March 16, 2022, 1:24 p.m. ETMarch 16, 2022, 1:24 p.m. ET Michael D. Shear Video President Biden said the United States would send an additional $800 million in military assistance to help Ukraine fight Russia.Credit WASHINGTON — President Biden said…
(Photo: ec.europa.eu) I still recall the joy when on 1 March, 2012, Serbia was granted candidate status for the EU. Immediately after the decision of the EU leaders, the European Integration Council of Serbia organised an extraordinary session celebrating this…
Labor-intensive manufacturing has historically been the best-known recipe for driving economy-wide productivity enhancement. Over time, several countries, notably those in East Asia, managed to move unskilled workers from farms in rural areas to factories in urban settings. This transition increased both individual…
On March 11, at the United Nations, Russia accused the United States and Ukraine of collaborating on developing chemical and biological weapons. Russian officials claimed to have documents proving an attempt to destroy evidence of this illegal activity. None of…
French president Emmanuel Macron’s failed attempt to dissuade Vladimir Putin from war in Ukraine, 8 February (Photo: Kremlin.ru) From the first days of Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine, foreign media (and through them the official capitals) have been broadcasting…
Law and Justice (PiS) party leader Jarosław Kaczyński. The current Polish leadership has expressed support for Ukraine’s EU admission — even though Poland itself wouldn't be admitted now due to its rule of law crisis (Photo: pis.org) The Polish government…
Albanians should be ashamed as they are the only NATO member protesting the “consequences of war in Ukraine”, said Prime Minister Edi Rama as nationwide demonstrations continued for the fifth day. Citizens, however, say they are not protesting anything to…
Nikki Haley, the former United Nations ambassador, used a well-timed endorsement of Representative Nancy Mace to get on the opposite side of the former president. Nikki Haley, South Carolina’s former governor, endorsed Representative Nancy Mace before Donald J. Trump could…
After complaints about disenfranchisement and logistical snafus, the party is reconsidering Iowa and New Hampshire’s coveted spots in the presidential nominating process. The deliberations threaten to upend 50 years of tradition, as the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire presidential primary…
A roadsign in Vilnius, Lithuania (Photo: Facebook/Vilnius city mayor) A lot has already been written about the torture, the tactics of the KGB (Belarus’s secret police), and protest-related deaths in Minsk and elsewhere since the contested elections in 2020. Yet…