Caleb Smith Block 7 Scottish independence is starting to look more and more likely. In 2014 Scotland had a vote on whether or not to remain in the UK and 55% of people voted to stay. In 2016 62% of Scots voted to stay in the EU while the rest of the UK voted by the slimmest of margins to… Read more »
By Philip SimBBC Scotland political reporter 2 hours ago A second referendum on Scottish independence should be held in 2020, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says. The SNP’s goal is for Scotland to leave the United Kingdom and rejoin the EU as an independent member state. But how could this happen? Why is Scottish independence back in the spotlight? Scotland… Read more »
In terms of gender, race and sexuality, the group of MPs elected last Thursday are the most diverse so far, although women still lag way behind men in terms of equal representation in the House of Commons. The proportion of MPs from ethnic minorities, although growing, is also lower than that of the UK’s population as a whole. There are… Read more »
By Lucas Tomlinson | Fox News Fox News Flash top headlines for Dec. 17 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com An “unsafe” Russian spy ship spotted near the east coast Tuesday afternoon, appears to have moved away from U.S. shores and towards the Bahamas, a U.S. defense official tells Fox News. The U.S. Coast Guard in Charleston, S.C. had issued a warning… Read more »
Poland could have to leave the EU over its judicial reform proposals, the country’s Supreme Court has warned. The proposals would allow judges to be dismissed if they questioned the government’s judicial reforms. Judges say the proposals threaten the primacy of EU law and could be an attempt to gag the judiciary. Poland has already been referred to the European… Read more »
Block 7 Caleb Smith The EU is on the ropes, first Britain one of the three leading powers of the EU is in the process of trying to escape from the supernatural conglomeration. Now the idea is starting to float around in the minds of both German citizens and populations. There is two ways this could end with a Gexit… Read more »
GERMANY is on a downhill slippery path to “anti-Europe hysteria” one of the country’s top economists has warned amid growing criticism in the country of the European Central Bank (ECB). By LAURA O’CALLAGHANPUBLISHED: 00:01, Wed, Dec 4, 2019 | UPDATED: 19:17, Wed, Dec 4, 2019 EU: Expert sends warning over future of bloc’s economy Video Player is loading.PauseUnmuteCurrent Time 0:00/Duration 0:58Loaded: 0%Progress: 0% FacebookTwitterShareFullscreen Marcel Fratzscher said… Read more »
DECEMBER 2, 2019 / 10:37 PM / CBS/AP Russian scientists on Monday unveiled a prehistoric puppy, believed to be 18,000 years old, that was found in permafrost in the country’s Far East. Discovered last year in a lump of frozen mud near the city of Yakutsk, the puppy is unusually well-preserved. “This puppy has all its limbs, pelage – fur, even… Read more »
Inauguration of a new US$55 billion gas pipeline this week helps cement increasingly close Beijing-Moscow ties that are moving beyond economics into security Many observers say the two countries’ growing security cooperation may evolve into something closer to a military alliance Simone McCarthy Published: 11:00pm, 3 Dec, 2019 TOP PICKS841 Opposition to Washington has helped bring Xi Jinping and Vladimir… Read more »
Caleb Smith block 7 The flooding in Venice can be seen two ways. First it can be seen as the flooding of a town built on canals and something that is completely separate and random. Second it could be looked as a growing problem that is facing cities such as London and Paris. There needs to be significant money invested… Read more »