The US has fined a French company for financing “terrorists,” but when Washington does it, they’re called “freedom fighters” The US government is outraged that the French cement giant, Lafarge, has admitted to wheeling and dealing with terrorists in a war zone, paying $6 million to Al-Qaeda and Al-Nusra jihadists in Syria. Nothing that a fine…

Protesters fear the German government’s austerity measures will force farms to shut down Farmers from across Germany descended on Berlin in their tractors on Monday, protesting against the government’s plans to slash diesel subsidies and tax breaks for agricultural vehicles. Berlin recently announced planned austerity measures for 2024, in line with efforts to combat a…

Experts attribute the uptick to a number of factors, including the pandemic and geopolitical tensions Russia’s federal statistics agency Rosstat has reported the first rise in the number of alcoholism cases nationwide in over a decade. The spike may have been caused by stress stemming from the pandemic, as well as “intensifying geopolitical confrontations,” according…