The tactics Tory rebels could use to derail Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson is keen to move on from the confidence vote that, while showing a victory on paper for him, reveals an extremely divided Conservative Party....

Biden just declared heat pumps and solar panels essential to national defense – here’s why and the challenges ahead

Solar panels, heat pumps and hydrogen are all building blocks of a clean energy economy. But are they truly “essential to the national defense”? President Joe...

US to ‘stand by our friends’ amid China’s territorial claims

BEIJING – The US will stand by its friends as China adopts a more “coercive and aggressive approach to its territorial claims,” the country’s defense chief said...

France, Australia call submarine settlement ‘fair and equitable’

PARIS – France on Saturday called the Australian government’s settlement of last year’s abrupt termination of their submarine contract “fair and equitable,” saying it would help establish...

Trauma Surgeons Detail the Horror of Mass Shootings in the Wake of Uvalde and Call for Reforms

June 10, 2022 When Dr. Roy Guerrero, a pediatrician in Uvalde, Texas, testified before a U.S. House committee Wednesday about gun violence, he told lawmakers about...

Medicaid Weighs Attaching Strings to Nursing Home Payments to Improve Patient Care

June 10, 2022 The Biden administration is considering a requirement that the nation’s 15,500 nursing homes spend most of their payments from Medicaid on direct care...

Effects of sanctions less acute than expected: Bank of Russia

MOSCOW – Effects of sanctions against Russia have been less acute than expected so far, Central Bank chief Elvira Nabiullina said on Friday at the press conference. “Yes,...

Don’t meddle in China’s domestic affairs, Beijing tells Pentagon

MOSCOW – Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe expressed discontent to US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over US interference in China’s domestic political issues as they met in Singapore...

Switzerland joins 6th round of EU sanctions vs. Russia, Belarus

Inflation hits fresh 40-year high, pushing Fed to get more aggressive with interest rates – and the ‘Beveridge curve’ should give it courage to do so

Inflation surged at the fastest pace in over 40 years in May 2022, pushing the Federal Reserve toward a more aggressive pace of interest rate increases...