Tag: Europe

Beltway Confidential

More capitalism would be a salve for Europe’s virus-related economic wounds

Rainer Zitelmann · July 20, 2020 6:03 pm

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a face mask, visits the headquarters of the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust in London, Monday July 13, 2020.

Boris Johnson announces masks will be required in UK stores, with violators risking fines

Zach Halaschak · July 14, 2020 2:54 am

Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerry Nadler, who are on a collision course in the Midterm primaries.

Beltway Confidential

Trump and other policymakers risk treating the military as hired guns

Daniel DePetris · July 13, 2020 7:18 pm

President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the White House on April 08.

The Interpreter

Joel Gehrke · July 10, 2020 3:00 am

A home built of commercial shipping containers is under construction in Royal Oak, Mich., Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Seven shipping containers will be transformed to make up the 2,100 square-foot home, which includes three bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. Holes for windows and passageways will be cut before plumbing, electrical wiring and other mechanical functions are installed. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

‘Torture chamber’ found by Dutch police in shipping containers

Spencer Neale · July 8, 2020 2:34 am

This image taken from a video shows customs police officers inspecting boxes full of amphetamines pills that were seized at the Salerno harbor, southern Italy, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Italian police have seized 14 tons of amphetamines, allegedly produced in Syria by Islamic State group to fund terrorist activities and destined for the European illegal drug market.

ISIS may be behind one of largest drug busts after more than $1B in drugs seized: Italian police

Zach Halaschak · July 1, 2020 8:36 pm

China aims to control ports and shipping lanes in Europe and the Arctic

Joel Gehrke · July 1, 2020 4:00 am

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept 9, 2018, a health worker sprays disinfectant on his colleague after working at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. The current Ebola outbreak in northeastern Congo has become a testing ground with one aid group for the first time treating confirmed Ebola victims in individual biosecure units used in emergencies involving highly infectious diseases.

Belgian king offers ‘deepest regrets’ over Congo colonialism in royal first

Zach Halaschak · June 30, 2020 5:56 pm

In this photo taken July 11, 2016, a sign warns of radioactive material stored underground on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. The U.S. Energy Departmentâs top official at Washington stateâs severely contaminated nuclear reservation says future accidental nuclear radiation releases are likely because of aging site infrastructure and inadequate cleanup funding. Hundreds were evacuated May 9, 2017 when the roof of a 1950s rail tunnel storing a lethal mix of waste from plutonium production collapsed. Tests show no radiation was released.

Russia denies nuclear plant leaks as mysterious radiation spike reported over northern Europe

Zach Halaschak · June 29, 2020 11:13 pm

In this Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 file photo, Kosovo president Hashim Thaci gestures during a press conference in Kosovo capital Pristina.

‘War crimes, never!’: Kosovo president denies charges from The Hague and refuses to step down for now

Zach Halaschak · June 29, 2020 9:45 pm

Beltway Confidential

EU should recommend testing travelers, not barring them

Jeremy Beaman · June 29, 2020 7:58 pm

In this Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 file photo, Kosovo president Hashim Thaci gestures during a press conference in Kosovo capital Pristina.

Kosovo peace summit at White House postponed after president indicted for war crimes

Zach Halaschak · June 25, 2020 9:12 pm