The president of the French National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, has warned of the growing number of threats and pressure on parliamentarians, which she said was linked to the ongoing tension surrounding a planned reform of the country’s pension system. During…
Three Democratic victories flipped the House for the first time in a dozen years by a single seat in the battleground state. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Image caption, Ukrainian forces are now defending the small city of Bakhmut on three frontsBy Orla GuerinBakhmut, eastern Ukraine The soil of Bakhmut is dusted with snow and soaked with blood. This small city in Eastern Ukraine is at the…
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Tuesday (7 February) called for European Union financing for border fences, reviving an idea long seen as inadmissible ahead of a summit of the bloc’s leaders to discuss curbing irregular immigration. The gathering of…
Bulgaria faces mounting accusations that it is abusing people trying to cross its border with Turkey, with asylum seekers saying they have been pushed back, locked up, stripped and beaten. The EU member serves as a gateway into the bloc…
The president’s speech contained no outright falsehoods, but at times omitted crucial context or exaggerated the facts. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
In his first State of the Union speech under a divided Congress, President Biden highlighted his economic record and appealed to Republicans to work with him. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
His State of the Union address was not exactly a celebration of a unity agenda. But the president seemed to relish the scrimmage. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
The European Union should adopt effective measures to fight irregular migration, said Chancellor Karl Nehammer following calls with Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, ahead of the two-day European Council summit starting Thursday. In…