Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) - Friend or Foe

In the plans set forth by the European Union, the Euro is poised to transform into a form of "digital cash" within a few...

Will Blinken's visit bring positivity to e Sino-US relations?

Last month, when US President Joe Biden predicted that a "thaw" in the Sino-US relationship would begin "very shortly,"...

Iran and Saudi Arabia want to normalize relations

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Iran and Saudi Arabia want to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies within two months. That was the...

British government raises taxes and cuts spending in fight against inflation

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The British government wants to fill the huge hole in the budget coffers with tax increases and spending cuts amounting to...

Lauterbach considers cannabis legislation

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The federal cabinet has agreed on key points for the planned legalization of cannabis. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach...

EU Commission to cut funding for Hungary by 7.5 billion euros

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Because of corruption and violations of the rule of law in Hungary, the European Commission has proposed to cut payments...

U.S. plans crossings of Taiwan Strait by ships and aircraft

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Notwithstanding heightened tensions with China over Taiwan, the United States will transit the Taiwan Strait with ships...

Large majority votes for new constitution in Tunisia

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Tunisia's President Kais Saied has expanded his power with a new constitution, adding to worries about an impending end to...

NATO significantly expands rapid reaction force to 300,000 soldiers

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In response to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine , NATO will rebuild its defenses and increase the number of its...

Isabel Diaz Ayuso reaffirms her leadership, Iglesias quits politics

Isabel Diaz Ayuso's PP has obtained an overwhelming victory in Madrid Community government elections thanks to the...

Withdraw of the third-grade freedom regime to the imprisoned politicians

The penitentiary surveillance court number 5 of Catalonia has withdrawn the third penitentiary degree to the seven...

Raila Odinga - 5 intriguing facts you never knew

Raila Odinga is an outstanding personality in Kenyan politics, the party leader for Cord, and former Kenyan Prime...

Delivering Better Maternal Care to the World

Maternal mortality is a global problem and it needs a global solution, therefore a collective action is very vital and...

Mauricio Macri asumió la presidencia argentina

Luego de jurar en el Congreso Nacional, Macri se dirigió a la Casa Rosada, sede del Gobierno, para recibir la banda y...

Assange, sobre libertad, terrorismo y tecnología

Julian Assange lleva tres años, dos meses, tres semanas, un día, 21 horas y varios minutos asilado en un...

African Health Sector under stress

Africa has a variety of problems, fortunes and misfortunes but now the most pressing one that needs urgent attention and...

Política: Assange en Tecnópolis

Tras mil días de encierro en el pequeño departamento que aloja a la embajada de Ecuador en Londres, mil días sin...

Algo huele a podrido en Puerto Madero

Alberto Nisman, el fiscal que llevaba adelante la causa AMIA y que debía declarar hoy por la tarde en la Cámara de...

Banking Without Boundaries

Almost two decades ago Bill Gates, one of the founders of Microsoft, famously dismissed retail banks as "dinosaurs"....

Tambalea México

Tambalea el gobierno del presidente mexicano Enrique Peña Nieto por el horrible crimen de un grupo de estudiantes en el...

Global Goals for Sustainable Development

The 17 goals of the 2030 Agenda, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, are aimed at everyone: states, civil society,...

EU and US Data Security A Prime Concern

In times of megacrises, this atmosphere was really good: optimism and harmony characterized the 7th German-American Data...
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US state of Idaho wants executions by firing squad

People sentenced to death could soon be executed by firing squad in the US state of Idaho. The Senate of the state in the...
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Erdogan wants to agree to Finland joining NATO

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to approve Finland's planned entry into NATO. The ratification process will...
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Berlin's energy supply remains secure

Berlin's energy supply is secure - "currently in all sectors", according to the current "Situation Report on Energy...
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EU states agree to freeze funds for Hungary

A large majority of EU member states have agreed in principle to freeze billions in payments from the European Community...

ITALY : 250 migrants allowed to go ashore from rescue ships

After days of uncertainty, the approximately 250 remaining refugees on board the two rescue ships "Geo Barents" and...

