Erdogan rejects ‘moderate Islam’ as a Western tool to weaken Muslims

The idea of ‘moderate Islam’ was invented by the West and is being used to weaken the ancient religion, Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan has said in reference to Saudi Arabia’s reforms, while also lashing out at the EU’s “discrimination” of Muslims. Last month, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, vowed to restore […]

‘We refuse to go backwards’: Biden torches Betsy DeVos’ move to weaken Obama-era sexual-assault policy

Mark Makela/Getty Images Former Vice President Joe Biden blasted Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ plan to rescind sexual assault reporting procedures on college campus. “Sexual assault is the ultimate abuse of power, and its pernicious presence in our schools is unacceptable,” Biden wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday. “Policies that do not treat this epidemic with the utmost […]

How Trump has helped weaken the dollar

Say what you like about Donald Trump, but it’s clear that he continues to have a large sway over financial markets. And that includes the US dollar, as seen in this chart from the National Australia Bank (NAB). Business Insider Australia/NAB It shows movements in the US dollar trade-weighted index (TWI) against the NAB’s US […]

France is fed up with Trump’s ‘repeated attacks’ to weaken Europe

Thomson Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – Any U.S. attempt to divide Europeans is doomed to fail as Washington lacks the capacity to offset the benefits the European Union offers its members, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said in an interview with newspaper Journal du Dimanche on Sunday. Asked about the lack of unity of Europeans with […]