King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has said he will no longer use the royal gold carriage amid a debate over slavery links. One side of the family’s “Golden Carriage” bears a painting that critics say glorifies the Netherlands’ colonial past. The Netherlands has been reckoning with its history as a 17th-century colonial superpower, where Dutch […]
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Putin: Russia will respond to ‘aggressive NATO rhetoric’
June 22nd, 2016 Awake Goy
It’s necessary to create a collective security system void of “bloc-like thinking” and open to all countries, Putin said on Wednesday in Russia’s parliament. “Russia is ready to discuss this extremely important issue,” he said, adding that such proposals have been so far left unanswered by Western countries. “But again, as it was at the […]