Author: Vijeta Uniyal

Mexican President Says Trump Helped Mexico: ‘We had a Good Relationship’

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 21, 2021 12 Comments

President Donald Trump "helped" Mexico during his four-year term in office, Mexican President Andrés López Obrador said as he bade farewell to the outgoing U.S. head of state.

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Germany: Merkel Extends Coronavirus Lockdown Amid Discovery of New Variant in Bavaria

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 20, 2021 10 Comments

On Tuesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel extended the nationwide coronavirus lockdown amid reports of a new variant of the Chinese contagion appearing in Bavaria.

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Hungary Mulls Sanctions Against Social Media Giants Over Free Speech Curbs

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 19, 2021 20 Comments

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government has considered sanctions against Facebook, Twitter, and other social media giants for silencing free speech.

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Leading Netanyahu Opponent Hires Advisers From Lincoln Project For Upcoming Israeli Election

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 18, 2021 15 Comments

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival, Gideon Sa’ar, has hired several advisors from the Lincoln Project, the U.S.-based anti-Trump group, as Israel heads for an early election in two months.

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Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles at Simulated Targets in Indian Ocean

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 17, 2021 27 Comments

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Saturday fired long-range ballistic missiles at simulated targets in the Indian Ocean. The missiles landed "roughly 100 miles from the Nimitz aircraft carrier, hitting close to a commercial ship in the Indian Ocean," UK's Daily Mail reported.

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China Security Chief Predicts “Long Protracted Battle” With U.S.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 16, 2021 12 Comments

With Joe Biden set to assume the U.S. presidency next week, a senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) functionary declared that the time for China's rise as the world's number one superpower has finally arrived. The "changes of the international landscape are in our favour," Chen Yixin, China's top security official told the country's law enforcers.

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EU Study: European Firms ‘Unprepared’ for U.S.-China Decoupling

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 15, 2021 12 Comments

The European companies are "unprepared" to face the trade and industrial decoupling between the United States and Communist China, a new EU study finds.

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Iran Holds Missile Drill As Tensions Rise Over Nuclear Program

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 14, 2021 18 Comments

Iran is holding a series of military drills in the Arab Gulf region as President Donald Trump's term comes to an end.

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U.N. Looks to Biden for ‘Global Action’ on Climate Change

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 13, 2021 53 Comments

The United Nations looks to the incoming Joe Biden administration for 'global action' on climate change -- much like under President Barack Obama's reign, a top U.N. official declared.

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Germany’s Merkel Slams Twitter for Trump Ban

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 11, 2021 12 Comments

German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Twitter for banning President Donald Trump.

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Germany, Which Is Proposing a ‘Hate Speech’ Ban, Offers To Help U.S. Fight ‘Enemies of Liberal Democracy’

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 10, 2021 38 Comments

Germany has offered Joe Biden a "Marshall Plan for democracy" in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riot. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Friday called on the incoming Democratic administration to join the European Union in backing a "wide-reaching pro-democracy initiative" to counter the "enemies of liberal democracy."

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Merkel’s Government Seeks to Revive Hate Speech Law Citing Capitol Hill Events

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 09, 2021 32 Comments

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government wants to revive a controversial hate speech law citing the recent mayhem on the U.S. Capitol Hill.

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European Leaders, Media React to Capitol Hill Mayhem

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 07, 2021 31 Comments

European leaders and the mainstream media on the other side of the Atlantic came out in unison to condemn the violence in the Capitol Hill. The leaders of the three leading European powers, the United Kingdom, Germany and France, found the harshest words to criticize pro-Trump protesters responsible for the mayhem.

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Another Trump-Brokered Diplomatic Breakthrough: Saudi Arabia Ending Qatar’s Blockade

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 05, 2021 7 Comments

In yet another major victory for President Donald Trump's foreign policy, Saudi Arabia has opened its airspace, land, and maritime borders to Qatar, ending a three-and-a-half-year long diplomatic and trade blockade.

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Coronavirus to Cost Germany $1.6 Trillion, Government Estimates

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 03, 2021 17 Comments

The German government has estimated the financial cost of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic at around €1.3 trillion, or $1.6 trillion, for the year 2020, the country's media report. The news comes as German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is incurring huge debts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and fund economic recovery.

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Iran Threatens President Trump’s Life On Anniversary of Soleimani Killing

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 02, 2021 11 Comments

Tehran has renewed threats against U.S. President Donald Trump's life as the January 2, 2021, one-year anniversary of the U.S. killing Iranian terrorist mastermind Qassem Soleimani approaches.

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BREXIT: As Big Ben Chimes, UK Ends The EU Era

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 01, 2021 17 Comments

Four years after the British people voted to leave the European Union, the United Kingdom is finally free to follow its own destiny outside the 25-member bloc. On Thursday night, the island nation formally separated from the EU after an 11-month Brexit transition period.

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Report: Communist China Covering Up Research On Coronavirus Origins

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 31, 2020 10 Comments

Communist China is actively clamping down on the research into the Wuhan coronavirus's origins, an investigative report released by the Associated Press on Wednesday shows.

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