In this photo illustration, the Bluesky Social logo is displayed on a cell phone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on September 4, 2024. Mauro Pimentel | AFP | Getty Images Micro-blogging startup Bluesky has gained over 1.25 million new users in the past week, indicating some social media users are changing their habits following the … Read more
Although the party is entering the snap election campaign with new leadership, it doesn’t yet have answers to the major crises facing Germany. There was little time for substance in Wiesbaden as the party’s election program won’t be adopted until the end of January. At the conference, the discussions focused on inheritance tax, reform of … Read more
“Under Abascal’s leadership, the party aims to solidify this alternative majority, challenging the traditional coalition behind the [center-right] European People’s Party and the socialist bloc” in the European Parliament, the party said in a statement. “Abascal’s presidency, backed by his strong relationships with other parties and leaders across the Americas, is expected to significantly enhance … Read more
Brantner wants to “make Green great again,” she said, adapting the slogan of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, whom she has criticized as a threat to global climate policy. Brantner will remain state secretary in the German economy ministry, headed by Robert Habeck, Germany’s vice chancellor. He is expected to be nominated as the Green Party’s … Read more
Many Georgians viewed the vote as a pivotal referendum on the country’s effort to join the EU. Granted candidate status last year, Georgia saw its EU accession process halted over the summer after ruling party Georgian Dream passed a slew of Russian-style legislation targeting Western-backed NGOs and cracking down on LGBTQ+ rights. EU foreign ministers will … Read more
Scholz’s SPD, on the other hand, is polling third with 16 percent, just behind the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and down 10 percentage points since the 2021 election. According to Spiegel, SPD members of the Bundestag in a recent meeting joined local and regional politicians in voicing doubts over Scholz’s chances to succeed … Read more
Scholz and Putin agreed to remain in contact, according to a German government official, who added that Scholz “emphasized that the deployment of North Korean soldiers to Russia for combat missions against Ukraine is associated with a serious escalation and expansion of the conflict.” In a speech to parliamentarians on Wednesday, Scholz had lauded his “prudent” Ukraine … Read more
The Netherlands’ government has been comprised of the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), the center-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the populist Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) and the NSC since July. But the coalition has been beset by infighting over how to respond to the Amsterdam clashes, with anti-immigrant PVV leader Geert Wilders — … Read more
RSF’s case came as U.K. newspaper The Guardian announced on Wednesday that it was leaving the “toxic” platform, citing Musk’s influence in the U.S. election and because of “often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism.” Spanish daily newspaper La Vanguardia also quit X, saying Thursday that X … Read more
“We decided to withdraw our delegation and reevaluate our position, nothing more,” Werthein said. “I think it’s a sovereign right.” The Argentinian embassy in Baku did not respond to a request for comment. Argentinian President Javier Milei has described climate change and the international effort to contain it as a “socialist lie.” On Thursday, he … Read more
