Category: Politics

Workers at Britain’s Peel Port vote to strike

LONDON — More than 500 dockworkers at Liverpool’s Peel Port voted on Monday to strike after rejecting a seven percent pay hike. The strike vote…

UK approves first COVID-19 vaccine targeting Omicron

The U.K. has authorized the first COVID-19 vaccine modified to provide greater protection against the Omicron coronavirus variant. Moderna’s vaccine targets both the original virus…

Amnesty got it terribly wrong

Uriel Epshtein is executive director of the Renew Democracy Initiative. He tweets at @UrielEpshtein.  As the war in Ukraine rages on, Russia continues to pound…

UN wheat ship departs Ukraine for East Africa

A ship chartered by the United Nations to transport Ukrainian wheat to countries at risk of famine set sail for East Africa on Sunday. The…

Top US House lawmakers seek review of national security damage from Trump document handling

What’s in a name? The WHO wants a new term for monkeypox

In a bid to do away with a name criticized for having problematic connotations, the World Health Organization (WHO) is asking the public to weigh…

Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after stabbing attack

Renowned author Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator and may lose one eye as a result of the stabbing attack he suffered while delivering a…

Trump under investigation for potential violations of espionage act

WASHINGTON — A search warrant viewed by POLITICO reveals that the FBI is investigating Donald Trump for a potential violation of the Espionage Act and…

A visa ban won’t accomplish what Ukraine wants

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe.  In 1976, the dissident Russian writer Vladimir Bukovsky arrived in London. His opposition to the Communists had…