How — and why — Britain is ‘triggering’ Trump

This weekend, January 11-12, U.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves will be visiting Mainland China. The Labour government, which came to power thanks to an election landslide in July 2024, considers the trip to be of great importance to the U.K. economy. But according to Politico reporters Hannah Brenton and Dan Bloom, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s “virulent…

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As storm Trump approaches, EU tries to play it cool

by Olivier BAUBE / Max DELANY Donald Trump hasn’t even moved back into the White House yet — but the volatile US president-elect has already succeeded in rattling his counterparts in the EU. With under two weeks to go to his inauguration, Trump set alarm bells ringing with a string of provocative statements including refusing…

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UN watchdog says Australia violated asylum seekers’ rights

by Nina LARSON Australia violated the rights of asylum seekers arbitrarily detained on the island of Nauru, a UN watchdog ruled Thursday, in a warning to other countries intent on outsourcing asylum processing. The UN Human Rights Committee published decisions in two cases involving 25 refugees and asylum seekers who endured years of arbitrary detention…

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