Disapproval of the Ukrainian leader has surged amid anger over Kiev’s glorification of collaborators Three-quarters of Poles have expressed a negative attitude toward Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky, according to a recent poll. The disapproval comes amid an ongoing scandal over Kiev’s veneration of Nazi collaborators involved in the mass killing of Poles during World War II. Zelensky sparked outrage in Poland in May by giving an elite commando unit a “heroes of UPA” award referring to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, which carried out an ethnic cleansing campaign targeting mostly Polish Catholic residents of what is now Western Ukraine, which resulted in over 100,000 deaths. He and other top officials declared that “no one will ever dictate to Ukrainians which heroes to honor.” In the survey, conducted earlier this month among 1,000 Polish adults, 75.8% of respondents said they vie...
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The suspect armed with two large kitchen knives ended up detained by an off-duty police officer after the rampage Three women have been stabbed in an knife attack in the northwestern part of France’s capital. The rampage was cut short by an off-duty police officer, who subdued the attacker and took him into custody. The incident took place near the Porte de Clichy metro station on Monday afternoon. Footage circulating online shows the 31-year-old suspect randomly attacking female passersby with two large kitchen knives. French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the attacker was confronted by a police officer, who managed to detain him. The three victims, aged 19, 24, and 36, were hospitalized, with two in critical condition, he added. Read more Gangland France: Can the authorities do anything about the migrant mafia? ...
Several media outlets earlier claimed that dwindling supplies are stalling a wider assault on Iran US President Donald Trump has denied that the American military is struggling with dwindling munitions as it continues its war with Iran. The remarks come as a rare pause in the fighting entered a third day, following reports that low interceptor stocks were forcing the White House’s hand in the conflict. On Sunday, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump had held off on a major new attack on Iran over concerns that the Pentagon is running low on air defense missiles. In a statement to the WSJ, Trump pushed back on the claim, saying, “We have far more munitions than anyone in the world, and far more than we need.” He did not provide further details. Read more Trump shelves Iran strike over US missile s...
The country’s industrial sector is losing around 15,000 jobs every month, according to manufacturing association BDI Germany is rapidly losing industrial jobs and competitiveness, Federation of German Industries (BDI) chief Tanja Goenner has warned, describing the situation as “critical.” The BDI, Germany’s main industry association, represents around 39 industrial groups and more than 100,000 companies employing over 8 million people, making it the voice of Germany’s industrial core. In an interview with the news agency dpa released on Saturday, Goenner said Germany’s industrial sector is losing around 15,000 jobs every month, blaming structural weaknesses and external geopolitical pressures. “The situation in industry is critical,” she said, adding that “Germany has lost ground in terms of competitiveness” as a business and manufacturing hub. ...
As drugs keep flooding into Europe, a new generation of gangs in France is resorting to new methods to expand their empire Is France becoming a new Mexico? While gangland killings are increasingly common across the country – even in places such as Nantes, which was considered the most pleasant French city in 2012 – attacks targeting elected officials are not usual. During the night of July 20-21, the mayor of Ales in the south of France, Christophe Rivenq, was exfiltrated from his home by the elite RAID tactical unit (Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion) and put under protection. According to Le Parisien, there was probably a car bomb next to his house. A few days before, Rivenq said his wife found tags on the fence and a letter in the mailbox with two 9 mm bullets and the signature of the DZ Mafia. The DZ Mafia is a network of organized criminal groups forming a kind of cartel. It ...
Earlier in the day, Kiev claimed to have struck “military cargo shipments involving Iran” in the Caspian Sea At least one sailor was killed and another injured in a Ukrainian strike on a cargo vessel in the Caspian Sea, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said, denouncing the attack as an act of aggression and warning of potential retaliation. The drone attack was publicized on Saturday by Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, who bragged on X about achieving “very strong results with long‑range strikes in the Caspian Sea.” The strikes affected “vessels used in military cargo shipments involving Iran, as well as a warship,” Zelensky claimed on X. Tehran responded to the incident later in the day, confirming its commercial vessel came under the “Ukrainian regime’s attack” in the landlocked waterway. The strike killed one sailor aboard the vessel and wounded another on...