Nord Stream 2 Project Should Not Be Linked to Situation Around Navalny, New CDU Head Says
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The implementation of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project should not be dependent on the situation around Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, new head of Germany’s ruling Christian More...
With more of their working constituents relying on Universal Credit, Tory MPs should have opposed Sunak’s £20 cut.
Due to the pandemic and the economic chaos it caused, more and more working people across the UK have had their incomes reduced and become eligible for Universal Credit. Many have had partners who’ve lost More...
‘Not acting as an ally should’: Biden’s secretary of state nominee mulls new sanctions against Turkey over Russia’s S-400 deal
New US President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has lashed out at Ankara over its purchase of the Russian S-400 defense system, saying Washington could consider additional sanctions More...
German FM says vaccinated people should be exempt from some Covid-19 restrictions
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has called for Covid-19 restrictions for those who have been vaccinated to be relaxed, saying they should get their rights back, as well as business owners who can reopen to serve More...
Syria envoy who admitted LYING to Trump about troop levels now defends his Middle East policy, says Biden should keep it
President Donald Trump’s policy in the Middle East delivered “clear results” and Joe Biden shouldn’t change it, the US ex-envoy to the anti-terrorist coalition operating in Syria and Iraq argued in the pages More...
Covid crisis: 10 demands unions should be making now
As the Covid death toll crosses 100,000, these are some of the urgent demands the labour movement should be making on the government, argues Shabbir Lakha Counterfire Daily More...
Iranian press review: Soleimani killers should ‘live like Salman Rushdie’
Iranian press review: Soleimani killers should ‘live like Salman Rushdie’ Meanwhile, Iran’s conservatives have a 10-year plan for power and air pollution is killing over 30,000 a year More...
‘Not conducive to the public good’: Scottish minister says UK should consider banning Trump from entering after Capitol riot
Scottish Justice Minister Humza Yousaf advised UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to consider banning US President Donald Trump from entering in the future after a group of Trump supporters stormed Congress. “Once More...
‘Journalists should be worried’: UK court’s ruling was victory for Assange but not for journalism, former Ecuadorian consul warns
The UK court has spared WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from extradition to the US, but Monday’s ruling came as a grim verdict for free speech, Fidel Narvaez, a former Consul at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, More...
‘Referendums are not particularly jolly’: PM Johnson says Scotland should be eligible for independence vote ‘once in a generation’
Boris Johnson has dismissed the possibility of a new independence vote happening in Scotland any time soon, saying such events should be held “once in a generation.” Unsurprisingly, his words invoked a flurry More...
