Portugal’s Socialist Party won the country’s parliamentary elections on Sunday with a clear majority. The Socialist Party secured over 41% of the popular vote in snap elections triggered by lawmakers’ rejection of the minority government’s spending bill two months ago. The Socialist Party edged out the next most-popular group, the …
Read MoreWikileaks founder Julian Assange has won a bid to appeal his looming extradition to the United States. On Monday, Britain’s High Court ruled that Assange may take his case to the UK Supreme Court. Assange faces espionage charges if authorities return him to the US. In 2020, a London judge …
Read MoreThe 2022 World Cup will take place on November 21 in Qatar. The event will be the first World Cup hosted by a Middle Eastern country, and FIFA claims that it will also be carbon neutral. The event’s organizers ensured that the eight cutting-edge stadiums were close together, within a …
Read MoreRussian military troops continue to amass along Ukraine’s eastern border. US President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the US would act “decisively” to defend Ukraine if Russia mounts a further invasion of the country’s borders. Biden called Zelensky on Sunday before a series of planned diplomatic meetings …
Read MorePoland’s president, Andrzej Duda, vetoed a controversial law passed by Parliament on Monday. The law would have banned non-European companies from owning more than a 49% stake in any Polish media organization. The law would have pushed the US-based media company Discovery out of its controlling stake in news network …
Read MoreProtests erupted across Poland on Sunday as proponents of free speech decried the government’s decision to oust Discovery Inc. The protests were organized after Poland’s Parliament announced plans to force the US-based Discovery Inc to sell its shares of TVN, the country’s largest broadcast network. The legislation was passed by …
Read MoreOn Sunday, heavy snowfall in the Balkans coated most of Serbia and Albania. The unprecedented snowfall is just the latest bizarre weather occurrence in Europe during 2021. Heavy snowbanks slowed public transportation Sunday and snarled traffic as people traveled for the holidays. Serbia’s largest airport in Belgrade ground to a …
Read MoreOil company Royal Dutch Shell recently scrapped plans to continue its involvement in the Cambo North Sea Oilfield. The field is located near Scotland’s Shetland islands, making the potential oilfield expansion a flashpoint for climate activists in the UK. Protestors demanded Shell to back out of the project, arguing that …
Read MoreIn an odd turn of events, Sweden has selected Magdalena Andersson as prime minister for a second time. Last week, Andersson became the first woman to ever serve as the country’s PM, but she only held power for seven hours before her coalition crumbled, and she chose to resign. Last …
Read MoreDiplomatic tensions between the UK and France flared over the weekend due to the frequency of migrant boats crossing the Channel into England. The UK’s government has accused French officials of acting too casually about the situation, not doing their part to curtail the boats leaving from Northern France. France’s …
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