Opinion

Two wars threaten to overload Europe’s leaders big-plus
arrowRead...
Opinion Two wars threaten to overload Europe’s leaders

Monday, 06 May 2024 17:10

EU leaders are insisting they can tackle two disasters at once — but that rings hollow. BRUSSELS — As EU leaders meet at a summit on Thursday, th ...

commentOpinion
EU hosts summit to counter Belt and Road big-plus
arrowRead...
Opinion EU hosts summit to counter Belt and Road

Monday, 06 May 2024 17:10

Decoding transatlantic relations with Beijing. By STUART LAU with PHELIM KINE Send tips here | Tweet @StuartKLau or @PhelimKine | Subscribe for free | View in your browser W ...

commentOpinion
Ancient Gags: World’s 10 Oldest Jokes that are Funny and True Even Today big-plus
arrowRead...
Opinion Ancient Gags: World’s 10 Oldest Jokes that are Funny and True Even Today

Monday, 06 May 2024 17:10

Humour, whether highbrow or downright crass, seems to be an essential part of virtually every human society across the world and throughout time. But what makes a joke funny? And why do we eve ...

commentOpinion
As Lebanon’s border simmers, life in downtown Beirut goes on (for now) big-plus
arrowRead...
Opinion As Lebanon’s border simmers, life in downtown Beirut goes on (for now)

Monday, 06 May 2024 17:10

One doesn’t have to wander far to understand that affluent downtown camouflages the consequences of the country’s disastrous financial crisis. Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Eu ...

commentOpinion
Israel slams UN chief for saying Hamas attack ‘did not happen in a vacuum,’ calls for his resignation big-plus
arrowRead...
Opinion Israel slams UN chief for saying Hamas attack ‘did not happen in a vacuum,’ calls for his resignation

Monday, 06 May 2024 17:10

Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the UN secretary-general addressed the 15-member UN Security Council Tuesday. Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations is calling for the resignation ...

commentOpinion
MEPs vote to cut pesticide use, but glyphosate renewal prevails big-plus
arrowRead...
Opinion MEPs vote to cut pesticide use, but glyphosate renewal prevails

Monday, 06 May 2024 17:10

Technical debates on the proposal were intense in the European Parliament, resulting in nearly 3,000 amendments (Photo: James Baltz/Unsplash) MEPs in the environment committee on Tu ...

commentOpinion
Von der Leyen got it wrong on Israel and Gaza big-plus
arrowRead...
Opinion Von der Leyen got it wrong on Israel and Gaza

Monday, 06 May 2024 17:10

My column today represents my purely private opinion. You will understand my disclaimer because I am writing on the Israel-Gaza war. Like many people, I care a lot about this war. Because I am Ge ...

commentOpinion
Fake Ozempic: Several people hospitalized in Austria big-plus
arrowRead...
Opinion Fake Ozempic: Several people hospitalized in Austria

Monday, 06 May 2024 17:10

Crime agency says individuals taking the counterfeit product to lose weight could have died without immediate treatment. Several people have been hospitalized in Austria after taking a coun ...

commentOpinion
Macron: We stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with Israel in Hamas war big-plus
arrowRead...
Opinion Macron: We stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with Israel in Hamas war

Monday, 06 May 2024 17:10

French president is also expected to call for ‘a humanitarian truce’ in Gaza. French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that France “stands shoulder to shoulder” with Israel as he kicke ...

commentOpinion
Erdoğan, at last, sends Sweden’s NATO bid to Turkish parliament big-plus
arrowRead...
Opinion Erdoğan, at last, sends Sweden’s NATO bid to Turkish parliament

Monday, 06 May 2024 17:10

Sweden welcomes the move, though the length of the Turkish approval process remains unclear. BRUSSELS — The Turkish government on Monday submitted Sweden’s NATO accession bid to the country ...

commentOpinion
EU summit plus pesticide vote in focus This Week big-plus
arrowRead...
Opinion EU summit plus pesticide vote in focus This Week

Monday, 06 May 2024 17:10

Islamist terrorism linked to migration is also expected to be discussed at the two-day EU summit (Photo: Council of the European Union) European leaders come together again this wee ...

commentOpinion
Pipeline damage probe centers on Chinese ship, Finland says big-plus
arrowRead...
Opinion Pipeline damage probe centers on Chinese ship, Finland says

Monday, 06 May 2024 17:10

A vessel flying the Hong Kong flag was spotted near the pipeline at the time of the damage, the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation says. The investigation into the damaged gas pipelin ...

commentOpinion