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‘A ticking time bomb’: healthcare under threat across western Europe

For decades, western Europe’s national healthcare systems have been widely touted as among the best in the world. But an ageing population, more long-term illnesses,...

Woke Whitehall flushes away £200k of your cash on mixed-sex toilets for staff

•Department for Work and Pensions spent at least £110,000 on 22 neutral toilets •Female civil servants left feeling 'intimidated' by lack of single-sex bathrooms •Govt said...

Brazil, India, and China’s rush to buy Russian energy shows Putin still has strong...

The rush by Brazil, India, and China to buy energy from Russia shows President Vladimir Putin still has strong allies who can prop up...

Ukrainian Officials Drew on U.S. Intelligence to Plan Counteroffensive

Overcoming a reluctance to share their strategy, the Ukrainians were able to use U.S. resources to identify key Russian targets. WASHINGTON — Senior Ukrainian officials...

Putin’s Ukrainian War Is About Making Vladimir Great Again

War is coming — a not-so-great northern war.  Don’t be fooled by last Thursday’s conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden, with...

Opinion | It’s Time for the West to Cultivate an Alternative Information Ecosystem in Russia

Russians need to understand what their leader is doing in Ukraine. Dissident journalists are critical to reach them. Among the most consequential side effects of...

Unprecedented China-Russia ties to start a new era of intl relations not defined by...

Following the highly anticipated meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, China and Russia issued a lengthy joint...

Opinion | The U.S. Approach to Ukraine’s Border War Isn’t Working. Here’s What Biden...

The alarming news that Russia is building up troops along the border with Ukraine might seem like deja vu. There were similar headlines this past spring, and intensified...

Venice Plans to Start Weeding Out Cheap Tourists

On a recent afternoon in Venice, a visiting family spread a tablecloth over the top of an historic well to lunch on homemade food amid...

The embassy is not going to stop the sins committed so far, on the...

Statement by  MPs Sozar Subari, Dimitri khundadze, Mikheil kavelashvili  and Guram Macharashvili 11 August 2022 We have asked the US Ambassador, H.E. Kelly Degnan, several questions...