The Trump administration on Tuesday revoked a general license that had authorized the sale of Iranian oil after several tankers were attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The development is a sign that the peace agreement reached between the U.S. and Iran last month remains on fragile ground. The memorandum of understanding directed the […]
Continue ReadingFaced with those restrictions imposed by Brussels, U.S. companies are turning to lobbying — U.S. NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker has been scathing about ‘Buy European’ provisions — and are also racing to shift some production to the continent under license. An industry forum in Ankara saw a raft of announcements including European production of RTX’s […]
Continue ReadingUnder the rules, which were developed for eight years before taking effect, non-EU citizens are fingerprinted and photographed in lieu of traditional passport stamping. However, the rollout — which is the responsibility of national governments — has been plagued by technical problems and saw wait times spike for foreign visitors. Brussels has previously denied widespread […]
Continue ReadingThe AfD finished in second with just over 20 percent of the vote in the last German federal elections and is now Germany’s most popular party according to polling. It is positioned to win in two key state elections which will take place in September in eastern Germany. Other parties, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s […]
Continue ReadingA 39-year-old Ukrainian woman is wanted for having allegedly planted a parcel bomb in central Monaco earlier this week, gravely wounding three people. The suspect has been identified as Anastasiia Berezovska, according to an Interpol notice issued on Friday. Monaco’s head prosecutor Stéphane Thibault said on Friday that one of the three victims remained in […]
Continue ReadingDie Koalition nimmt neue Reform-Anläufe, aber eine echte große Steuerreform lässt auf sich warten. Gordon Repinski spricht mit Ulf Poschardt über die Handlungsfähigkeit der Regierung Merz und die Frage, ob Deutschland überhaupt noch reformfähig ist. Poschardt kritisiert die politische Kultur in Deutschland erneut. Er fordert revolutionäre Ansätze statt der bloßen Fortschreibung des Status quo und […]
Continue ReadingAmerica250’s civic programming continued throughout the anniversary year, including America’s Field Trip, which sent students to historic sites nationwide, and America Gives, an effort to make July Fourth the largest single day of charitable giving in American history. This holiday weekend alone, America250 is burying the congressionally mandated America’s Time Capsule in Philadelphia, unveiling a […]
Continue ReadingCompared to its Western allies, the U.S. occupies a solitary position on this list. It outranks Poland by 25 spots in terms of impunity, while Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Britain and Australia all rank more accountable by 30 to 50 spots. It seems the club of democracies that America assembled and sustained for all those […]
Continue ReadingThe Council of the European Union on Friday announced sanctions targeting six scientists and researchers suspected of being involved in the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. “The EU remains fully committed to countering the proliferation and use of chemical weapons,” read the Council statement. The sanctions include an asset freeze and a travel ban to the […]
Continue ReadingAirports and airlines have blamed the new border control system — which requires travelers from non-EU countries to register their biometric data — for hours-long queues, operational disruption and missed connecting flights. “There’s still quite a lot of work to do to have these technical issues solved together with the member states,” von der Leyen […]
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