Germany: AfD embraces mass deportation of migrants as German election nears

Germany’s far right is in a buoyant mood. On Saturday, while its conference was under way in the eastern city of Riesa, in Saxony, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) laid out…

UK: I’ll use Trump’s Scottish links in tariff talks – FM

AaThe first minister has vowed to use Donald Trump’s affinity for Scotland in a bid to avoid the prospect of tariffs being applied on imports to the US. John Swinney…

USA: Apple pushes back on call to end diversity programme

Apple’s board has asked its investors to vote against a proposal to end its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programmes. It comes after a conservative group, the National Center for…

Norway: A nation on track to be first to go all-electric

Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in the country.…

USA: After bruising election loss, what next for Kamala Harris?

Exactly two months after her election loss to Donald Trump, Vice-President Kamala Harris will preside over the certification of her own defeat. As president of the Senate, on Monday she…

How Biden tarnished his own legacy

aaStanding at a lectern at Washington’s National Cathedral last Thursday, Joe Biden delivered the eulogy for former President Jimmy Carter while three other former presidents – Bill Clinton, George W…

Palestine: Joe Biden and Netanyahu discuss Gaza ceasefire talks as momentum builds

US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken by phone – in Biden’s final week in office – as momentum builds towards a Gaza ceasefire and…

USA: Trump ally Steve Bannon blasts Elon Musk as ‘truly evil’ in MAGA split

United States President-elect Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon has promised to have Elon Musk “run out” of the White House, in the latest escalation of tensions within the MAGA (Make America…

Saudi Arabia: EU agrees to tackle Syria sanctions as Western, Arab leaders meet in Riyadh

European foreign ministers have agreed to meet at the end of January to discuss lifting sanctions on Syria as foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western countries and the Middle…

Spain: Musk incites hatred, warns against fascism in Europe-PM Pedro Sanchez

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has accused the US technology billionaire Elon Musk of leading an “international reactionary movement” and warned that the far right could make a resurgence in…