Month: May 2022
Canada aims to cap the market for handguns with new legislation
Canada’s prime minister has introduced gun-control legislation that would freeze new handgun purchases, and introduce a mandatory buyback program for some assault-style weapons.
Harare, May 31 (IPS
Harare, May 31 (IPS) – Two decades ago, Trynos Mahamba left Zimbabwe for the United Kingdom, but back home, he has changed the lives of his relatives.Read the full story, “Xenophobia-hit Zimbabweans Saving Countrys Dead Economyâ€, on globalissues.org →find more fun & mates at SoShow now !
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Germany to have biggest NATO army in Europe – Scholz
Berlin to pour 100 billion euro into its military, which would enable it to field the largest NATO army in Europe
Germany’s plan to invest a whopping 100 billion euro ($107.35 billion) in its military will allow it to significantly expand its fighting force, Chancellor Olaf Scholz told local media on Monday. This will make the German army the biggest in Europe among fellow NATO members, he said.
The pledge, which the German leader made in an interview with several German newspapers, came after the country’s major parliament factions agreed on Sunday night to a special exemption necessary to borrow the money and invest it in the military.
The ruling coalition needed the support of opposition lawmakers to secure two thirds of the votes to adopt the decision, which requires an amendment of Germany’s Basic Law. The actual vote is expected to take place before the summer recess of the parliament.
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Scholz praised the passage of the bill on Twitter, saying the extra billions would turn the Bundeswehr into a fighting force that “can fulfill its defense mission better than ever before.” The chancellor proposed creating the special military fund in February, days after Russia’s attack against Ukraine.
Germany currently has the fourth-largest military force among NATO members, but the bloc’s biggest armies are fielded by non-European nations the US and Turkey. It will need to surpass France in army strength to deliver on Scholz’s pledge. The strength of the French military is 240,000 active and reserve service members, compared to 199,000 in Germany, according to the Global Firepower Index.
Xenophobia-hit Zimbabweans Saving Countrys Dead Economy
Harare, May 31 (IPS) – Two decades ago, Trynos Mahamba left Zimbabwe for the United Kingdom, but back home, he has changed the lives of his relatives.
Read the full story, “Xenophobia-hit Zimbabweans Saving Countrys Dead Economy”, on globalissues.org →
Canada’s new bill would freeze handgun sales and imports
The government said the bill would also allow for the removal of gun licenses from people involved in acts of domestic violence or criminal harassment, such as stalking.
LIMA, May 30 (IPS)
LIMA, May 30 (IPS) – “Water is part of our culture, it is intrinsic to the Amazon,” said José Manuyama, a member of a river defense committee in his native Requena, a town located in the department of Loreto, the largest in Peru, covering 28 percent of the national territory.Read the full story, “Rivers Have no Borders: The Motto of Their Defenders in Peruâ€, on globalissues.org →find more fun & mates at SoShow now !
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