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Chile Elects Conservative as President
Felipe Brayner/iStock/Getty Images Plus The third time proved the charm for Chile’s president-elect José Antonio Kast, the conservative politician and son of German immigrants who finally won the Chilean presidency on December 14 after…
China Angered Over Largest Ever U.S. Weapons Sale to Taiwan
ronniechua/iStock/Getty Images Plus Donald Trump’s administration announced that it approved a weapons sale to Taiwan valued at more than $11 billion. Not surprisingly, China is not happy about this.China’s foreign affairs spokesman, Guo…
U.K.’s “Swift Courts” to Replace Jury Trials
asbe/iStock/Getty Images Plus The U.K. Labour government under Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Justice David Lammy announced on December 2 that — in a shocking dismantling of centuries-old liberties — jury trials for…
Is Europe Working Toward Peace or a Wider War?
alxpin/iStock/Getty Images Plus There’s a flurry of activity in Europe — some of it appears to be attempts at peace in Ukraine. But there are also signs suggesting something else is going on. What is really happening?Russian Deputy…
Man Who Said Men and Women Have Different Skeletons Jailed for Hate Speech
Rattankun Thongbun/iStock/Getty Images Plus When they found Ötzi, the Copper Age European whose remains were discovered in the Alps a few decades back, they nicknamed him The Iceman because they absolutely could identify him as having…
EU Court Demands That Member States Recognize Same-sex “Marriage”
baona/iStock/Getty Images Plus The European Union’s highest court has ruled that EU member states are legally obligated to recognize same-sex “marriages” performed in other member states, regardless of their own laws.On November 25, the…
Zelensky Rejects American Peace Plan Over Land Concessions
AP ImagesVolodymyr Zelensky The Trump administration’s recent peace proposal for the Ukraine war appears all but dead. It barely had a chance to begin with.On Monday, Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelensky said his government won’t…
Aussie Woman Must Pay $95,000 to “Transgender” Women’s Soccer Players She “Vilified” by Calling Them Men
Rafa Jodar/iStock/Getty Images Plus An Australian woman was ordered to pay $95,000 for “unlawfully vilifying” two “transgender” soccer players who play on women’s teams.In August, New South Wales (NSW) Deputy Chief Magistrate Sharon…
Putin Says Russia Is Ready for War With NATO
AP ImagesVladimir Putin U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine has hit a wall. After a five-hour negotiation session on Tuesday, the Russians rejected the proposal, which was revised multiple times by the time it got to…
Report: Germany Has a Plan for War With Russia — And It Includes US Troops
Ruma Aktar/iStock/Getty Images Plus American, Russian, and Ukrainian delegations have been discussing a peace proposal drawn up by U.S. officials to end the war in Eastern Europe. And while it appears that the Trump administration is…