03 August 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: Macron promised to remove migrants from the streets and to house them in cheap hotels instead. The deradicalisation centre opened under the previous government has been closed, and the deradicalisation program judged a failure. STX, the country’s biggest ship-building company, is to be nationalised to prevent… Continue reading issue 116:2017 08 03:Week in Brief International
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Issue 114:2017 07 20:Week in Brief International
20 July 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: President Trump was the guest of President Macron at the military parade on Bastille Day in Paris. The parade had a US theme to commemorate the centenary of US intervention in World War I. President Macron acknowledged French responsibility for sending thousands of Jews to Nazi… Continue reading Issue 114:2017 07 20:Week in Brief International
Issue 111:2017 06 29: Week in Brief International
29 June 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe EU: The European Commission fined Google €2.42 billion for taking advantage of its dominant position in promoting shopping options. GERMANY: Martin Schultz, leader of Social Democrats and Ms Merkel’s main rival for Chancellor in this September’s elections, has pledged to push for the creation of a… Continue reading Issue 111:2017 06 29: Week in Brief International
Issue 26: 2015 10 29:The Confused Prize
29 October 2015 The Confused Prize Is someone taking the peace? By Neil Tidmarsh Nobel” is a Swedish name; “Confucius” is a Chinese name; but it’s an interesting coincidence that “Nobel” can easily be taken for “noble” in English, and “Confucius” can easily be taken for “confused”. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29:The Confused Prize
