Who’s going to win the American election? With a week to go, the polling and the data all point in one direction, and yet the lessons of 2016, alongside the enthusiasm for President Trump’s campaign, all point in another. Losing campaigns, of course, always point to polling errors and massive enthusiasm for their side right […]
The CEO of a firm established by Hunter Biden has said Joe Biden knew about his son’s deal with a Chinese energy firm and was given 10% of the profit, appearing to corroborate recently released emails.
Oxford University confirmed it would keep testing on foot of an independent review.
The Tory MP was responding to Labour’s Dawn Butler’s call to “decolonize” the history curriculum when she reminded schools that it is illegal to present the views of the Black Lives Matter movement as “fact”.
China has seen the wealth of its billionaires soar, despite the global economic collapse which was caused by the Covid-19 virus originating in the Wuhan province. With GDP growing 5% at a time when European nations are seeing double digit decline, China added 257 members to its billionaires club. In total China’s super-rich got €1.5 trillion […]
Four newborn babies in Adelaide have died after being denied life-saving heart surgery because it wasn’t available locally and the stage-four lockdown in Victoria meant they couldn’t be transferred to Melbourne for surgery. Covid-19 travel restrictions meant that interstate transfers for the sick babies who needed life-saving cardiac surgery wasn’t possible. The surgery was not […]
By now, readers will be familiar with the single strongest argument against Ireland’s impending level five lockdown: Cases are rising, yes, but hospitalisations, and deaths, remain low, notwithstanding the thirteen fatalities reported yesterday. Is the low number of deaths and hospitalisations, as some argue, a glitch? Or is it part of a wider pattern that’s […]
The 418-page document could become public within days as a result of the ruling, despite the best efforts of Maxwell’s lawyers who argued that its publication would prejudice her right to a fair trial.
China and Taiwan recently took their diplomatic relationship to the new level at a reception in Fiji. The Taiwanese government has accused two Chinese officials of attempting to photograph and intimidate guests, and assaulting a Taiwanese official, after the officials gate-crashed an event celebrating Taiwan’s National Day in Suva, the capital of Fiji. Beijing has […]
Several churches have been set on fire by groups of arsonists amid protests in the capital of Chile. https://twitter.com/Ruptly/status/1318182612884541440 Protestors had gathered in Santiago to mark the one year anniversary of anti-government protests which took place last year with widespread rioting and robbery at the time, and reportedly causing the death of up to 30 people. Yesterday […]
A history teacher has been beheaded in a shocking terror attack in the Paris suburb of Conflans Sainte-Honorine. Samuel Paty, 47, was attacked in broad daylight yesterday afternoon outside his school. His assailant, an 18-year old man of Chechen origin shouted “Allahu Akbar”, or “God is Great” as he attacked Mr Paty while wielding a large knife. . French […]
The New York Post has released new emails indicating that Hunter Biden negotiated lucrative deals with China’s largest private energy firm, one of which he said was “interesting for me and my family”, and “for introductions alone”.