Food prices are soaring – but the worst is yet to come
Overall consumer prices have risen by 9.1pc in the last year, but food alone is hot on its heels at 8.6pc
ByLouis Ashworth
Costs of essential...
Economic Strains Test Eastern Europe’s Support for Ukraine
Inflation and recession will stress popular support for a hard line against Russian aggression.
Prague
There’s a common refrain among Eastern European politicians. Ukrainian resistance, they...
The EU’s solidarity for Ukraine is a sham
The EU will formally add Ukraine to its list of candidate countries this Friday. But if you look carefully beneath the pomp, you will...
UK rail strike strands commuters, pits workers against govt
LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of railway workers walked off the job in Britain on Tuesday, bringing the train network to a crawl...
World swimming bans transgender athletes from women’s events
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — World swimming’s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events, starting Monday.
FINA members widely adopted a...
Yellen: Federal gas tax holiday ‘certainly worth considering’
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday that a federal gas tax holiday could be worth considering amid a nationwide uptick in gas...
Businesses must help cut cost of living, UK government adviser says
LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Businesses should do more to reduce prices in the coming months to help Britons struggling with rising inflation, the...
Are We Sure America Is Not at War in Ukraine?
By Bonnie Kristian
Ms. Kristian is a journalist and a fellow at Defense Priorities, a foreign policy think tank.
In the more than three months since...
Germany’s New Resolve on Russia Is Already Flagging
When German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stood before his country’s parliament in the first days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and announced a Zeitenwende—or turn...
Russian Forces Tighten Noose Around Important Cities in Ukraine’s East
The area around Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk is about three-quarters encircled by Russians, leaving only a slender gap there for Ukrainian troops to maneuver.
LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine...
