US and Hungarian conservatives must join forces in 2024 elections to “take back” institutions in Washington and Brussels from liberals who threaten western civilization, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday (4 August). Orbán, a Hungarian nationalist who was addressing…
Italy’s outgoing government approved on Thursday (4 August) a decree to reform the country’s notoriously slow criminal justice system, according to government officials, paving the way for the finalisation of a broader reform needed to keep European Union funds flowing.…
Republicans are awaiting results to determine a too-close-to-call race to be the party’s nominee for governor. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Freeman Hrabowski transformed a onetime commuter school into the country’s strongest pipeline of Black graduates in science, technology, engineering and math. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can…
The Brothers of Italy party, in pole position for next month’s elections, sees room to revamp parts of an European Union-funded investment programme to help the economy tackle an energy crisis and soaring costs, a party official said on Monday…
British Conservative frontrunner Liz Truss won further heavyweight endorsement Monday (1 August) as party members began a month of voting to decide the next occupant of 10 Downing Street. Truss’s lagging rival, Rishi Sunak, vied to make up lost ground…
Mark Rutte became the longest-serving prime minister in the Netherlands’ history on Tuesday (2 August), a testament to his energy for the job – as well as the political survival skills he has honed over his 12-year tenure. “I feel…
Aug. 1, 2022, 11:14 p.m. ETAug. 1, 2022, 11:14 p.m. ET David E. Sanger Taliban soldiers in Kabul, Afghanistan, in May. In some ways, little has changed in 21 years. The killing of Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan — where planning…
In an inquiry into accusations that dead voters had cast ballots, “many were very surprised to learn they were allegedly deceased,” Mark Brnovich said. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each…
The leaders of two House committees told the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general that they had developed “grave new concerns over your lack of transparency and independence.” Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have