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Rousseff impeachment back on track: DW
Brazil`s Senate pressed ahead with impeachment proceedings against President Rousseff on Monday, rejecting a surprise decision by the acting speaker of the lower house to annul the whole process, according to Deutsche Welle.House speaker Waldir Maranhao had declared that the whole process was flawed and should be brought back to square one....
Cameron: Brexit could put peace at risk in Europe
Peace in Europe could be at risk if Britain votes to leave the European Union, British Prime Minister David Cameron has warned, according to the BBC.The UK has regretted ”turning its back” on Europe in the past, the PM said, arguing the EU had ”helped reconcile” countries and maintain peace, the BBC reports.Was leaving the union a ”risk worth...
The Guardian: $1.3tn of assets from Russia sitting offshore
New research has revealed that $1.3 trillion of assets from Russia were sitting offshore by the end of 2014, according to the Guardian.The analysis, carried out by Columbia University professor James S Henry for theTax Justice Network (TJN), shows that by the end of 2014, $1.3 trillion of assets from Russia were sitting offshore, the Guardian...
Russian proxies attack Ukraine 15 times in last day amid escalation
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 15 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).”In the evening, the enemy fired rocket-propelled grenades, small arms and anti-aircraft installations on our fortified positions near the town of Avdiyivka,...
Man knifes rail passengers at Munich train station, one killed, three injured
A man knifed passengers at a train station in the Munich area early on Tuesday, killing one man and injuring three, media reported, and police said they were investigating whether there was an Islamist motive to the attack, according to Reuters. A spokeswoman said police were checking witness statements that the man shouted ”Allahu Akbar” (`God...
OSCE: Heavy arms in Luhansk and Donetsk for 9 May Day parades violate Minsk accords
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) has said that it did not attend the military parades, but the presence of heavy weapons in the occupied cities of Luhansk and Donetsk in Ukraine`s east for 9 May Day parades were in violation of the Minsk agreements.”The SMM did not attend the military parades but monitored the general security situation...
Reuters: Saudi Arabia`s oil policy could become more transparent
The appointment of Khalid al-Falih as Saudi Arabia`s new energy minister to replace veteran oil minister Ali al-Naimi is likely to bring a big shift in style even if the substance of policy remains largely unchanged, according to Reuters. Naimi has served as the minister of petroleum and natural resources since 1995 and has long indicated a wish...
The Washington Post: A fight to protect `the most valuable real estate in space`
While the United States has been bogged down in counterterrorism operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pentagon officials say that Russia and China have been developing the capability to attack the United States in space, according to The Washington Post.Now, as Russia, China and others develop technology that could take out the national security...
ICIJ releases Panama Papers database revealing thousands of secret offshore companies
Searchable database displays more than 300,000 entities from the Panama Papers and Offshore Leaks investigations, according to International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published on May 9 a searchable database that strips away the secrecy of nearly 214,000 offshore entities...
Why EU Sanctions on Russia Are Overrated but Still Needed
Calls for canceling the EU’s sanctions on Russia after they expire in July 2016 have recently been gathering momentum across Western Europe. On April 28, the French parliament passed a non-binding resolution recommending that the EU’s trade limits and other restrictions on Russia be lifted. Framing the sanctions as both ineffective...