European Commission rep to attend ‘Board of Peace’
The EU will send its Commissioner for the Mediterranean to attend the first meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace in Washington on Thursday. Dubravka Šuica will represent the European Commission…
Amidst genocide, Albanese accused of hate speech
Current and former United Nations staff members have strongly defended Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, after criticism from a pro-Israel NGO and several European…
Democrats tell Europe that Trump is temporary
While Secretary of State Marco Rubio became the focus of attention at the Munich Security Conference, where European leaders closely watched for reassurance about America’s commitment to its allies, other…
Trump sends second carrier group to Gulf
The United States is redeploying the USS Gerald R. Ford to the Middle East, where it will join the USS Abraham Lincoln, as President Donald Trump increases pressure on Iran…
Unelected first son-in-law making millions as US ‘envoy’
Searches of the publicly available Epstein files show Donald Trump’s name thousands of times, while lawmakers reviewing unredacted versions report vastly more references, upwards of one million, underscoring how much…
Trump dons his King Canute persona
On Thursday, the Trump administration reversed the U.S. government’s longstanding scientific determination that planet-warming pollution endangers Americans, removing a cornerstone of national climate policy. It repealed the 2009 endangerment finding,…
Mexico sends help as Trump tightens the screws on Cuba
Two Mexican naval vessels carrying humanitarian supplies arrived at Havana’s port on Thursday amid heightened pressure from the United States over Cuba’s fuel imports. One of the ships, named the…
Trump appears to defy Netanyahu on Iran
Donald Trump met privately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday and emphasized that negotiations with Iran should continue as the US seeks a nuclear…
Landslide win for Japan’s Takaichi
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was heading for a landslide victory in snap elections on Sunday, with media estimates showing her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) regaining a strong majority…
BBC editor continues to put Israel’s twist on stories
The BBC has long faced accusations of being ‘woke,’ of favouring news reporting that represents the left-of-centre political stance of many of its reporters. Journalists tend to favour those they…