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Argentina boasts of Falklands victory after Germany asks them – not Britain – for permission to dock at Port Stanley and Lufthansa says it recognises the islands as ‘Argentine territory’ Argentina and Britain have both long disputed ownership of the Falkland Islands Lufthansa asked permission for two flights to carry scientists to Mt Pleasant They … Read more
Boris Johnson issued a stark warning today that he is near the ‘limits’ on Brexit and could ‘draw stumps’ at a showdown with Ursula von der Leyen. The PM said he would ‘do my best’ to resolve the impasse when he meets the EU commission president face-to-face in the coming days. But he tried to … Read more
Why don’t they get it? Why can’t European leaders understand that when Britain leaves the EU on December 31, it will be intent on being a sovereign independent state? That Europe hasn’t grasped the point can scarcely be doubted. France pushed for unchanged rights to fish in British waters, and has only recently backed down … Read more
Beijing drafts law to punish foreign teachers who are deemed ‘harmful to China’s national sovereignty’ Chinese lawmakers today proposed new rules on foreign teachers in the country Those who are considered to be ‘harmful’ to China would be fired from their jobs Foreign teacher engaging in religious education will also violate the regulation They must spend … Read more
We are living, Pope Francis has said, not so much through an era of change as a change of era – one in which expectations and opportunities have been transformed. The financial crisis and other failures of leadership from a past generation of political and business leaders have turned people against distant and unaccountable power-brokers. … Read more