By Christopher F. Schuetze and Jim Tankersley Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote, deepening the political turbulence in one of the continent’s most powerful economies. Source: The New York Times Category: Politics and Government, Polls and Public Opinion, Protectionism (Trade), International Relations, Scholz, Olaf (1958- ), Berlin (Germany), Germany, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), […]
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After the fall of the al-Assad regime in Syria, large stockpiles of the illicit drug captagon have reportedly been uncovered. The stockpiles, found by Syrian rebels, are believed to be linked to al-Assad military headquarters, implicating the fallen regime in the drug’s manufacture and distribution. But as we’ll see, captagon was once a pharmaceutical drug, […]