Senate Passes Bill to Aid Ukraine and Avert Government Shutdown
The stopgap spending measure was the final legislative deadline facing the Senate before the midterm elections. It heads to the House next, with a midnight deadline on Friday. Send any…
September 2022
Pentagon Plans to Set Up a New Command to Arm Ukraine, Officials Say
The mission in Germany would streamline a training and assistance system that the United States and its allies created on the fly after Russia’s invasion, officials said. Send any friend…
Referendum coverage proves media is still vulnerable to Russian disinformation
According to the Kremlin, millions of Ukrainian civilians who have been subjected to seven months of brutal Russian occupation just voted overwhelmingly to join their oppressors. This claim is self-evidently…
EU takes Malta to court over ‘golden passports’
The European Commission on Thursday (29 September) formally took Malta to the EU’s highest court for its cash-for-passports scheme that endows Maltese citizenship on wealthy third-country citizens in return for…
The Brief — Groundhog Day for Bulgaria
Bulgarians will vote on Sunday in a snap general election, the fourth in just 18 months. By now, Bulgarians are sick and tired of seeing the politicians they send to…
How US tech giants play EU states off against each other
Together, Google (Alphabet), Apple, Facebook (Meta), Amazon and Microsoft represent 27.5 percent of the Standard & Poor 500
Britain’s Gamble on Tax Cuts has Economists Warning of Past Mistakes
The International Monetary Fund is just one of the many voices that have criticized a plan to cut rates for high earners. Send any friend a story As a subscriber,…
Justice Dept. to Seek Stiffer Sentences in Prisoner Abuse Cases
The move is part of a long-anticipated effort by the Biden administration to overhaul the underfunded, scandal-plagued Federal Bureau of Prisons. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you…
What is the EU doing about corruption?
This week on the Beyond the Byline podcast, following Commission President Ursula von Der Leyen’s new measures to fight corruption, we speak to experts on the matter. Our guests this…
French aluminium industry wants ‘anti-dumping’ measures over Spain’s cheap electric
As energy prices soared, Europe’s aluminium plants began to shut down while the bloc stepped up imports from Russia and China. However, French aluminium representatives are pointing to a problem…