Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music The race for some of the EU’s most coveted diplomatic jobs is under way. Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur unpack why this year’s routine EEAS rotation is attracting unusually strong interest from senior Commission officials — and what it says about the mood in Brussels. Then, we head to France, where a wave of student protests is spilling into the presidential campaign, sharpening the contrast between Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen and...
Australians held in Iraq over suspected IS links face potential execution, HRW warns In short: Human Rights Watch has accused the Albanese government of "outsourcing" its responsibilities with regards to 13 Australians being held in Iraqi jails. The group warns the Australians, who are being held on suspicion of links to the Islamic State group, face inhumane treatment and potential execution. Iraqi authorities have called for greater support as the nation deals with the burden of cases.
Become an Independent member to bookmark this article Already a member? Log in George Simm removed the wheel of his coal truck to simulate a breakdown. Dressed in a donkey jacket and overalls, he fiddled about, waiting on a roadside close to Drumnakilly in County Tyrone, four miles south of Omagh.
Decades ago, the world treated global trade as a neutral ground decades ago that helped energy markets in becoming more integrated today as we still see them today. The standard view in policy circles was that trade made countries more secure and stable. Governments therefore now use tariffs and export controls as a chokepoint of power.