Last week, Chile held a presidential election that featured two candidates on absolute opposite ends of the political spectrum. On the far right was Jose Antonio Kast, a law-and-order type politician who stands for free markets and opposes abortion and illegal immigration. He was defeated in the second round by Gabriel Boric, the first far-left […]
Putin's annual address. Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual end-of-year press conference on Thursday. He discussed Ukraine and blamed the West for the...
NATO readiness. For the first time, NATO command increased the combat readiness of its rapid reaction forces, which consist of 40,000 troops, according to...
Preparing for the worst. Washington and London secretly sent cybersecurity specialists to Ukraine to prepare Kyiv for possible cyberattacks from Moscow targeting power grids,...
Already volatile natural gas prices went through the roof in Europe last week after the chief of Germany’s energy regulator said the Russia-to-Germany gas...
Vote of confidence. Voters in Taiwan rejected four referendums on opposition-led proposals over the weekend. The result is essentially a vote of confidence in...
German downturn. Germany’s closely watched Ifo business confidence index fell in December for the sixth consecutive month amid COVID-19 uncertainty, supply chain bottlenecks and...
