Robert Zaretsky teaches at the University of Houstonand Women’s Institute of Houston. His latest book is “Victories Never Last: Reading
Category: Politics
EU and UK agree ‘way forward’ on post-Brexit goods data in fresh sign of progress
LONDON — The EU is poised to start using a live information system detailing goods moving from Great Britain to Northern
Gas terminals threaten coastal communities
Top gas executives assembled at the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S., for a multiday conference in early November 2022
China reopens borders after 3 years of COVID travel restrictions
China removed quarantine requirements for inbound travelers on Sunday, effectively reopening its borders three years after the COVID pandemic led
Serbian request to deploy troops in Kosovo denied by NATO
NATO has declined Belgrade’s request to deploy 1,000 Serbian security and military personnel to Kosovo amid growing tensions between the
German police arrest Iranian man suspected of planning chemical terror attack
German police arrested a 32-year-old Iranian man suspected of plotting a chemical attack. The Iranian national was arrested in the
Moscow to mobilize 500,000 new conscripts, Kyiv military intelligence says
KYIV — Ukrainian intelligence officials are warning that the Kremlin plans a new mobilization wave for up to 500,000 men
Beijing clamps down on social media critics of COVID policies
As China’s dramatic U-turn on its zero-COVID measures continues, Beijing has shut down or suspended more than a 1,000 social
Inside the speakership crisis in US House of Representatives
When a motley crew of about a dozen House Republicans huddled in a first-floor Capitol suite three ballots into a
The Kraken COVID variant is coming — but not yet
The EU’s disease control agency has good news and bad news when it comes to XBB.1.5, the coronavirus sub-variant nicknamed