Residents and businesses in the city of Liverpool — known for its tourism, night life and music scene as the birthplace of The Beatles — were put into a strict lockdown Wednesday, with a backlash already underway against the government’s new rules. The city region is now the only part of the country that is […] Read more
The United Nations World Food Program has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger. The world’s largest humanitarian organization was awarded the prize Friday for its “contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger […] Read more
Lebanon’s political leaders named diplomat Mustafa Adib as the disaster-stricken country’s new prime minister on Monday, starting the formation of a new government tasked with implementing urgent reforms after the previous leadership quit en masse. But for many Lebanese citizens, hundreds of thousands of whom saw their homes destroyed in the devastating August 4 blast […] Read more
Hey, she said she wouldn’t lie. Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany and President Trump were clowned on social media Tuesday after McEnany said “The president does read,” at a press conference and described Trump as “the most informed person on planet Earth when it comes to the threats we face.” McEnany’s short-notice press conference came days after a report that […] Read more
U.S. rate-setters could set negative interest rates in the future, despite their own current doubts about the risks of this unconventional measure. When central bankers implement negative interest rates, it means that banks, for instance, are paying to store cash. The idea behind it is to boost bank lending, push capital out to businesses, and […] Read more
For Iranians whose icons since the Islamic Revolution have been hardline clerics, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani widely represented a figure of national resilience in the face of four decades of U.S. pressure. For the U.S. and Israel, he was a shadowy figure in command of Iran’s proxy forces, responsible for fighters in Syria backing President […] Read more
Boris Johnson’s government has pledged that its post-Brexit immigration policy will end free movement and preferential treatment for EU citizens coming to live in the UK. The Conservative Party and ministers have vowed to make entry requirements subject to skills and job offers, as well as restrict benefits and increase charges for future EU migrants. […] Read more
Catalan leader Quim Torra could be stripped of his mandate on Monday if a Spanish court finds him guilty of disobedience after pro-separatist banners were flown from state buildings earlier this year. His sentencing — expected at 18:00 CET — comes less than a month after Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced nine other Catalan separatist leaders […] Read more
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is joining the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, expanding an already jammed field less than three months before nominating contests start. Patrick announced his candidacy Thursday morning in a video posted to YouTube. “So in a spirit of profound gratitude for all the country has given to me, and with a […] Read more
The leader of the U.K. Brexit Party and Donald Trump-ally Nigel Farage kicked off his election campaign on Friday with both an offer and a warning to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The starting gun has been fired on campaigning toward a U.K. general election on December 12 in a bid by different parties to […] Read more
