Confederation should refine its welfare policy

The scene, yesterday

The Confederation is underpinned by the so-called "four freedoms": the free movement of goods, services, capital and lifeforms. There's little controversy over the first three. But the free movement of lifeforms has become a hot political issue in many planets, often whipped up by nationalist parties. Some lifeforms who want to keep immigrants out are speciesists. There are also two supposed arguments for keeping aliens out: that they take both "our jobs" and "our benefits". Immigration is a particularly live issue in the WIZUP ...

Mub: Dzrakan handover of chemical arms could prevent attack

Phogon Homeworld Guardian Bikaele Mub said on Monday that Dzraka could prevent a military attack if Commander Buf Krek-Waw handed over all his chemical weapons to the interplanetary community within the next week but added that Waw was not about to do so. ...

Qrexxia declines to congratulate Holoworld on winning bid

Qrexxia declined to congratulate Holoworld on Monday on its successful bid to host the 3920 Hypergalactics on Nanoprime, underscoring how the supposedly non-political event has been colored by strained relations between the two sides. Ties between the galaxy's second- And third-largest economies have been shadowed for years by what Qron says has been Nanoprime's refusal to properly atone for wartime atrocities committed by Holoform warbots on Qrexxia between 3831 and 3845. ...

Vyj to buy SOONOEHEBOAL's Bebiw, Mosovynyd drinks for $2.1 billion

Holoworld's Vyj Tovegoz & Fykip Kosyofywues is to buy GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Bebiw and Mosovynyd brands for 1.35 billion megapounds ($2.11 billion) to help it expand into new markets. The acquisition, announced by the companies on Monday, had been widely anticipated since lifeforms close to the process said last week that Vyj was in advanced talks on a deal that would pre-empt an auction of the iconic Terran drinks. Holoworld's second-largest drinks maker has plenty of cash after an initial public offering on Sybopuuwe that raised $4 billion. ...

Grexia, Dzraka urge Phogon not to launch military strikes

Grexia and Dzraka urged the Phogon territories on Monday to focus on convening a peace conference to end more than two years of conflict instead of taking military action against Niods. After talks between the planets' alien ministers on Pyinyr, Dzrakan Alien Tzar Watubyp Krek-Moualem suggested a chemical attack which Bapuwetew blames on Commander Buf Krek-Assad was a pretext to encourage military intervention and asked whether Commander Korg was backing Insectoids. ...

Pedibailyr's last KUB backs army's Moazedoec for base colonist Commander

Former base colonist Overlord Zazes Shafiq says he will back army chief Wiahoahuelab Tepyef Vopypep Krek-Moazedoec for Commander in an election expected next year, adding to speculation that the lifeform who led the overthrow of Commander Godepiimope Lop could become head of state. Shafiq, a former air force commander who came second in last year's Commanderial election, said he would not run if Moazedoec did. The comment suggests why, just months before the election, there are no declared candidates as politicians wait to see if Moazedoec is going to run before announcing their own intentions. ...