It’s being claimed that, for the past five years, the British government has been selling ‘security goods’ like wiretaps, spyware, and other interception equipment to more than a dozen countries that...
COVID-19 | How some of the world’s wealthiest are helping out?
Rescuing battered economies from the pandemic has seen calls for the ultra-rich to be hit with taxes and those calls are coming from millionaires themselves! Dozens have signed an open letter saying they should be...
Macron lays out Covid-19 crisis response in Bastille Day interview
French President Emmanuel Macron said he wants masks to be required in all indoor public places starting on August 1 and acknowledged his controversial pension reform needs “reworking” as he laid...
Special edition: Lebanon grapples with worst economic meltdown in years
In this week’s show we’re turning our attention to Lebanon, a country whose economy has been pushed to the brink of collapse. The Lebanese pound has lost 85 percent of its value since anti-government...
US Navy ship fire threatens to dump 4 million liters of oil off San Diego | DW News
In the US city of San Diego, hundreds of firefighters have been battling a blaze on a U.S. Navy vessel that started on Sunday morning. The fire began in the lower cargo hold of the USS Bonhomme Richard which was docked...
Merkel’s visits Bavaria: Is she meeting with her successor? | DW News
A meeting in Germany has been generating quite a bit of buzz. For the first time in her chancellorship, Angela Merkel is attending a cabinet meeting of the Bavarian government. She was invited by Bavaria’s state...
How about pro-cop & anti-racism? | BLM activists CLASH with ‘Back The Blue’ protesters
The violent protests in the US are becoming ever more complex, with BLM activists now clashing with the pro-police supporters of the Back the Blue movement, and the police themselves stuck in the middle. Among the...