Europe

The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire

Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony...

Prado show aims to highlight true colours of polychrome sculpture

In a darkened corner of the Prado, not far from an outsized crucifixion and a sculpture of a...

Ukraine, for the first time, fires long-range missiles into Russia

Ukraine has fired US-supplied longer-range missiles at Russian territory for the first time, the Russian government said, a...

Son of Norwegian Princess, Marius Borg Høiby arrested on suspicion of rape

The son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit was arrested for allegedly raping a woman in Oslo — his...

Global stock markets fall and bonds jump as fears grow over Ukraine war

Global stock markets fell and bond prices have jumped after reports that Ukraine had fired a US-made long-range...

We assume damage to Baltic Sea cables was sabotage, German minister says

Germany has said it has to assume that damage to two undersea fibre-optic communication cables in the Baltic Sea since Sunday was an act...

Damage to Baltic Sea cables was sabotage, German minister says

Damage caused to two undersea fibre-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea must be seen as sabotage, although it is still unclear who is...

Keir Starmer promises Ukraine will be ‘top of my agenda’ at G20

Ukraine will be “top of my agenda” this week at a meeting of leaders from the world’s most powerful economies, Keir Starmer has pledged,...

Home Office pressed on EU citizens removed while awaiting approval to stay

Hopes have been raised for EU citizens who have faced being removed from the UK post-Brexit even while they wait on their applications to...

Biden’s ‘Last Bang’ in Ukraine

It was widely expected, including by the victors of the 2024 presidential election, that the Biden government would ramp up its efforts through the end of...

Telecoms cable in Baltic Sea may have been severed, says Finnish owner

A fibre optic communications cable linking Finland and Germany along the seabed has stopped working and may have been severed by an outside force,...