06 July 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: The defence minister announced plans to send troops and armoured vehicles to blockade the Brenner Pass to stop migrants entering the country from Italy. FRANCE: President Macron summoned the members of both the Assembly and the Senate to Versailles, and addressed them about his aims… Continue reading Issue112:2017 07 06:Week in Brief International
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Issue94: 2017 03 02:Week in Brief International
02 March 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: Prosecutors opened a criminal inquiry against Francois Fillon. It will probably be months before criminal charges can be made; in the meantime, M.Fillon says he will stay in the race for president. A parliamentary report concluded that President Hollande’s plan to de-radicalise militant French Islamists has… Continue reading Issue94: 2017 03 02:Week in Brief International
Issue 92:2017 02 16: Poisonous Headlines (Neil Tidmarsh)
16 February 2017 Poisonous Headlines “We have a lot of killers.” by Neil Tidmarsh Welcome to the Shaw Sheet crime club. I lay before you three cases from this week’s global headlines. Three prime cases of apparent political assassination, not from the Renaissance Italy of Assassin’s Creed and Machiavelli, but from the here and now,… Continue reading Issue 92:2017 02 16: Poisonous Headlines (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 91:2017 02 09:Week in Brief International
09 February 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe FRANCE: An Egyptian wielding two machetes attacked a patrol of anti-terrorist soldiers in the Louvre. He was shot by one of the soldiers and is in hospital. New allegations by Le Canard Enchaîné claim that Francois Fillon’s wife received excessive redundancy pay when contracts as parliamentary… Continue reading Issue 91:2017 02 09:Week in Brief International
Issue 74: 2016 10 06:Week in brief (international)
06 October 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: A re-run of the recent elections has been postponed for two months until December. GERMANY: The interior minister Thomas de Mazière said that the Dublin convention should be reinstated. This insists that immigrants should be returned to the first EU country they enter. Prosecutors have… Continue reading Issue 74: 2016 10 06:Week in brief (international)
Issue 28:2015 11 12: International news
12 November 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: A breakaway group of Taliban militants has defected to Isis, leading to heavy fighting between rival groups in the southern province of Zabul. The murder of seven Shia muslims from the Hazara minority suggests that militants are trying to stir up sectarian conflict. BRAZIL: More than 15… Continue reading Issue 28:2015 11 12: International news
Issue 6: 2015 06 11:international news
11 June 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS GERMANY: The leaders of the G7 nations – Britain, USA, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and Japan – met at Schloss Elmau in Bavaria. They discussed topics such as Russian aggression in Ukraine, the Greek crisis, sustainable energy, world poverty and the dangers of epidemic diseases. GREECE:… Continue reading Issue 6: 2015 06 11:international news
