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Authorities in Marseille has been forced to srap a controversial initiative that saw homeless people handed ID cards with yellow triangles prompting critics to accuse authorities of implementing a “Nazi-style” scheme. See earlier report:  French […]

Marseille is requiring its homeless population to wear “yellow triangle” ID cards detailing any chronic diseases. Critics of the new initiatuve fear the cards, which need to be worn visibly, are reminiscent of the Nazi […]

NASA really, really, really thinks we are all idiots.  You don’t fly some crazy contraption that looks like it came out of a Stanley Kubrick/Steven Spielberg/Muppet movie and then land it in Africa and pretend […]

Yes, you read that right.  This story is actually pretty funny, if you’re into evil politics.  Basically, the US appointed a bunch of US picked members of the Ukrainian government. Not cool, and it did […]

The US  House of Representatives have voted and approved a document strongly condemning Moscow’s actions. Passed with 411-10 votes, the resolution slams what is described as Russia’s “continuing political, economic, and military aggression” against Ukraine, […]

Belgium’s federal government have reportedly reached an agreement to unilaterally recognise the state of Palestine. Belgium’s four main parties — the Reformist Movement, the Flemish Liberals and Democrats, the Christian-Democratic and Flemish Party, and the New Flemish […]

Antonis Samaras, the Greek Prime Minister, rejected calls from the troika of its international creditors to raise taxes to satisfy their demands of Greece’s bailout program. He criticizied the three entities for exerting heavy pressure […]

The French parliament has passed a symbolic vote to recognize a Palestinian state. MPs in Britain and Spain have already passed similar motions. The proposal was supported by more than two-thirds of French lawmakers and […]