Month: December 2018
Post-war Iraq wants to resume imports of Russian wheat – agriculture watchdog
Iraq, a major Middle East grain importer, is interested in purchasing Russias durum wheat, agricultu..
Free fall: Oil slips to lowest since 2017 as fears over economic slowdown rattle market
Crude oil prices extended losses on Tuesday, plunging more than six percent amid concerns of recedin..
Catholic establishment vs. Salvini
ROME — At the close of the electoral campaign for Italys right-wing League party in February in Mila..
EU citizens still welcome after Brexit
The United Kingdoms departure from the EU means an end to freedom of movement between the two, but t..
Putin is tightening his grip on Ukraine
KIEV — Ukraines Christmas markets may be in full swing, but the season isnt feeling particularly fes..
Pains of an empire lost
PARIS — Mohsin Hamids “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” is the story of a Pakistani mans tormented jour..
Why the EU should fear a second UK referendum
Bad news for Theresa May is good news for the chances of a second Brexit vote. With the British pri..
Why are Frances Yellow Jackets so angry?
PARIS — The Yellow Jackets ripping across France are not just the French being French. Theyre not ju..
Interpol keeps despots dissidents close
PRAGUE — Western politicians, activists and pundits may have breathed a sigh of relief when the Inte..
Democracy has no clothes
TOULOUSE, France — In the Danish fable “The Emperors New Clothes,” it was a little boy who pointed o..