How States Are Using Red Flag Laws to Try to Avert Mass Shootings
Judges in 19 states and the District of Columbia are issuing orders to keep guns out of the hands of people deemed dangerous, like a Fort Lauderdale teenager who threatened…
January 16, 2023
Ukraine war: Russia’s Wagner Group commander requests Norway asylum
Image source, ReutersBy Matt MurphyBBC News A former commander with the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group has claimed asylum in Norway after deserting from the mercenary outfit. Andrey Medvedev, 26, crossed…
Qatargate: Tarabella’s U-turn on Qatar explained by ‘realpolitik’
Belgian MEP Marc Tarabella’s change of discourse on Qatar could be explained by ‘realpolitik’, not by corruption, his lawyer Maxime Toller said on TV on Sunday. Last month, Tarabella was…
Bulgarian socialists to make last-ditch effort to form government
The pro-Russian Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will receive the third and final mandate from the president on Monday to form a regular government in the EU’s poorest state mired in…
Spanish PM, centre-right go at each other in harsh pre-campaign
Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the head of centre-right opposition, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, kicked off a harsh pre-campaign on Saturday ahead of the upcoming municipal and general elections with…
Polish opposition with first pre-election discord
Although the Polish opposition parties publicly assured their unity on the important vote, the centrist party Poland 2050
German defence minister’s successor remains unclear, Scholz stays quiet
The question of who will succeed Christine Lambrecht as defence minister remains open, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz is silent after several media reports that the minister plans to step down.…
Pension reform: French government fears ‘blockage’ in streets, parliament
The government is worried about any ‘blockages’ in the form of strikes and parliamentary obstructions ahead of the first day of social mobilisation against pension reforms on Thursday. Thursday’s strike…
Austrian Commissioner expects lifting of Schengen veto in near future
Commissioner Johannes Hahn expects Vienna will lift its veto against Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen accession in due time, paving the way for the country to repair its image. In December…
Dutch saw new record of drug shortage in 2022
The number of drug shortages hit a new record in 2022, as the number of times a drug was unavailable for at least two weeks was 1,514 times compared to…