US President Joe Biden has criticized Sunday’s election in Nicaragua. Biden called the polls in the Central American country a “sham”. Nicaragua’s incumbent President Daniel Ortega has had at least 39 opposition members arrested since large-scale protests in the country in 2018. Among them were also seven potential challengers […]
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Chinese Journalist Who Revealed Corona Outbreak, On the Verge of Death in Prison
The citizen journalist whose work in the Chinese city of Wuhan revealed the magnitude of the corona outbreak in the country and who was jailed for her work is on the brink of death after a hunger strike. Human rights groups worldwide are calling for her immediate release. Zhang […]
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Increased Energy Prices Cause the Highest Inflation Since 2002
Goods and services became 3.4 percent more expensive for consumers in October than a year earlier. That is the most substantial increase since April 2002, reports the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Gas and electricity, among other things, became considerably more expensive last month, causing inflation to rise. Prices […]
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EU Parliament Delegation Visits Taiwan, Despite China Criticism
Despite criticism from China, the European Parliament has sent an official delegation to Taiwan. That shows that the island state is now “very high on the agenda in Brussels and all member states,” French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann told Taiwanese Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang. The visit did not go well […]
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Ex-Partner Epstein Denies Guilt Just Before the Start of the Trial
During one of the last hearings before the substantive trial of Ghislaine Maxwell starts, Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-partner has again denied guilt. “I have committed no crime,” she told a New York judge on Monday. Maxwell is suspected of recruiting girls for multimillionaire sex offender Epstein. She has been charged […]
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Japan Government Coalition Election Win Makes Stock Market Optimistic
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s coalition government has maintained a comfortable majority in the lower house in Japan’s parliamentary elections on Sunday. The coalition can count on 293 of the 465 seats. That is more than many expected and than what the exit polls predicted. The victory appears to be […]
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Pope Demands Urgent Action Against Ecological Crisis
Pope Francis on Friday called on world leaders who will meet at the COP26 climate conference to provide “urgent and efficient responses” to the ecological crisis. The climate conference starts on Sunday in Glasgow. “The policymakers meeting at COP26 in Glasgow urgently need to provide efficient responses to the […]
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ECB Decides Again on Support Measures for Eurozone
The European Central Bank (ECB) will make another interest rate decision on Thursday. Due to the rising inflation in the eurozone, policymakers at the central bank probably have a lot to discuss. But economists generally assume that the ECB will not develop an accelerated phasing out of support measures yet. […]
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US to Close US Branch of China Telecom
The United States has banned the activities of the US branch of China Telecom. FCC regulator says the telecom company is controlled by the Chinese government and is, therefore, a threat to US national security. The FCC has given China Telecom Americas 60 days to stop its service. The […]
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EU Ministers Discuss Energy Crisis
EU energy ministers, including Stef Blok, are meeting in Luxembourg to discuss the energy crisis. The recently sharp rise in energy prices also affects households and companies. In the short term, the Member States themselves can take several measures to ease the pain, but whether action should be taken […]