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‘Long-Desired Step’: Catalan Parliament Declares Independence from Spain

October 28, 2017

Following a secret ballot, MPs in the Catalan parliament declared independence from Spain, with the regional leader Carlos Puigdemont saying the people had completed “a long-desired step.” Lawmakers o…

‘Europe is Lost’: Barcelona’s Chief Rabbi Urges Jews to Move to Israel

August 21, 2017

Europe

In the aftermath of this week’s terrorist attacks in Barcelona, the city’s chief rabbi has warned his community that Jews in the region are doomed because of the threat of radical Islam. At least 14 p…

Water Cannon & Burned Out Cars: Violent Riots Continue in Hamburg After G20 Summit

July 10, 2017

Europe

Violent confrontations between police and protesters continued in Hamburg in the early hours of Sunday morning, even after all of the G20 leaders had left. Police said they had to deploy water cannon …

900,000 Brits Too Fat to Work, Study Claims

May 31, 2017

Europe

Almost 900,000 people in Britain are out of work because they are overweight, according to a new study. The figure is five times higher than official records suggest. According to Professor Dame Carol…

Manchester Bombing: What We Don’t Know

May 25, 2017

Europe

On 22nd May at approximately 22.30hrs a bomb was detonated at the Ariana Grande Manchester Arena concert, Manchester, UK. Much has emerged in the national press and television media over the incident.…

Thieves Break into German Military Compound, Steal Weapons from Armored Carrier

May 15, 2017

Europe

Unidentified thieves stole weapons from inside a Fox armored personnel carrier after breaking into a military facility in northern Germany, the Bundeswehr confirmed to local media. The perpetrators st…

Top British Universities Found Producing ‘Fake Research’

March 30, 2017

Europe

Hundreds of allegations of “fake research” conducted at some of the UK’s top universities were reported between 2011 and 2016, figures show. According to figures released by 23 of Britain’s 24 Russell…

Has There Been a “Nuclear Incident” in the Arctic?

February 21, 2017

Europe

There have been rumblings regarding some sort of nuclear incident—or possibly incidents—in the Arctic over the last month. Multiple reports, some of them from official monitoring organizations, have r…