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Brexit catastrophe: US-UK deal on brink as scale of Irish lobby pressuring Biden exposed

Brexit: Simon Coveney says EU’s demands ‘not unreasonable’ Joe Biden’s election victory in November will undoubtedly change the landscape of world politics as he replaces outgoing President Donald Trump. As Brexit trade talks reach a tense conclusion, it appears even UK-EU negotiations will also be shaped by the result across the Atlantic. The President-elect has […]

EU drug regulator says cyber attack has not disrupted work on Covid-19 vaccines

BRUSSELS (REUTERS) – The head of the European Union drug regulator said on Thursday (Dec 10) the agency’s work assessing Covid-19 vaccines had not been disrupted by a cyber attack that took place in the past two weeks. US drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said on Wednesday documents related to the development of […]

Shell employees organised oil spills so they could profit from the clean-up

Oil pipelines were deliberately damaged in order to profit from clean-up operations by employees of Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigerian operation, according to Dutch investigative outfit Zembla. After an 18-month investigation, it accused employees from the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) of hiring local youths to damage pipelines and then employing them to clean […]

Mystery metal monolith pops up again, this time in Poland

WARSAW (AFP) – A mysterious metal monolith has popped up on a riverbank in the Polish capital Warsaw, the latest in a string of similar objects that have recently appeared in Europe and the United States. Joggers noticed the triangular pillar planted during their morning run along the Vistula river, according to local media reports. […]