Giorno: 21 Maggio 2023

US Default Risk Casts Shadow Over Biden’s G7 Trip

Read More Debt ceiling debate between White House and GOP heats up over weekend, with both sides trading criticism HIROSHIMA, Japan—President Joe Biden has asked his negotiators to coordinate a call with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for Sunday morning, U.S. time, after he concludes his G7 meetings on the last day of the summit in […]

Russia Opens Far East Port Vladivostok to China

Read More Russia has recently opened its far eastern port of Vladivostok, which it has occupied since 1860, to China for shipping in what observers say is a strategic exchange between the two nations as their actions in Ukraine, and around Taiwan and the South China Sea continue to worsen international relations. On May 4, the […]

New tactic: Isis reigns with less terror in northern Mozambique

Read More Trauma: People were displaced by violence in Mozambique’s Chiure region last year. (Aldemiro Bande/AFP) However, the decreased number of attacks does not mean peace has descended upon Cabo Delgado This article is only available to subscribers. View subscription options If you are already a subscriber, login here.

To extend or not to extend the life of coal-fired power stations, that is the question

Read More A pedestrian walks through a field, backdropped by the Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Kendal coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga, South Africa, on Friday, May 5, 2023. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Should or should we not extend the life of our coal-fired power stations?  We all know how divisive coal can be. Proponents […]

Sixty days on a ledge in the Atlantic: teacher aims to break Rockall record

Read More A science teacher has found an unusual way of exorcising the loneliness and isolation of the repeated lockdowns during the Covid crisis. He plans to spend two months living alone on Rockall, a barren islet deep in the Atlantic. Chris “Cam” Cameron, 53, will set sail for Rockall this week in an attempt […]

Senior Tories say Trump-style takeover could precipitate party meltdown

Read More Senior Tories are warning their party will be finished should it undergo “a Trumpian style takeover” from the right, amid growing concerns that it risks political meltdown in its “blue wall” heartlands. Prominent Conservatives from across the party are now increasingly concerned that a tilt to the right and anger over the handling […]

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger ‘honored’ to be banned from Russia

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger thanked the Russian government on Saturday for including him in its list of hundreds of Americans banned from its country for spreading “Russophobia.” Raffensperger said in a statement that he was grateful Russia decided to bar him from entering the country. “My inclusion on this list is deserved, and […]