LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May could face a defeat in parliament on Thursday over her plan to renegotiate the Brexit deal, undermining her pledge to the European Union that, with changes, she can…
Seeing Germany’s Past, with Eyes Wide Open
Tom Schilling in Never Look Away (Sony Pictures Classics) The new film Never Look Away is a triumph of art and history ‘As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill…
Hungary Shows the West the Path to Survival
Viktor Orbán arriving at NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Summit 2018 in December. By Gints Ivuskans/shutterstock A specter is haunting the European Union—the specter of Eastern Europe. Hungary is a country slightly more populous than Virginia,…
Exclusive: Venezuela shifts oil ventures accounts to Russian…
FILE PHOTO: Cutouts depicting images of oil operations are seen outside a building of Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA in Caracas, Venezuela January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo PDVSA’s move comes after the United…
Heres what happened to the migrant caravan that…
TIJUANA, Mexico — The familiar ritual unfolds each morning like clockwork now, next to the giant "Mexico" in block letters that greets visitors and migrants to the Chaparral pedestrian crossing into San Diego. A woman standing…
Two parents held over death of four children…
Two parents held over the death of four children killed in a house fire say they did nothing wrong. Natalie Unitt and Chris Moulton were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence after the…
With millions of dollars of U.S. aid stuck…
John Hudson National security reporter focusing on the State Department and diplomacy. February 8 at 7:48 PM CUCUTA, Colombia — Millions of dollars worth of food and medical supplies remained stuck at the border of…
Carbon Taxes: A Letter from Canada
Esso gas station in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, in 2015. (Mark Blinch/Reuters) Promises of revenue neutrality don’t survive contact with the real world. Hey America, It’s Canada, your friendly neighbor to the north. You might…
Glaring Theresa May kicks Brexit vote down the…
Stony-faced Theresa May kicked MPs' Brexit vote back as far as MARCH today after struggling through "robust" talks with Brussels. EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker rebuffed her bid to reopen talks on the 585-page Brexit deal…
Russia jails Dane for six years in Jehovahs…
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Wednesday found a Danish adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses guilty of organizing a banned extremist group and jailed him for six years in a case critics condemn as…
Kate takes item that makes her happy to…
The Duchess of Cambridge was asked to take something that makes her happy along with her to a school visit - and what she picked is adorable. Kate visited Lavender Primary School in Enfield, north…
Paris apartment fire kills 10, injures more than…
At least 10 people were killed and 37 others injured when flames engulfed an apartment building in an affluent western Paris neighborhood early Tuesday morning. Interested in France? Add France as an interest to stay…
Uber Is Under Siege All Over the World
Taxi drivers block a highway near the Adolfo Suarez Barajas airport during an open-ended strike against VTC regulations in Madrid, Spain, January 22, 2019. (Juan Medina/Reuters) Governments should adapt to the future, not give in…
Mom blames Instagram for death of girl, 11,…
An author has blamed Instagram for her daughter's suicide after she viewed 'disturbing' images on the social media platform. Ursula Keogh, 11, took her own life by jumping 75ft from a bridge into a river…
28 Haitians killed when migrant boat sinks near…
A boat smuggling a large group of Haitian migrants sank over the weekend, killing at least 28 people, officials said. The U.S. Embassy in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, said officials managed to rescue 17 people, including two…
Meteorite tears through Florida sky before ‘shattering windows…
A METEORITE tore through the sky in Florida before exploding and shattering windows and sending space rocks into Cuba on Friday. The rock exploded mid-air raining debris on homes in western Cuba after many in…
More than One Year Later, Iran’s Protests Endure
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters) Tehran is caught in a straitjacket ‘This is nothing.” So said Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on January 1, 2018, four days after nationwide protests began to consume his country.…
The Fight for Venezuela’s Soul
Opposition supporters take part in a rally against President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Caracas, Venezuela, January 23, 2019. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters) The people — the victims of this twisted socialist dream — just want their…
America’s Withdrawal From Syria Must Be Total
The al-Tanf garrison in southern Syria. Credit: Public Domain Despite President Donald Trump’s December withdrawal order, the United States government announced Friday that it’s considering a plan to keep a remote base in southeastern Syria.…
Trump calls Venezuela opposition leader as US bolsters…
One week after recognizing him as the interim president of Venezuela, President Donald Trump called the country's opposition leader Juan Guaidó to "reinforce President Trump's strong support for Venezuela's fight to regain its democracy." It's…
Wikileaks takes a swipe at secretive Vatican
Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday. (Tony Gentile/Reuters) Chico Harlan Rome bureau chief covering southern Europe and sometimes parts beyond January 30 at 4:59 PM ROME — WikiLeaks, the tell-anything anti-secrecy organization, on Wednesday…
Undoing the China Shock
Trade with China helps make it possible. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) It’s a less attractive course on trade than one might think American manufacturing doesn’t offer nearly as many jobs as it once did, and there…
Boy, 17, stabbed to death with Rambo knife…
This is the first picture of a "wonderful" 17-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in a north London street yesterday evening. Nedim Bilgin was allegedly attacked with a 'Rambo' knife after a witness claims…