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Judge Rules Merkel’s Immigration Policies Illegal

A retired President of a German state court has said that Angela Merkel’s immigration policy is illegal and unconstitutional, and has accused the German chancellor of building her own personal empire at the expense of German democracy.   Judge Michael Bertrams says that Merkel had “gone it alone” in allowing “hundreds of thousands of refugees into the country“.

Will Reckless Saudis Seek War with Iran?

Exclusive: Under growing economic and political pressure, the new Saudi leadership is showing a dangerous impulse toward military interventions, raising prospects for a direct and destructive confrontation with its regional rival Iran, writes Daniel Lazare. By Daniel Lazare Now that Saudi Arabia has severed diplomatic ties with Iran and reportedly bombed Iran’s embassy in Yemen, the big…

Alberta Freezes Government Salaries As Canada's Oil Patch Enters Second Year Of Recession

Alberta Freezes Government Salaries As Canada's Oil Patch Enters Second Year Of Recession

On Wednesday, we documented the astonishing prices beleaguered Canadians are now forced to pay for groceries thanks to the plunging loonie.

Oil’s inexorable decline has the Canadian dollar in a veritable tailspin and because Canada imports the vast majority of its fresh food, prices on everything from cucumbers to cauliflower are on the rise, tightening the screws an already weary shoppers.

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