Khreshchatyk street Kiev, Ukraine (Photo: Mstyslav Chernov via Wikimedia Commons) If parts of Europe are cold and hungry while others are able to protect themselves, there will be a political backlash that could tear the EU apart. To prevent this,…
Global police agency Interpol said it was preparing for the risk that online immersive environments – the “metaverse” – could create new kinds of cybercrime and allow existing crime to take place on a larger scale. Interpol’s member countries have…
After wielding a bullhorn to shape Republican primaries, the former president has let other groups dominate the airwaves and cover the high cost of commercials. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Many leaders from different countries have taken nationalist stances in the past but have then found themselves up against a brick wall while trying to implement them. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s first speech in her new role this week…
Relief at John Fetterman’s debate and the Pennsylvania Senate race, alarm at Herschel Walker’s standing in Georgia. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
EU agencies should tighten their rules to reduce potential conflicts of interest if their senior staff go on to take up private-sector jobs, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said in its annual report on the bloc’s agencies. In the…
Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire showed her own weaknesses during the debate on Thursday as she sought to fend off attacks on issues of inflation and the economy while trying to highlight centrist positions Send any friend a story…
Attempts by candidates to discredit the integrity of the vote have “snowballed enormously” since the 2020 election, the head of the observation mission said. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
G.O.P. operatives, like a classic rock station playing “Stairway to Heaven,” know that the hits work, and so they eagerly link vulnerable Democrats to the “radical San Francisco liberal.” Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
As in 2020, Republican votes are more likely to be reported first in key states, giving the party’s candidates deceptively large early leads that will probably diminish later on. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have