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Ministry of Defence accused of ‘failing British troops and taxpayers’

Labour has released a report citing 67 cases of “waste” by the Ministry, including cancelled contracts and budget overruns In a new report, the Labour Party accuses the government of having “wasted” £13 billion ($17.61 billion) of taxpayers’ money on military projects since 2010, after multiple endeavors were either canceled or hit by costly delays. […]

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Brussels begins infringement proceedings against Austria and other states for failing to implement EU rules on combating terrorism

The European Commission announced that it has launched infringement procedures against Austria, as well as Finland, Croatia and Luxembourg for failing to correctly implement certain elements of EU rules on combating terrorism. On Thursday, the bloc’s executive body announced that it was sending a letter of formal notice to Vienna, remarking that it now has […]

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Australian police clash with anti-lockdown protesters after failing to suppress dissent with overwhelming force, threat of arrests

Clashes erupted with police in Melbourne, Australia after a crowd of anti-lockdown protesters gathered to demand an end to weeks of draconian restrictions, despite an all-out effort by authorities to prevent demonstrations. The protesters, who reportedly numbered in the hundreds, showed up in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond on Saturday morning to denounce government lockdown […]

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France suspends 3,000 healthcare workers for failing to get jabbed against Covid – health minister

About 3,000 French healthcare workers have been temporarily dismissed on grounds they had not received Covid vaccinations before the mid-September deadline which made inoculation mandatory, Health Minister Olivier Veran announced. In an interview with RTL Radio on Thursday, Veran shared that on Wednesday “some 3,000 suspensions were served on staff in health and social care […]

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Western govts ditch resolution to slam Iran at IAEA despite Tehran failing to give ‘promise’ on certain questions

Western states have ditched a planned resolution criticizing Iran at the UN’s nuclear watchdog, after Tehran allowed some monitoring of its atomic dealings but did not commit to answering key questions on its nuclear operations. On Monday, the chief of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, shared that he had failed to […]