Tories gather amid shortages and cost of living fears The Conservatives began their first in-person conference for two years this weekend in Manchester, ostensibly in a strong position politically despite ongoing issues surrounding HGV driver shortages and rising energy costs creating uncertainty in the run-up to Christmas. The first military…

Tories gather amid shortages and cost of living fears The Conservatives began their first in-person conference for two years this weekend in Manchester, ostensibly in a strong position politically despite ongoing issues surrounding HGV driver shortages and rising energy costs creating uncertainty in the run-up to Christmas. The first military…

Panic Stations The government could decide on Monday to deploy the Army to carry out petrol deliveries after this week saw widespread panic-buying amid supply problems at forecourts across Britain. BP said on Sunday that a third of its stations in Britain had run out. The shortage of HGV drivers…

AUKUS submarine deal leaves France fuming France on Friday recalled its ambassadors to the US and Australia after the announcement of a new trilateral security partnership for the Asia-Pacific region meant the Australian government backed out of a multi-billion dollar submarine deal with France. …

Exasperated Biden prompts backlash with vaccine mandate This week, America and the World remembered the events of September 11 2001, and in the wake of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, considered everything that followed from that day. But no sooner had President Joe Biden ended one “forever war” than he has…

US buckles under extreme weather After slamming into the Gulf Coast, bringing record winds and leaving thousands without power, Hurricane Ida left a deadly trail of flooding along the northeast part of the US this week before moving back out to sea. …

Biden faces perfect storm of crises As the Tuesday August 31 deadline looms for the final US withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden’s administration is this weekend dealing with a perfect storm of crises, as Hurricane Ida wreaks havoc on the Gulf Coast and the Covid pandemic continues to rage. …

Taliban tightens grip as Afghan chaos unfolds Confusion continues around the Kabul airport as America’s longest war comes to an end, with many Afghans desperate to escape the country as the Taliban consolidates its takeover. …

Taliban takes Kabul, returns to power in Afghanistan Almost twenty years after their regime was ousted by US-led forces in the wake of the September 11 attacks, Taliban forces on Sunday entered the Afghan capital Kabul after sweeping through the rest of the country as the United States presence came…