“Instead of shaming disabled consumers who rely on straws, let’s hold producers of plastic financially responsible for their waste.”
Read more: https://psmag.com/environment/banning-straws-wont-save-the-oceans
“While Turkish President Erdogan was busy talking up his currency and begging his people not to sell Lira for dollars, his air force was once again running interference with Greece.”
“On the 18th of May, the Five Star-Movement and the League struck a deal to form a populist government. One of their government’s pledges is to deport half-a-million migrants.”
Read more: https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/05/new-italy-first-coalition-wants-to-deport-500000-migrants/
“The Fed’s downgrade took place ‘secretly’ about a year ago, and hasn’t been previously made public until today.”
“Seeking to soothe feathers ruffled by comments from the US ambassador to Berlin, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert only made it worse by citing the Allied landings in Normandy as an example of US ties with Germany.”
Read more: https://www.rt.com/usa/428949-nauert-d-day-germany-strong-relations/
“The latest investigation centers on 95-year-old Wilhelm Karl Friedrich Hoffmeister, a former SS Rottenfuehrer — roughly equivalent to corporal — suspected of serving with one of the death squads in Ukraine.”
“He is wanted by the US. He is in exile in Russia. But he is satisfied with the way his revelations of mass surveillance have rocked governments, intelligence agencies and major internet companies.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/04/edward-snowden-people-still-powerless-but-aware
“Some wondered if Mario Draghi wasn’t allowing Italian bonds to tumble without ECB intervention, simply to ‘pressure’ the domestic political process against the formation of a populist, Euroskeptic cabinet.”
“Everyone’s privacy rights are now solely in the hands of the government’s intelligence oversight committee.”
“Germany’s federal network agency, the Bundesnetzagentur, has announced a ban on the sale of children’s smartwatches because some models come with a remote listening capability, which counts as a spying device under German law. The same agency banned the sale of the talking doll Cayla and similarly told parents to destroy the toy after deeming it a spying device.”