Democrats are worried their party lacks a clear plan to push back at what is certain to be an onslaught of abortion restrictions in the wake of a Supreme Court draft ruling striking down Roe v. Wade. While Democrat after … Read More
A meeting between the Roman pontiff and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill could go a long way in promoting peace. Pope Francis recently told a reporter for the Argentine newspaper La Nacion that he is “willing to do everything to stop … Read More
The Israeli police said they responded to dozens of people who were shouting incitement and throwing stones. Israeli police and Palestinians clashed at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday in yet another round of violence at the holy site in recent … Read More
Germany’s Cabinet has wrapped two days and talks about the war in Ukraine and its impact on the German economy. The government warned that a planned EU oil embargo could cause supply problems and even higher inflation. A two-day closed-door … Read More
MANILA — A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Davao Oriental Thursday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The tremor occurred at 4:21 p.m. at a depth of 2 kilometers, about 147 kilometers southeast of Tarragona … Read More
Brussels ignores how economic grievance evolves into political dissent. Oh Brussels! Only in the land of the EU could 49 objectives containing 325 proposed actions be seen as the answer to Europe’s future development. But remarkably, this is exactly what … Read More
Caracas meeting comes just weeks after a quiet visit by US officials in the midst of rising global oil prices due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine CARACAS — Iran’s oil minister has paid an official visit to ally Venezuela to … Read More
(Bloomberg) — Inflation is so rampant in Brazil, having surpassed 12% a year in early April, that workers at the institution in charge of taming prices are themselves on strike, demanding wage raises to recover lost purchasing power. Brazil’s central … Read More
Brussels wants to create more legal pathways for skilled migrants to move to the European Union in order to curb illegal migration, but experts are sceptical about whether it goes far enough. Between two and three million third-country nationals (TCNs) … Read More
When the political skies clear, it could easily be Beijing, and not Washington, that gains ground in the region As the war in Ukraine enters its third month, more convergence has emerged between China and key states in the Middle … Read More