Tag: Europe

France Mobilizes 40,000 Officers to Quell Violence as Teen’s Death Sparks Outrage

The French government announced on June 29 that 40,000 police officers will be deployed across the country after rioters caused severe damage to public property amid widespread outrage over the deadly police shooting of a teenage boy. The unrest in the country comes after 17-year-old Nahel M. was shot dead by a police officer during…


Kremlin Silent on Top General’s Post-Mutiny Absence From Public View

The Kremlin has declined to comment on the current whereabouts of Sergey Surovikin, a top Russian general who has been absent from public view since last week’s aborted mutiny by the leader of Russia’s Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin. “I recommend that you ask the Defense Ministry,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on June 29…


Putin Planned to ‘Wipe Out’ Wagner Mutineers: Lukashenko

Russian President Vladimir Putin planned to kill mutinous Wagner fighters marching on Moscow before being talked down, according to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. It is unclear how Putin planned to carry out his plan, but Lukashenko said during a June 27 meeting with military officials that the decision had been made to kill all the…


France Unrest: Riots Spread, Police Officer Charged With Shooting Teenager Dead

PARIS—President Emmanuel Macron battled to contain a mounting crisis on Thursday after riots spread across France overnight, set off by the police shooting of a teenager of North African descent during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb. Police made 180 arrests during a second night of unrest, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said, as public…


Russia’s Lavrov Says Moscow Is in Contact With US About Embassies

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has been in touch with Moscow to discuss the respective Russian and U.S. embassies, and the two sides are in talks on the subject, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. The two countries’ embassies have been severely and reciprocally scaled down in recent years as relations have…


Transgender People More Likely to Die of Suicide Than General Population, Danish Study Finds

Shedding new light on the question of whether “gender-affirming” treatment reduces suicide risks among people suffering from gender dysphoria, a new study found that transgender individuals in Denmark are at significantly higher risk of suicide compared to the northern European country’s general population. For their study, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical…


Zelenskyy Could Delay Ukraine’s Elections Amid War With Russia

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has indicated he could put off his country’s election cycle and stay in power as long as the war with Russia continues. In an interview with the BBC published on June 22, Zelenskyy could not guarantee a presidential election would take place in 2024, when his five-year term ends. Zelenskyy said…


Key Russian Ally Belarus Takes Center Stage Spotlight After Wagner Rebellion

Belarus—which played a critical role in ending last week’s aborted mutiny against the Kremlin by the leader of Russia’s Wagner Group—has returned to the spotlight.   A key Russian ally, the country made headlines earlier this year when Moscow unveiled plans to station tactical nuclear weapons on Belarusian soil.  On June 27, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko…


Taiwan Reports Spotting 2 Russian Frigates Near Its Waters

Two Russian frigates were spotted sailing off the eastern coast of Taiwan on June 27, according to the Taiwanese defense ministry, a rare occurrence that could potentially escalate tensions in the region. The ministry said the Russian ships were seen “sailing from south to north through the eastern waters” of Taiwan at 11 p.m. (local…


[LIVE NOW] World Leaders Want New Taxes to Bankroll Climate and Poverty Agendas

U.S. and European leaders want new taxes to finance their global agendas on issues including climate change, poverty, and inequality. And in other news, government efforts are currently being run to regulate even true information. In this live Q&A with Crossroads host Joshua Philipp, we’ll discuss these stories and others, and answer questions from the…