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+23 +4France outlaws lewd cat-calls to women in public amid attack uproar
France voted to outlaw sexual harassment on the streets, leaving cat-callers and aggressively lecherous individuals facing potential on-the-spot fines of up to 750 euros as part of tougher legislation to fight sexual violence.
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+2 +1NATO sacrifices the Baltics in favor of the Black Sea - The Baltic Word
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at the NATO’s summit in Brussels that the Alliance would improve its ability to facilitate the movement of forces in Europe, but did not plan to deploy additional units to the Baltic countries and Poland. It should be noted that the 2016 NATO summit in Warsaw was Baltic-centric, highly concentrated only on the Nordic part of the Eastern Flank. Earlier in response to Russia’s aggressive…
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+12 +2In Face Of Protectionism, EU And Japan Sign Huge Open-Trade Deal
Japan and the European Union have signed a massive trade deal that creates an open-trade zone for more than 600 million people. The EU and Japan account for about one-third of GDP worldwide. The deal has been in the works for years, but the parties reached an agreement in principle a year ago, several months after President Trump pulled the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a major trade deal with Japan and 10 other nations.
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+3 +1George Soros Bet Big on Liberal Democracy. Now He Fears He Is Losing.
His enemies paint him as all-powerful, but the billionaire philanthropist believes that his political legacy has never been in greater jeopardy.
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+10 +2What has Trump Said about your Country?
Find out what President Trump has said about where you live since he became US president.
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+15 +3'China will challenge US naval supremacy within a year'
Behind closed doors in DC, a well-regarded analyst spooked a high-level gathering.
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+24 +6If democratic socialism is so bad, why is Norway so great?
Norway is the most socialist country in the world. It's also a much better place to live than the United States.
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+6 +2European diplomat won't have to pay $20,000 bill to landlord
A foreign diplomat has got away with skipping out on paying $20,000 to her former landlord after using diplomatic immunity to dodge the cost. Eva Tvarozkova, deputy chief of mission for the European Union (EU) Delegation to New Zealand, found herself before the Wellington Tenancy Tribunal for $14,314 in unpaid rent and incidentals, plus $6000 bond for her former house at Karaka Bays above Wellington harbour.
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+13 +3Poland's judicial purge another step toward authoritarian democracy
With its attempt to purge the country's courts of 40 percent of its judges, Poland's right-wing ruling party passed another milestone on the path towards establishment of a one-party state.
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+14 +3Why Didn't Boris Johnson Get Fired Before He Quit?
Surprisingly, it wasn’t his long history of diplomatic gaffes that brought down the U.K. foreign secretary.
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+15 +3Why Trump’s liberal demolition job and authoritarian outreach is about China
US President Donald Trump's closeness with totalitarian leaders and indifference towards traditional liberal allies could be a strategy to reposition America against a rising China.
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+14 +2Top Poland judge vows to defy 'purge'
The head of Poland's Supreme Court has vowed to defy a controversial new law forcing her and dozens of senior judges to retire early. Chief Justice Prof Malgorzata Gersdorf has been told she must step down at midnight in line with new legislation. But a spokesman for the Supreme Court said she would go to work as normal on Wednesday. Prof Gersdorf earlier branded the reforms, which require judges to retire at 65 instead of 70, a "purge".
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+14 +1Poland Purges Supreme Court, and Protesters Take to Streets
Demonstrations erupted in dozens of cities across the country as the right-wing governing party consolidated its power and escalated a clash with the European Union.
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+27 +4The Mystery of ISIS' Toyota Army
The question remains: why is the US Treasury carrying on with this transparent charade about how ISIS was equipped with hundreds of Toyota vehicles?
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+22 +5Hungary 'should be excluded from EU'
Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn calls for Hungary to be suspended or expelled from the EU because of its
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+37 +3'Disastrous' copyright bill vote approved
Critics call it a "dark day" as an EU committee adopts two controversial changes to copyright law.
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+9 +2Polish PM: Warsaw could become ‘keystone’ holding US and EU together
Role would be a ‘great opportunity’ for the country, Mateusz Morawiecki says.
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+11 +2Poland: The high price of emigration | DW | 10.06.2018
Thousands of Polish nurses, caregivers and workmen leave the country for employment. That has consequences: Many Polish children grow up without parents, who are gone for months or even years at a time.
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+7 +1Trump Is Choosing Eastern Europe
The real meaning of the mini-crises sparked by his ambassador to Germany
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+14 +3Poland's Top Judge Rings Alarm as Populist Makeover Takes Hold
As Italy’s new government prepares to challenge the European Union, Poland has a timely lesson for how quickly a particular brand of politics can change a country.
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