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Oval Office Meltdown

· 28 February 2025, 23:35 · World

Unless you spent today under a rock, you will have seen or heard the epic shouting match which took place in the Oval Office between Donald Trump and J.D. Vance and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskij. Trump and Vance were trying to pressurise Zelenskij into agreeing to a hypothetical truce/peace settlement negotiated between Trump and Putin, signing a “deal” that would give the USA exclusive access to various natural resources in Ukraine as a condition for future support, and accusing him of not being successfully thankful for what Trump did to support Ukraine.

Election Day

· 23 February 2025, 23:53 · World

The big day has arrived and the general election for the Bundestag is taking place today. Who will be the winners and who the losers? It looks as if there are some surprises among the many not-surprises.

“He's totally lost it.”

· 05 February 2025, 19:03 · World

Those were the words of Chris Murphy, Democratic senator from Connecticut, on hearing of Donald Trump's plan to annex the Gaza strip and forcibly expel all its Palestinian inhabitants. And he's not wrong.

Greenland to the Greenlanders!?

· 29 January 2025, 23:21 · World

Now it's official: A Verian poll says that only 6% of Greenlanders would like their island to become part of the United States. 86% are opposed, and 9% are undecided.

Under 16? No Social Media For YOU!

· 27 January 2025, 22:23 · World

Australia has passed a law banning all under-16s from accessing social media (this presumably means the big social media sites like Facebook or TikTok because obviously the whole internet is too vast to control in this way). People are wondering whether that would be a good idea here in Germany, too. But is it?

Inauguration Day

· 20 January 2025, 23:44 · World

Today Donald Trump, convicted felon, cheater at golf, all-round douchebag, and menace to democracy and the rule of law, was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. People who still labour under the delusion that the guy is an astute businessman should note that, among all his other dubious accomplishments, Donald Trump is probably the one and only person in world history who managed to bankrupt a casino. Three times.

Oh Canada?

· 10 January 2025, 19:42 · World

President-elect Donald Trump has been making waves even before taking office – apparently he wants to be like Putin and take over some neighbouring countries, whether they want it or not. But has he really thought this through?