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Michigan GOP hopeful charged in Jan. 6 riot, roiling primary

By ED WHITE and SARA BURNETT DETROIT (AP) — A Republican candidate for Michigan governor and ardent defender of former President Donald Trump was charged...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leaves global trade in tatters

MIAMI (AP) — Sanctions on Russia are starting to wreak havoc on global trade, with potentially devastating consequences for energy and grain importers while...

Two in five families are spending less money on groceries as prices at the...

Changes in behaviour come as price of staple foods rises by over 10% a year    37% – up 9 percentage points since March – have...

NATO to dramatically increase forces on high alert to over 300,000 from 40,000 amid...

Units deployed across eight eastern and southeastern NATO countries to deter Russia hostilities will rise in size from 1,000-strong battlegroups to brigades, which comprise...

Conscripts are being given call-up papers on the beaches of Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelensky’s...

Like many of his male friends, Serhiy no longer leaves his home in western Ukraine for fear of being sent to the front line...

Toleration, Liberalism, and Lessons for a Fractured America

The bitter sectarianism that enveloped sixteenth-century Europe offers a warning about the tribalism that now darkens American public life. TRENTO, Italy—Just two years after the...

Zelensky Loses His Blank Check as U.S. Tells Him Support Is ‘Finite’

The military aid destined for Ukraine could be in jeopardy, with U.S. support increasingly being seen as "finite" by some lawmakers. On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Lloyd...

‘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,...

Ex-Kremlin Advisor Says Biden Started Ukraine War Because He ‘Hates’ Putin

BY BRENDAN COLE  Aformer adviser to Vladimir Putin has blamed the war in Ukraine on comments Joe Biden made to the Russian president 13 years ago. Political analyst Sergei Markov made...

Americans see their nation as a weaker force in the world

So how is the U.S. perceived on the world stage right now? One significant review is not very promising. “The prevailing view among Americans is...