Tag: fuelling
The bitter feud fuelling the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia
Animosity between former friends and political patriarchs Hun Sen and Thaksin Shinawatra is exacerbating clashes The dispute over Thailand and Cambodia’s contested border, which dates back more than a century to disagreements over colonial-era maps, has broken into conflict before. But the most recent clashes, which erupted on Thursday, have been fuelled by another factor:…
Social media fuelling rising terror threat in France, says minister
Bruno Retailleau says threat has never been greater, as country marks decade since Charlie Hebdo attack The threat of a terrorist attack on France is being fuelled by social media and has never been greater, the country’s interior minister has said, 10 years after gunmen killed 12 people in an attack on the Charlie Hebdo…
Swinney to warn opposition of fuelling populism if Scottish budget not passed
Scottish Labour, Greens and Lib Dem MSPs accuse first minister of ‘creating false narrative’ John Swinney, Scotland’s first minister, will warn opposition parties that they will fuel populist forces if they prevent his budget from being passed this month. In a keynote speech in Edinburgh on Monday to mark the new year, Swinney will say…