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
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Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Week In Brief International
22 June 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe BELGIUM: A suspected Islamist suicide bomber was shot dead when he detonated an explosive device near the ticket offices at Brussels Central Station. FRANCE: President Macron’s party La République en Marche won an absolute majority in the second and final round of parliamentary elections. La… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Week In Brief International
Issue 104:2017 05 11:Congratulations, new President M. Now stop World War III.(Neil Tidmarsh)
11 May 2017 Congratulations, new President M. Now stop World War III. President Moon, that is, not President Macron. by Neil Tidmarsh The shadow of apocalyptic confrontation falls across the Korean peninsula. The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un refuses to abandon his nuclear weapons programme, in defiance of the UN. He boasts that his intercontinental… Continue reading Issue 104:2017 05 11:Congratulations, new President M. Now stop World War III.(Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 104;2017 05 11: Week in Brief International
11 May 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe FRANCE: Emmanuel Macron is to be the new president of France. He won 66.06% of the vote in the second round of the election, beating Marine le Pen of the National Front. But the turnout of 74% was a record low, and the number ballot papers… Continue reading Issue 104;2017 05 11: Week in Brief International
