President Biden’s decision not to begin mass evacuations of Afghans months ago has left thousands of people in limbo. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Annie Karni WASHINGTON — As President Biden last month defended his decision to end the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, he delivered a promise as old as the war itself to the Afghans who had risked their […]

Micheál Martin discusses Northern Ireland Protocol We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Protocol, part of the Brexit divorce deal agreed by the UK and Brussels, […]

The Georgia State Election Board on Wednesday appointed a majority-Republican panel to review the performance of the Fulton County board of elections, another step toward a potential Republican takeover of the election system in the biggest Democratic county in the state. The three-person panel will include two Republicans and one Democrat: Rickey Kittle, a Republican member of the Catoosa County […]

The Taliban will be hard-pressed to tap Afghanistan's financial assets after the U.S. froze the country's reserves in Federal Reserve accounts. A Biden administration official told CNBC that any central bank assets the Afghan government have in the United States will not be made available to the Taliban. Ajmal Ahmady, Afghanistan's central bank chief who fled the country, wrote Wednesday that […]

OPINION: We woke on Wednesday in a state of national deja vu. Collectively slipping into our second-best athleisure (the first-best being kept for Government-mandated exercise), scanning the airways for news of new cases, and settling in for a day of work at our kitchen tables, it was easy to feel that this time things will play out much the same […]

Oliver Mundell slams the Scottish 'exam chaos' We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The analysis ranks each Scottish primary school by P7 (Year 6) students’ scores […]

France: Riot police present at Paris health pass protests We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The French President introduced the scheme to link access to restaurants, […]

Boris Johnson opens recalled Parliament We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Boris Johnson has been facing criticism from his own MPs over the management of the […]