Category: International News

In Altneuland, the Austro-Hungarian journalist and Zionist pioneer Theodor Herzl, swept up by the romantic nationalism and ethnic rivalries of the late Habsburg empire, painted a portrait of the promised land to come, where Jews and Arabs would join together in the mutually beneficial development of what was then Ottoman Palestine. Needless to say, this…

In 1842, broken and defeated, China sent its top bureaucrat, Qiying, to Nanjing to meet with Sir Henry Pottinger, the ruthless British colonial administrator who dictated surrender terms to the Chinese. In the resulting Treaty of Nanjing, China gave everything and received nothing but humiliation in return. They called it a trade deal, over which…

Today in Westminster, over 500 people plan to announce themselves as terrorists, all in full view of the police. Their methods are less molotovs-at-dawn and more Year 8 art project. All the protesters need to do is display a placard emblazoned with the words “I support Palestine Action”. This immediately invites arrest for an offence…

As the mob gathered outside his gates, John Thornton, mill owner and love interest in Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South, felt something more than fear. He felt hard done by. He’d followed every rule and regulation, stayed well within the law, yet here the crowd came. “As if he hadn’t a right to get labour…

Reform might be surging in the Red Wall, but there’s at least one resident of County Durham — specifically, of HMP Frankland — who will be hoping the party doesn’t sweep to power at the next election. Apparently envisaging British justice as a reality show presented by Danny Dyer, Nigel Farage recently announced his intention…

In an era when “crisis” is the word on everyone’s lips, there are still few places as crisis-stricken as the Horn of Africa, where war, drought, a booming population and a dearth of economic opportunities are making life unbearable for millions. European eyes may glaze over at the news of hardship in Africa, but such…

When seven-time Academy Award winner Billy Wilder wrote and directed Sunset Boulevard, his intention was to mock the vanity of Fifties Hollywood. He had no idea that 75 years later his message about the dangers of narcissism would transcend the movie business and come to define our solipsistic 21st century. The film stars Gloria Swanson…

There’s a certain kind of literary man whose best work came with a woman behind the curtain: typing, editing, feeding the kids, holding the world together. Leo Tolstoy wouldn’t have published War and Peace without Sofia’s seven handwritten manuscripts. F. Scott Fitzgerald pillaged Zelda’s diaries for both dialogue and style, only to call her mad…

In the famous comic-strip Calvin and Hobbes, Calvin forms a club called “Get Rid Of Slimy GirlS” (G.R.O.S.S.), sole members Calvin and Hobbes, whose entire purpose is excluding his neighbour Susie Derkins from the treehouse. Calvin is a fictional comic-strip character, and Hobbes is a stuffed tiger. But G.R.O.S.S. captures a dynamic that’s frustrated feminists…

Nations, Alfred Sauvy once argued, grow old without noticing. While the greying of society is reflected in official statistics, the renowned French demographer pointed out that this rarely enters the collective consciousness. Yet European states will increasingly have to reconsider their ambitions, and perhaps even their identities, in light of a fundamental reality — they…

While Spain’s establishment parties drown in platitudes, empty promises, and dangerous immigration policies, one party stands alone in defending the nation’s borders, culture, and security: Vox. In a recent interview, party leader Santiago Abascal made it clear that the fight is not just about policy — it’s about the survival of Spain as a safe,…

An Illinois startup, Savor, is developing a so-called “butter” made without cows, plants, or any form of traditional agriculture — instead, manufacturing it from carbon dioxide pulled from the air and hydrogen extracted from water. The process copies the molecular structure of natural fats, which are chains of carbon and hydrogen. Savor captures these elements, heats…

Canada’s Public Health Agency (PHAC) will soon have its fifth director-general in as many years—Nancy Hamzawi, a devout Muslim whose hijab signals adherence to Sharia, will assume the role at the end of June following the resignation of Heather Jeffrey. The 4,000-employee agency is already under pressure from major internal and external challenges, and Hamzawi’s…

New York, NY — Nearly 24 years after the September 11th Islamic terror attacks, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) has identified three more victims from the rubble of the World Trade Center: Ryan Fitzgerald of New York, Barbara Keating of California, and an adult woman whose family requested privacy. The announcement, made…

Paris — A self-described transgender woman has posted an emotional video claiming to be the victim of a violent assault by a group of Moroccan men — despite admitting to initiating the confrontation by throwing a drink in one man’s face. In the 5-minute video, the man — dressed and identifying as female — says…

When Emmanuel Macron cruised to re-election in 2022, one of his most visible endorsements came from an unlikely source: the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Chems-Eddine Hafiz. In the weeks before the vote, Hafiz publicly urged Muslims to back Macron over Marine Le Pen. He now admits the endorsement was made “at the request” of Algerian…