UK foreign secretary Liz Truss outlined plans for a new law to override parts of the Northern Ireland protocol on Tuesday (17 May), insisting that the plans would be legal under international law. However, European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič…
The traditional “big tent parties” in Germany are the conservative CDU/CSU and the old lady SPD. For the longest time, the German political system was bipolar, with the liberal FDP often playing kingmaker with less than 10
More than eight million of the 28 million children in that age group in the United States have received two vaccine shots. Liam King Koma Sillah, 7, gets vaccinated against Covid-19 on the first day that the vaccine became available…
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An intelligence subcommittee will hear testimony from two Pentagon officials on observations by military pilots and others. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share.…
A destroyed car in Donetsk, a Russian-speaking part of eastern Ukraine, during the 2014 Russian attack (Photo: Irina Gorbasyova) In a country, Ukraine, where not long ago people were nostalgic for the Soviet Union, today, most individuals consider themselves Europeans,…
When Vladimir Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, he envisaged a lightning campaign that would be over in a matter of days with Ukraine’s pro-Western government deposed and the country firmly back in the Russian orbit. However,…
German finance minister Christian Lindner has indicated his support for the idea of seizing foreign assets held by the Russian central bank to rebuild Ukraine following the war. Around $300 billion in Russian gold and forex reserves have been frozen…
The challenge for a president who came to office preaching unity may be how to take on those preaching hate. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
The Treasury secretary warned that Ukraine did not have enough funding to sustain its government and fend off Russia. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged European nations to increase their financial support to Ukraine as Russia’s invasion continues. BRUSSELS — Treasury…