THE DEFINITION OF ADDICTION: An uncontrollable urge and the inability to stop engaging in behaviors and ways of thinking despite persistent, factually harmful outcomes. The […]
Year: 2026
Leon Schuster health update: Bed-bound and living on pain meds
South African comedian Leon Schuster – known for films like ‘You Must Be Joking’, and ‘Oh Schuks’, shared another sombre health update…See More
‘Her warmth filled the kitchen every morning’: the magic – and tenacity – of Jenni Murray
The Woman’s Hour host, who has died aged 75, could talk about hydrangeas, campaign against domestic abuse, then tear a strip off a politician – […]
Top Biden Official Supports Trump Iran Attack, Says Biden May Have Done The Same
A top official from the Biden administration has said that he is supportive of President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran from June of last year […]
International Law Is Being Used to Restrain Iran, Enable US and Israel
While many Western countries have condemned Iran’s restrictions on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as a breach of international law, reaction has been relatively […]
Tusk and Macron discuss joint nuclear exercises
French and Polish leaders discussed holding joint exercises on Monday as part of a French-led effort to include allies in its nuclear deterrent. “Among the […]
Hungary must arrest Netanyahu if he visits, Magyar says
Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar said Monday that his country must take Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into custody if he enters Hungarian territory while […]
Ukraine Hits Russian Black Sea Oil Terminal For Second Time In 4 Days
Ukrainian drones hit the Tuapse Black Sea oil port, Russian officials said, causing a fire and at least one death in the second attack on […]
Trump Says US Delegation En Route To Pakistan For Iran Talks
As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL deliver ongoing updates and analysis.
Prospects For New Round Of US-Iran Talks Clouded Two Days Before Truce Expires
The prospects for a new round of face-to-face peace talks between the United States and Iran remained unclear amid confusion over the US negotiators’ plans […]
Fields of Dependency
American writer Barbara Tuchman remarked that “war is the unfolding of miscalculations.” As part of those calculations, the value of each of the lives lost […]
Trump’s looming downballot disaster
With President Donald Trump’s approval rating sinking to historic lows amid the war with Iran, Republicans down ballot stand to suffer, with the president potentially […]
The label wars for Trump miss the point. Look at the wreckage
For more than a decade, political observers have been trying to put Donald Trump in a neat box to explain him — and to contain […]
At MASA 2026, a choreographer’s tribute to Abidjan’s urban culture
The largest performing arts market on the African continent is back in Abidjan. The 2026 edition of MASA took over the capital’s Culture Palace with hundreds of […]
Brazil’s Lula slams UN Security Council at progressive leaders’ summit in Spain
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva strongly criticised the members of the United Nations Security Council during the Meeting in Defence of Democracy in Spain on Saturday…See […]
Wine grape grower bakes cupcakes to pay bills as fuel costs bite in ‘worst’ harvest
Farmers in the midst of harvest in South Australia are having to get creative to help make ends meet. …See More
Profits shrivel as yellow tail winemaker posts $5.5 million loss
The maker of one of Australia’s best-known wine brands, yellow tail, says rising costs and global factors such as tariffs are behind the sharp drop […]
Eurochild celebrates a year of joint action as Vice-President Kopacz publishes her 2025 annual report
Vice-President Ewa Kopacz, the European Parliament’s Coordinator on Children’s Rights, has published her Annual Report 2025 and Work Programme 2026. At Eurochild, we are proud […]
Min Aung Hlaing’s PR pardon a script written in Beijing
On April 17, the first day of the Myanmar New Year, Win Myint walked out of Taungoo Prison. He had been arrested in the small […]
Gulf poised to move closer to China after the war
The Iran war has delivered a profound and systemic shock to the Gulf, fundamentally challenging two assumptions that have underpinned regional stability for the better […]