Biden Celebrates Judge Jackson’s Confirmation at the White House
The president is commemorating the appointment of the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
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Pécresse will not urge voters to pick Macron in final round
French right-wing candidate Valérie Pécresse said on Friday (8 April) she will not tell voters who to pick in the second round of the presidential election should she fail to make it past the first one on Sunday (10
Far-right MEPs: EU should focus on Ukrainian refugees, not Romani
Far-right lawmakers in the European Parliament urged the EU to focus on Ukrainian refugees instead of discussing discrimination against Romani people during a debate ahead of International Romani Day (8 April). MEPs from the Identity and Democracy group (ID) were…
Treasury Aims for Economic Pain on Russia, but Critics Question Effectiveness
The Treasury Department’s deputy secretary, Wally Adeyemo, has been leading the effort to crack down on evasion and to coordinate with Europe. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Weaponising water — Ukraine’s dams are targets in Putin’s war
Two satellite images showing Irpin river valley and Kyiv reservoir before and after flood induced by blasting of a saddle dam (Kyiv reservoir dam seen at the lower right corner) (Photo: Corner House / International Rivers) In the early hours…
Spain’s Sanchez visits Morocco as tensions ease
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI hosted Spain’s prime minister on Thursday (7 April) in a landmark visit ending a year-long diplomatic crisis after Madrid reversed decades of neutrality on the Western Sahara conflict in a U-turn that has angered Algeria. The…
How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ended Vatican City’s multilateral foreign policy
The Vatican City’s multilateral approach to foreign policy has ended with the war in Ukraine as Pope Francis takes an increasingly anti-Putin stance, Vatican expert Piero Schiavazzi told EURACTIV. The Pope’s multilateralism in foreign policy “began with Putin back in…
Lawsuit Charges Walden University Preyed on Black and Female Students
The suit claims Walden University not only misrepresented the costs and credits required for an advanced degree but also engaged in “reverse redlining” by targeting minority communities. Send any friend a story
Tweets of the Week: Russian Oil, Conditionality and French Elections
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, around 5,000 Russian war crimes are now under investigation. ⚡️Around 5,000 Russian war crimes under investigation in Ukraine, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said at a briefing in Bucha on April 5. "Even…
Citizens criticise lack of political interest in bloc-wide democracy experiment
Representatives of EU citizens panels at the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) asked politicians to take meetings more seriously, noting that the majority did not turn up to the last plenary session, according to a letter seen by…