Former President Jimmy Carter will emerge from hospice care to join a cast of political heavyweights paying tribute on Tuesday to Mrs. Carter, who died at 96 last week at her home in Plains, Ga. Share full article Rosalynn Carter…
The extent to which Uber will go to avoid playing by the rules is unprecedented in the Netherlands (Photo: Paul Hanaoka) After working with people in unusual employment situations for a decade, I thought I had seen it all as…
The European Parliament faces pressure from certain members states afraid of upsetting publisher groups who have lobbied hard against any rules affecting their business (Photo: TheClimateRealityProject) After months of intense and often volatile debate, the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)…
Slovak PM Robert Fico has repeatedly said that Russia's war against Ukraine is not our war, and that Slovakia would not send a single bullet to Ukraine (Photo: council.europa.eu) Anyone claiming to know where Robert Fico’s government will lead Slovakia…
Is Wopke Hoekstra still in touch with McKinsey or ex-colleagues? (Photo: European Union) As Biblical floods submerge southern Somalia — a year after being gripped by drought, and with scorching heat waves nearing 60 degrees Celsius asphyxiating Brazil, the newly-appointed…
Most Poles do not believe that the ruling PiS’ party will succeed in forming a new government despite winning the elections and the president’s nomination, according to a poll published by Wirtualna Polska on Wednesday. While most PiS politicians, even…
The new House speaker is facing complaints from his members that his leadership is no different from his predecessor’s. His style, however, is in stark contrast. Share full article Speaker Mike Johnson has developed a reputation for an open and…
Spanish judge Manuel García Castellón on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to investigate former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont, leader of the separatist party Together for Catalonia (JxCat), in connection to the Barcelona airport blockade in 2017. The judge has also…
Bulgaria will not be admitted to Schengen before Austria’s 2024 parliamentary elections, Bulgarian EPP MEP Andrey Kovatchev told journalists in Strasbourg on Tuesday, adding that Austria had no problem with Bulgaria’s accession until a speech by their interior minister changed…
Since the July 2021 protests, nearly 1,000 people have been detained on the island for political reasons (Photo: Spencer Everett) I am writing these words in exile. I left Cuba almost exactly a year ago, after months of being threatened…