Well, yes and no. Maybe. It depends on how you look at it. And it depends on what the results will be. It’s hard to say. It’s complicated. How is that for a non-answer? Pretty good, eh? There’s a reason for my not giving a definitive answer, because the way drug pricing worldwide works really...
You have to hand it to Gavin Newsom. He understands that being a brazen hypocrite is an asset in politics. For 20 years, he has been a left-wing crusader, serving as Mayor of San Francisco, Lieutenant Governor of California, and now Governor. Every step along the way, he has been the slick and generally attractive,...
Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent BBC/ Natalie Thomas Cardinal David, one of three Filipino cardinals taking part in the conclave, was appointed by Pope Francis “Not even in my wildest imagination did I think this would happen,” said Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, describing the day he found out that he had been appointed a...
Nick Robinson Today programme presenter BBC In an exclusive and remarkably candid interview – the first since he left office – Joe Biden discusses what he really thinks of his successor’s first 100 days, plus his fears for the future if the Atlantic Alliance collapses It is hard to believe that the man I greet...
To paraphrase Bill Murray from Stripes: There’s something wrong here. There’s something very, very wrong here. Donald Trump — who last I checked was the duly elected president of the United States — nominated Ed Martin to serve as US Attorney for Washington DC, and also has him serving as interim US Attorney. With only a...
Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course will host a DP World Tour event for the first time as the Scottish Championship returns to the circuit from 7-10 August. The event has been played once before, in October 2020 at Fairmont St Andrews, and will replace the cancelled Czech Masters. Owned by the president of the United...
Peter Hoskins Business reporter Getty Images US President Donald Trump says he will hit movies made in foreign countries with 100% tariffs, as he ramps up trade disputes with nations around the world. Trump said he was authorising the US Trade Representative to start the process to impose the levy because America’s movie industry was...
The Togolese leader, Faure Gnassingbé, has been sworn in as “President of the Council of Ministers” – a new post which is the highest office in the government’s executive branch and has no official term limits. This follows constitutional reform that ended presidential elections, and introduced a parliamentary system. The opposition said the change was...
Two days after the Ecuadorian presidential election, leftist economist and politician Diego Borja traveled by car to the Colombian border with his wife. They hoped to vacation in the neighboring country for the Catholic holy week of Semana Santa. But there, Ecuadorian border agents confiscated his ID cards and detained him. They said Borja, whose...
Trump admitted in an interview on Tuesday that he could get the Maryland father back with a single phone call. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) has said that El Salvador’s vice president claims that the country is only holding American resident Kilmar Abrego García because it has a contractual obligation to the U.S., which is...
BBC Verify: How did rebels train to overthrow the President of Syria? Read full article at source...
Morgan Gisholt Minard BBC News Reporting fromin Warren, Michigan Helena Humphrey Reporting fromin Atlanta, Georgia Watch: Trump’s first 100 days… in just 2 minutes US President Donald Trump has celebrated the 100th day of his second term in office with a campaign-style speech, touting his achievements and targeting political foes. Hailing what he called a...
Namibia’s new president has announced that university fees will be scrapped from 2026. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the country’s first female president, made the announcement during her maiden state of the nation address on Thursday evening. Addressing lawmakers, Nandi-Ndaitwah said that students would pay “no registration [or] tuition fees” at all public universities and technical colleges....
Second Third Fourth Fifth look at John Fetterman? The Senate Democrat from Pennsylvania sounds tougher on Iran than many of the Senate Republicans, and possibly tougher than Donald Trump himself. Today, the news about negotiations over the Iranian nuclear-weapons program sounds at least somewhat promising. We’ll get to that shortly, but Fetterman ain’t buying it,...
US President Donald Trump says he has “no intention of firing” Jerome Powell after repeatedly criticising the head of the Federal Reserve. But he added that he would like Powell to be “a little more active” when it comes to cutting interest rates. Speaking in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump also said he is...