ‘premeditated, coordinated, and choreographed.’
Fico’s claims, based on what he described as a classified intelligence report, came ahead of a no-confidence motion against his government. The motion was abandoned after the parliamentary session was held in secret at Fico’s request, prompting the opposition to walk out in protest.
A two-year-old boy and a 41-year-old man were killed in a stabbing at Schöntal Park in Aschaffenburg, Germany. Two others, including a child, were seriously injured.
Panic over fire rumor leads to deadly India train accident A rumour that a fire had started on a moving train in western India led to panic and the deaths of at least 12 people. Some passengers jumped off the train with the supposed fire and were hit by another train. It happened in Maharashtra State, between Maheji and Pardhade stations, approximately 410 kilometres (255 miles) northeast of India’s financial capital, Mumbai. What do we know about crash? According to the Press Trust of India news agency, passengers jumped off the Pushpak Express train bound for Mumbai after rumours of…
Solar power surpassed coal as a source of electricity in the European Union (EU) for the first time in 2024, according to a report released on Thursday by climate think tank Ember. Solar energy has become the EU’s fastest growing power source, contributing 11% to its supply. Overall, strong growth in solar and wind have boosted the share of renewables to 47%, up from 34% in 2019. Only 10% of the block’s power was generated with coal. The report highlighted a continued decline in fossil fuel dependency, with gas generation falling for the fifth consecutive year and overall fossil-fueled power dropping…
One of the first announcements made by Donald Trump in his first week in the US presidency was his country’s exit from the Paris Agreement. It was during his speech at the World Economic Forum taking place this week in Davos that the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, wanted to send a clear message: the institutions and industries that take steps back from the commitments to fight against Climate change is on the “bad side of history” and has made the world’s addition to fossil fuels a “Frankenstein monster.” “Several financial institutions and industries are backtracking on their climate commitments,”…
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is set to be reinstalled as taoiseach (prime minister) when the Irish parliament reconvenes on Wednesday. He will succeed Fine Gael’s Simon Harris, who will take on the role of tánaiste (deputy prime minister).
The ousting of Sheikh Hasina last summer launched a new era in Bangladesh, seemingly turning the page on decades of rivalry between Hasina and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. Hasina, 77, is currently in self-imposed exile in India. And with 79-year-old Zia traveling to the UK to seek medical treatment this month, Bangladesh is rife with speculation on reviving a controversial doctrine that once aimed to sideline both leaders. In 2007, the military intervened in Bangladeshi politics and installed a caretaker government in what is known as the “1/11 changeover.” The new regime was accused of pursuing the so-called “minus…
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