Significantly less cargo in Russian ports

According to figures from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), goods handling in Russian ports has slumped, in...
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US President Biden to ease marijuana rules

U.S. President Joe Biden has announced a pardon for all those convicted at the federal level of simple marijuana...
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Biden has oil export ban under review

The USA was once the land of cheap gasoline. Those days are now over; a gallon on the West Coast now costs up to $6.70,...
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U.S. disappointed with Iran's latest response on nuclear deal

In the struggle to relaunch the nuclear agreement with Iran, the U.S. has expressed disappointment with the latest...
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Serbia and Kosovo reach agreement in dispute over entry rules

The two Balkan neighbors Serbia and Kosovo have settled their dispute over entry rules shortly before the end of a new...
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Kiev gets new weapons and billions from Washington

Ammunition, weapons and equipment for Ukraine - the U.S. is putting together the largest-ever package of military aid for...
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North Korea preparing for first nuclear test since 2017

North Korea is preparing for its first nuclear test since 2017, according to the United Nations. Most recently,...
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Russia and Ukraine apparently reach grain agreement

In the conflict over the blockade of grain exports from Ukraine, UN Secretary General António Guterres, Turkish...
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Scotland submits plans for independence referendum to court

The Scottish government is having its plans for a new independence referendum reviewed for legality by the UK Supreme...
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China and Russia want to move even closer together economically

The U.S. has criticized China for announcing increased cooperation with Russia. "China claims to be neutral, but its...

The End of Confination

With the end of the state of alarm that had been decreed by the government of Pedro Sanchez, Madrid has eliminated the...

VP Iglesias steps out and runs for Madrid Government

Pablo Iglesias, former second vice-president from the Spanish Government, and leader of Unidas Podemos announced on...

Political balance is broken at Madrid government

The Bureau of Assembly of the Madrid Community has admitted the two motions of censure presented this morning by PSOE and...

The farce and the pose in Pablo Hasel

The conviction sentence of Pablo Hasel has become a powerful speaker. Days after his arrest, newspapers around the world...

Controversial Indian Farm Bills Explained

In light of the increasingly destabilising protests by farmers in India, theConsulate General of India in Munich, has...

Erdogan's power lust puts him ahead of Turkey

The Turkish military's attempt last year to overthrow the government of strongman President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had...

A Better Approach to Israeli Settlements

The UN has once again succumbed to feel-good politics. While the December UN Resolution 2334 condemns all Israeli...

El recambio de Cambiemos

El 1 año de Gobierno de Cambiemos ya ha pasado y se produjo un importante cambio en el Gabinete de Ministros. El...

Política: Navidad con Julian Assange

Navidad en la embajada de Ecuador con Julian Assange, que lleva más de tres años de encierro en ese lugar. Navidad...

Venezuela: El principio del fin

No es nada fácil darse cuenta cuándo empieza el final, sobre todo cuando uno es el protagonista de la historia, pero...

The Role of the Third Sector in Health Service Provision in Africa

The Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) have been fully implemented in most African countries since 1987. They aimed...

The Climate Change Discourse is Here - Action is Vital and Urgent

As the planet warns further, heat-waves and other weather extremes that today occur once in hundreds of years, if ever,...

Battle of the Dynasties (And the Other Guy)

As the US elections are gearing up again for the coming year, both the Democratic and Republican caucuses are in the final...

Armenia: 1915, un siglo desde el genocidio

Este mes el genocidio armenio cumple un siglo. Entre un millón y medio y dos millones de armenios murieron entre 1915...

Política: Armenia

Este mes el genocidio armenio cumple un siglo. Entre un millon y medio y dos millones de armenios murieron entre 1915 y...

WikiStiusso

A menos de una semana de la muerte de  Nisman sería prematuro avanzar demasiado sobre cómo terminó la vida del...

Detrás de Nisman

Allá por enero del 2011, cuando Julian Assange, editor del sitio  Wikileaks,  me entregara un pen drive con...

Francia: Charlie

Es muy difícil analizar una masacre salvaje como la ocurrida en Paris porque analizar es contextualizar y eso es...

Cuba - EE.UU.: Deshielo

Por fin llegó la era del deshielo con la normalización de las relaciones entre Cuba y Estados Unidos, reliquia...

Spies, memories and the Wall

East German spies from the infamous "Staatssicherheit", or Stasi in short, kept snooping on Stefan Rudolph's father, a...

EE.UU.: Ganaron los republicanos

Ganaron los republicanos en Estados Unidos pero no surge un liderazgo nítido ni un programa alternativo en esa fuerza...

Argentina, default y después

El Gobierno de la Argentina, liderado por Cristina F. de Kirchner incurrió en default al no pagar ayer U$s 539 millones...

Entrevista con Julian Assange VII - Geopolítica

El crecimiento acelerado de China, el resurgimiento de Rusia y el protagonismo de las potencias emergentes de los Brics a...