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Security, housing ... environment? Why Germany’s Greens are not focusing on climate crisis
The crowd had crammed into a concert hall in central Berlin to hear crunch-time election pitches from Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock, the high-profile Green ministers in charge of Germany’s economy and diplomacy. But to the surprise of some supporters, it took half an hour for anyone in the environment-rooted …
Coca-Cola says Trump tariffs could force it to increase use of plastic in US
My grandmother, Hazel Jenkins, who has died aged 93, was a socialist with a deep commitment to the values of fairness and equality. Her belief in standing up for what was right inspired me to enter local politics.
From 2008 to 2018 she raised tens of thousands pounds for charities …
Wednesday briefing: Inside the US president’s chaos machine
Good morning.
Few words can fully capture the first few weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency. Dizzying? Unrelenting? Disorienting?
Trump’s team has described its strategy as “flooding the zone” – in essence, overwhelming the opposition, the media and the public with a torrent of executive orders, mass dismissals of federal staff …
DJ, dog walker and homeopath among roles on UK skilled worker visa list
Canine beauticians, DJs and pilates instructors are among the categories of overseas workers eligible to apply for UK skilled worker visas, an Oxford academic has found.
As the government promises a white paper later this year to slash the numbers entering the UK to work, a list of specific and …
Questions raised over Lord Mandelson’s work with Chinese ‘influence operation’
Peter Mandelson’s face appeared at the top of the screen. Below him was Li Keqiang, then the Chinese premier. Ringed around them in the online “Europe-China business dialogue” meeting were top executives from some of the biggest European multinationals.
Covid was still rife so the February 2021 gathering took place …
Solomon Islands landowners seek compensation over catastrophic oil spill
The companies allegedly responsible for the one of the worst environmental disasters in Solomon Islands’ history are being sued over the catastrophic oil spill that caused harm to an ecologically sensitive island.
The claim over the 2019 Rennell Island disaster was filed in the Solomons high court last week, just …
Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’
Since returning to the presidency last month,
has called for Canada tobecome the 51st US state
, suggested he mighttake over the Panama Canal
, floated USownership of Gaza
– andtried to buy Greenland
.Now, Denmark – which owns …
UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’
The Home Office has been accused of quietly blocking thousands of refugees from applying for citizenship if they arrived in the UK by small boats or hidden in vehicles.
Guidance for staff assessing people who have applied for naturalisation says that, since Monday, applicants who have “made a dangerous journey …
Tariffs through the looking-glass? MPs in dreamworld over Trump’s latest move | John Crace
See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil. Hide under the duvet and hope the world forgets you exist.
Up until now, the UK government’s strategy for dealing with President Trump has worked out pretty much OK. Wherever possible, do nothing to create waves. To be ignored is very …