Without shared facts on which to make decisions, there can be no solutions to our biggest challenges. And without a modicum of trust that both sides want to preserve and enhance the common good, it is impossible to accomplish anything big. Politics needs a reference point outside of politics, argues…
I think this is a case of pushing for a different path at the Pentagon, said Representative Jim Banks, Republican of Indiana and a co-chairman of the group. In an interview, he was careful to avoid criticizing the White House this president has been good for defense budgets, he said…
According to Nesrine Malik (Keir Starmers new management will cost Labour minority votes. Does he care?, 27 September), Keir Starmer has decided that anything that looks remotely sympathetic to identity issues is toxic and as a consequence Labour members are leaving the party in droves well, maybe they are in…
Posted An Iranian dissident who fled his country fearing arrest has fallen foul of politics and COVID-19 restrictions in ethnically split Cyprus. Megan Revell reports.read more…
By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: The 2015 Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich speaks to reporters at her apartment in Minsk, Belarus September 9, 2020. Tut.By via REUTERS MINSK (Reuters) – Nobel laureate author Svetlana Alexievich, a prominent opposition figure, has left Belarus for a trip to Germany, but her departure…
By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: The 2015 Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich speaks to reporters at her apartment in Minsk, Belarus September 9, 2020. Tut.By via REUTERS MINSK (Reuters) – Nobel laureate author Svetlana Alexievich, a prominent opposition figure, has left Belarus for a trip to Germany, but her departure…
By Reuters Staff NICOSIA (Reuters) – An Iranian dissident who fled his country fearing arrest has fallen foul of politics and COVID-19 restrictions in ethnically split Cyprus. Since mid-September, Omid Tootian has been living in a small tent in Cypruss buffer zone, a United Nations-controlled slice of territory carved out…
Sign up to get our new weekly column as a newsletter. We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. (CNN)Harold Wilson led Britain as prime minister for much of the 1960s and a shorter stint in the 1970s. Reputed to be…
In challenging a seasoned incumbent, Ms. Gideon has played up her own record as a state legislator for the last eight years, half of them as House speaker, a role that is part wheedler, part enforcer, part compromiser. Legislation that she has sponsored, and that has needed Republican cooperation to…
President Trump speaks at a campaign rally on Friday in Newport News, Va. Trump announced an expansion of his moratorium on offshore drilling. Steve Helber/AP President Trump expanded a ban on exploratory drilling this week off the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia, his latest extension of an existing offshore…
