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‘Women Dare Not Walk Streets’: AfD Parl’t Leader Slams Merkel’s Migration Policy
Germany adopted an "open doors" policy in 2015, when a vast migrant wave flooded Europe. The ratings of Merkel's ruling party have since plummeted due to growing crime rates, for which some of the German chancellor's critics blame migrants. [...]
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Chip-Enabled Credit Card Rollout in US a Fraud-Protection Fail – Survey
Chip-enabled credit cards, introduced to consumers in the US in 2015, were intended as added security against fraud, but have failed to live up to the promise, according to a new study. Rampant credit card fraud in the US prompted a rollout of chip-enabled credit cards in 2015, intended to stop, or at least limit the widespread hijacking of America's plastic money. [...]
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Majority of Adult Refugees Entered Germany Without Identity Documents – Reports
Almost 60 percent of adult refugees who arrived in Germany in the first half of 2018 did not have any identity documents, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported, citing the German Interior Ministry. [...]
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Tyranny Is Here With Its Targets Cheering Every Step – The David Icke Dot Connector Videocast
David Vaughan Icke is an English writer and public speaker. A former footballer and sports broadcaster, Icke has been known since the 1990s as a professional conspiracy theorist. He is the author of over 20 books and numerous DVDs, and has lectured in over 25 countries, speaking for up to 10 hours to audiences. Tyranny Is Here With Its Targets Cheering Every Step Promoting Instabilit [...]
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Austrian FPO Expects Other States to Follow Vienna Exit From UN Migration Deal
ST PETERSBURG (Sputnik) - The Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) supports the government’s decision not to sign the UN global migration pact dealing with the rights of refugees and migrants and expects other countries to follow, Roman Haider, the FPO’s foreign policy spokesman, told Sputnik. [...]
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‘We’ll consider that a firearm’: Trump says rock-throwing migrants may be shot as invaders
The US will adopt harsh, Israeli-style tactics and will treat migrants at the Mexican border as armed and dangerous invaders if they throw rocks at US law enforcement, Donald Trump has stressed amid a mass military deployment. [...]
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These are the happiest countries in the world
A new report reveals that Finland is the happiest country in the world based on a range of measures including GDP per capita, freedom to make life choices, and corruption levels.  Nordic countries take four out of the five top spots, and are well known to be stable, safe and socially progressive. [...]
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Illegal migrants in Europe ‘need to go home’ – Czech PM
The Czech prime minister has called for the return to their home countries of hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants currently in Europe, suggesting funds could be spent on a Marshall Plan to help improve African economies. [...]
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Nearly half the world lives on less than $5.50 a day – World Bank
Despite progress in reducing extreme poverty, the number of poor worldwide is still “unacceptably high,” according to a World Bank report, which showed that billions of people still struggle to meet basic needs. The report found that nearly half the world’s population lives on less than $5.50 a day, with a rising share of the poor in wealthier economies. [...]
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Parents’ Support to Adult Kids: $500 Billion a Year
Could this generosity be harming the parents' retirement prospects? Many millennials are having a tough time financially launching their adult lives and careers, what with the high cost of rent, student loans and health care, plus unreliable gig-economy income. So it’s no surprise that many of their boomer and Gen X parents are offering financial support. But what may surprise you is how much su [...]
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Best boy: Faithful dog drags ‘drowning’ girl to safety by her hair (VIDEO)
Dogs never seem to miss an opportunity to prove that they truly are man’s best friend. The latest hilarious example is the moment a loyal German shepherd leaps into a swimming pool and drags a “drowning” girl to safety. [...]
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Ecuador restores Assange’s communications after 7-month blackout – WikiLeaks
The Ecuadorian government has lifted restrictions on WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange’s communications with the outside world, allowing visitors to his embassy hideout and restoring internet access it cut off in March. [...]
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Mass Migration Planted ‘Bomb’ Under EU – Belgian Politician
The statement came as the EU is struggling to negotiate refugee quotas and a common European framework to share responsibility for immigrant arrivals amid the ongoing migration crisis. Mass migration to the EU has actually planted a sort of a bomb under the bloc's architecture, and if the borders are not closed the current model will never be preserved, according to Antwerp mayor Bart De Wever [...]
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‘We’ll close our airports!’ Salvini resists Germany’s plans to send migrants back to Italy
Rome has still not reached an agreement with Berlin on the repatriation of asylum seekers who had first registered in Italy, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said, vowing to close airports to German flights transferring refugees. “If someone in Berlin or Brussels thinks of dumping dozens of migrants in Italy via unauthorized charter flights, they should know that there is not and there will be n [...]
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Cannabis Capitalism: US Federal Pot Prohibitions Falling to Marketplace Madness
Now that nine states and the US capitol of District of Columbia allow recreational pot, the plant’s national legalization appears to be a slam-dunk, and opponents are afraid. But in spite of a rapid shift of policy and politics over the use of marijuana in the US, the federal government nonetheless stubbornly continues to classify the plant alongside dangerously-addictive substance such as metha [...]
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Positive attitude between Russians and Americans in serious decline – research
The positive attitude between Russians and Americans seriously declined in the past year as did Russians' opinion of Donald Trump, according to a US study. Share of Americans who like Vladimir Putin remains almost unchanged. The share of Russians who describe their attitude to the US as positive fell from 41 percent in 2017 to just 21 percent this year, according to the paper published by Washingt [...]
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Most controversial Nobel Peace Prize winners of all time
Despite Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un being tipped to take the top spot, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to anti-rape campaigns. However, previous winners haven’t always been so ‘noble.’ Before we begin, it’s worth remembering exactly what the prize is intended to represent. According to Alfred Nobel’s will, the Peace Prize should be awarded to people or organizations who [...]
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Here Is What Constitutes a Major Turn-Off for Both Men and Women Dating Online
Factors including income, culture and religious orientation are all now less important in the overall search for a partner, according to a new study on online dating. Men and women seeking partners on dating websites and more recently via mobile applications have become more tolerant. [...]
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Assange Reveals Biggest Threat to Humanity in Latest Released Recording
Before being cut from almost all means of communication with the outside world in March, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who remains in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, has shared his outlook on threats the humanity faces in connection with AI development and data protection. [...]
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