What to expect from new UK PM Liz Truss
Britain has its fourth prime minister in six years, after Liz Truss visited Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland for the royal handshake, a formality that propelled her to head of government, and to become ...
6 Sep 202256min
The UK gets a new PM
It’s official: Liz Truss will become the UK’s next prime minister. Two months after Boris Johnson announced he would be leaving his post, the country’s foreign secretary took 57% of Conservative Party...
5 Sep 202256min
The two Americas in sharp contrast
The setting was symbolic, the stakes were high, and the president minced no words. Joe Biden used a primetime address to rebuke Donald Trump and Republican extremism. In a speech outside Philadelphia’...
2 Sep 202256min
Potential crimes against humanity in China, says UN
China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, according to a long-awaited – and much-delayed – report from the United Nations. Beijing has denounced the report, saying it’s based on “d...
1 Sep 202256min
Mikhail Gorbachev from the archives: 1991, 2012
The tributes have been pouring in as the world marks the passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, who died last night at 91. A titan of the 20th century, he was the last leader of the Soviet Union, who raised th...
1 Sep 202256min
Special report: Unrest in Baghdad
Iraq’s capital city has seen violent protests that left at least 21 dead after weeks of tensions. The spark was ignited after influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Twitter that he was...
30 Aug 202256min
Special report: Devastating floods in Pakistan
“I have not seen destruction on this scale … it’s overwhelming.” Those are the words of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister after seeing the utter devastation in his country right now, as monsoon rains and fl...
29 Aug 202256min
What will Fed Chair Jerome Powell do this time?
The world is struggling with rising prices and slowing economies in the wake of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. As the cost of food and energy spikes, inflation in the double digits is becoming a...
29 Aug 202251min
