Watch: Russian child cries for his ‘papa’ as mobilised men prepare to leave for war
The mobilisation by Russia is the first since the Second World War
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Month: September 2022
UN limits on display in Security Council showdown
NEW YORK — The United States urged Russia to end its impunity. Russia ranted about fighting Nazis. Ukraine insisted it had the right to be free. The top diplomats of the three countries appeared at the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, a rare in-person diplomatic showdown since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine […]
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Demark rallies wealthy nations to back ‘climate solidarity’, boost financing for hard-hit poor countries
Collectively, “we must address…the fundamental imbalances in the world we share,” Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said on Thursday, calling for global “climate solidarity” to support vulnerable countries that have suffered “loss and damage” from climate change.
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Your Friday Briefing
Interest rate hikes around the world.
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President Karis at UN General Assembly: How many wars will it take to move forward the long overdue UN Security Council reform? – The Baltic Times
President Karis emphasised in his speech at the UN General Assembly the responsibility of the ……
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Ukraine war – live: Russia-held territories hold referendum today to break away from Kyiv
UK foreign secretary warns that Vladimir Putin planning to escalate war
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Belgium’s diamonds lose shine amid Russia sanctions talk
ANTWERP, Belgium — Russian diamonds are on Europe’s radar once again — as is Belgium’s fraught role in the industry. Despite six rounds of sweeping European Union sanctions against Moscow, Russian diamonds have remained a shining absence from the embargo list. Their omission is due in part to Belgium’s prominent role in the diamond industry. Antwerp has, […]
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Liz Truss’ tax cutting gamble
LONDON — She’s the breed of prime minister the Tory right have long wanted and she’s eying one big bet to show hers is a winning formula. After a hot summer leadership contest dominated by debate about tax cuts, Liz Truss’ new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will on Friday outline an economic plan expected to reverse […]
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How Giorgia Meloni thinks
ROME — In July 1992, a 15-year-old schoolgirl rang the doorbell at her local branch of the Youth Front, a far-right student movement in Rome, and asked to be let in. The all-male group of radicals inside met her with bemusement, as she put forward her application to sign up to their cause. But, gradually, […]
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The mainstreaming of Giorgia Meloni
David Broder is Jacobin’s Europe editor and the author of “Mussolini’s Grandchildren: Fascism in Contemporary Italy.” His work has appeared in the New York Times, the New Statesman, La Repubblica and Il Fatto Quotidiano. As Italy’s Sunday election inches ever closer, Brothers of Italy co-founder Guido Crosetto doesn’t seem too confident his party’s allies will […]
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