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China Drops Hammer on Essential Rare Earths; Trump Vacillates on Tough Tariff Talk
Viacheslav Chernobrovin/iStock/Getty Images Plus While Trump has been receiving plaudits for his breakthrough on the Gaza War, his actions on China are more and more erratic, reflecting, perhaps, a behind-the-scenes tug-of-war between the…
Spanish Nationalist Launches Anti-Establishment Party
European Union/Wikimedia CommonsAlvise Pérez Another anti-immigration, nationalist party has cropped up in Europe, thanks to sentiments that are spreading as far and wide as the migrants themselves. In Spain, 35-year-old social media…
Ireland Rejects EU Hate-speech Dictate
rarrarorro/iStock/Getty Images Plus The deadline to bow down to the European Union’s “hate speech” dictate has passed, and Ireland remains defiant. Last week, the country’s minister for justice, Jim O’Callaghan, said the government would…
Spain Slowly Refunding Lockdown Fines Declared Unconstitutional in 2021
diegograndi/iStock/Getty Images Plus The first 92,000 of Spain’s million-plus Covid-19 lockdown fines have been refunded in response to court decisions dating back to 2021.According to The Objective, the Spanish Ministry of Territorial…
Russia Warns That Giving Ukraine Tomahawk Missiles Directly Implicates America
wildpixel/iStock/Getty Images Plus The Kremlin is urging American foreign-policy makers not to give Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles it can use to strike deep within the Motherland, pointing out this would directly implicate the U.S.…
Spanish Priest Convicted of “Islamophobia” Could Spend Three Years Behind Bars
Photoboyko/iStock/Getty Images Plus A Spanish priest faces up to three years in prison after being convicted of the “hate crime” of “Islamophobia.”Last week, the Provincial Court of Málaga found Father Custodio Ballester guilty of…
China Issues New Rules Restricting Religion Online
XtockImages/iStock/Getty Images Plus In its continuing efforts to bring all religion under the state’s control, China recently announced new regulations aimed at curbing unauthorized religious content on the internet.Published September…