Britain and Switzerland Agree Post-Brexit Trade Pact
Switzerland and the United Kingdom concluded negotiations on a modernized free trade agreement on Monday, replacing the temporary …
How the Midas Scandal Shaped Ukraine's Government Purge
Yulia Svyrydenko lasted less than a year as Ukraine's prime minister. Following her dismissal, Zelensky's party has already begun …
Next DC “Communist” Mayor Prepares for Clashes with Trump
Janeese Lewis George wants to usher in a new approach to governing Washington, but the federal government may prove her biggest ob…
Inside China's Legal Blueprint for Enforced Homogeneity
Loyalty to Chinese identity and the Communist Party is now a matter of law. Beijing will specifically punish any acts it deems to …
Will California Take a Bite Out of Its Billionaires?
It is not clear that Prop 40 would swell the state’s coffers. That will not stop many residents from voting to soak the super-rich…
Dangerous Trend of “Cuckooing” Spreads in British Towns
Britain's hidden crime: drug gangs are taking over vulnerable people's homes in a practice known as "cuckooing", leaving victims t…
Insecurity: How France Became the European Exception
France's 2025 crime report confirms a decade of rising violence, strengthening its status as Western Europe's security outlier.
Lindsey Graham, Trump's Unlikely Ally, Dies Suddenly at 71
Lindsey Graham, the veteran Republican senator from South Carolina, has died at 71, less than 48 hours after meeting Ukrainian Pre…
Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz as US Resumes Attacks
The US military launched fresh attacks on Iran on Sunday after striking a container ship, prompting Tehran to announce it had once…
War-Weary Ukrainian Children Recover in the Carpathians
Several hundred young Ukrainian footballers traded air raid sirens for mountain trails at a summer camp in the country's west.
Russian Couple Sentenced in Poland for Espionage and Bomb Plot
He posed as an opposition activist while working for Russia's Federal Security Service. Now he has confessed to espionage and, acc…
Democrats Tried to Be Masculine – and Ended Up Showing Contempt for Men
When Democrats nominated Graham Platner in Maine, they thought they were getting somebody who could appeal to “the deplorables” by…
Chasing Muslim Votes, Burnham Dons a Rhetorical Keffiyah
The incoming prime minister of the UK looks at the math and sees a political opportunity: if he can win the support of Britain’s r…
European Commission Takes Member States to Court over Cybersecurity Failings
The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine laid bare Europe's vulnerabilities in both physical and cyber defense. Whereas the former has…
US Report Urges Bridge, Not Wall, Between Church and State
A new presidential commission says religion has been pushed out of public life and proposes 12 measures to strengthen conscience r…