The ruling, in which the judge said Democrats had drawn an “extreme gerrymander,” was the first time this redistricting cycle that the party’s congressional maps had been rejected in court. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have…
In EU states, we are still far away from a government-controlled media landscape, as is the case in Russia. But in others, we are dangerously close (Photo: kremlin.ru) The Russian media landscape has made it easy for president Vladimir Putin…
Canada has promised to put its hormone treated beef on the UK market after the two sides began talks on a new trade pact on Thursday (24 March). The UK and Canada launched negotiations on a new free trade agreement…
Candidates in the French presidential elections presented their plans for the future of farming at February’s international agricultural show, the Salon de l’Agriculture. EURACTIV France looks at how these tie in with EU policy. Macron’s focus on EU sovereignty French…
Seeing Devi, our servant maid, brew a cup of hot filter coffee for my mother, thoroughly shook me up. Devi? Enjoying free access to that sacrosanct location in a Tamil Brahmin home, its kitchen? Free to light the stove, boil…
Two of Donald Trump’s most prominent Senate endorsements have already backfired. Now the month of May looms large to measure his pull on the party. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
The hideous and overwhelming Palace of the Parliament building in Bucharest — even now, a guided tour lasts 2km but only takes in five percent of its rooms (Photo: Flickr/Matt Kieffer) Theres’s a cliche that backroom negotiations at big summits…
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…