The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, there’s a revival around the world, a trend that has been given a big boost by war in the Middle East. Over 400 nuclear reactors are operational in 31 countries, while about 70…
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union envoys gathered on Wednesday with the majority cautiously optimistic that a massive loan to help meet Ukraine’s military and financial needs for the next two years may soon be approved after months of deadlock. At a meeting in Brussels, the envoys assessed whether Hungary might lift its veto on the…
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — European Union leaders meeting in Cyprus need to start preparing a playbook on what should happen if an EU country under attack puts out a call for help from bloc partners, the president of Cyprus said. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, President Nikos Christodoulides said EU…
I had an economics professor in college who predicted Americans would someday face individualized prices when buying groceries. After all, he reasoned, every person has their own discrete demand curve, so why shouldn’t different people pay more for the same items at the same store? If I’m willing to pay $3 for that can of…
LONDON (AP) — A former top UK Foreign Office official says Peter Mandelson did not fail security vetting because of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Olly Robbins says concerns raised during security vetting did not relate to the convicted sex offender. He said the vetting agency considered Mandelson a “borderline case” and was “leaning toward…
A precedent was set 50 years ago that still influences decisions today The council and Government fell out over education policy Fifty years ago, Tameside Conservatives seized power at the local elections. What happened next changed UK case law forever. The 1976 elections saw a shift in power from Labour to the Conservatives in Tameside….
There’s a trend developing across Greater Manchester. The nature of Local Elections is changing – and it could mean residents’ votes have more power than ever before. On May 7, residents will head to the polls to choose a new councillor to represent their neighbourhood at their local authority. And for the first time, most…
MADRID (AP) — Venezuela’s exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado drew several thousand supporters Saturday to a rally in Madrid, where the Nobel laureate declined a meeting with Spain’s progressive Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on a multicountry European tour. Earlier this year, she presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize. “What happened in the last…
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians are heading to a new early election that could bring to power a left-leaning ex-president just days after Hungarian voters rejected the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement of Viktor Orbán. Rumen Radev ‘s new coalition is seen as favored to win most of the votes in the April 19…
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is starting a two-day visit to Spain on Friday where he and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez will meet with other leaders, mostly of mid-to-small-sized countries, who are concerned with the fate of the democratic order and the rise of the populist far right….