Donald Trump has signed an executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” which targets the Smithsonian Institution. It directs JD Vance to “eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology.”
Category: 3. Europe
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Trump issues executive order targeting ‘woke’ and ‘anti-American’ culture in US museums
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Strong 7.7 earthquake strikes Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand
Tremors were felt in the Thai capital of Bangkok, thousands of miles away from the quake’s epicentre.
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Trump tariffs risk ripping apart global auto value chains, says car sector chief – Radio Schuman
US tariffs and the EU’s countermeasures would result in economic disruption ripping apart global value chains, the director of European auto trade group ACEA tells Radio Schuman on Friday
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Nostalgia TV: Why are we only watching old shows?
Last year, the world watched shows predominantly from the early 00s. Why have we become so obsessed with shows from 20 years ago?
Rule nostalgia! Nostalgia rules the airwaves as global streaming figures show TV viewers spent most of last year watching old shows instead…
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Tariff treatment: Six diagnoses for EU pharma sector amid US trade war
Potential US tariffs on pharmaceuticals could set off a ripple effect that extends far beyond the immediate price hikes, as both the US and Europe heavily rely on each other.
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Europe Needs to Fight the Houthis
It’s not nice to hear what’s said about any of us in private. People sometimes express very blunt opinions.
So it was with Vice President JD Vance’s comments on the old continent in private Signal app messages accidentally…
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The EU urges its citizens to disaster prep as war, cyberattacks, climate change and disease threaten
The European Union on Wednesday urged citizens across the continent to stockpile food, water and other essentials to last at least 72 hours as war, cyberattacks, climate change and disease increase the chances of a crisis.
The call to action for…
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NGOs criticise Polish asylum law, say human rights are almost non-existent at border
Oxam official: ‘What’s happening at the border is a humanitarian and human rights crisis, and we need to find humanitarian and human rights solutions to it.’
Human rights organisations have criticised Poland’s decision to temporarily suspend the right for migrants…
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Fake Ukrainian TV advert urges children to report relatives listening to Russian music
The AI-generated video has been shared widely on social media, often with captions alleging that Ukraine is a dictatorship that spreads “Russophobic” propaganda.
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King Charles III hospitalised after cancer treatment side effects
Britain’s King Charles III’s health has been closely monitored ever since announcing his diagnosis with an undisclosed form of cancer early last year.
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