List Of Missing Bahamians Tops 2500 As Islands Begin Cleanup

FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — An estimated 2,500 people are listed as missing in the Bahamas in Hurricane Dorian’s aftermath, the government said Wednesday. But it cautioned that the names had yet to be checked against the rosters of people evacuated from the devastated islands or […]

Brussels can’t help but extend the Brexit horror show

The U.K. will almost certainly get another Brexit extension — but don’t ask the EU to admit it. In the meantime, officials in Brussels and other EU27 capitals will spend a few more weeks watching in horror — or, in some cases, with twisted pleasure […]

French minister: EU won’t grant UK Brexit delay as things stand

Brussels won’t grant the U.K. a Brexit extension beyond October 31 if circumstances remain the same, Jean-Yves Le Drian, France’s foreign minister, said Sunday. “The British must tell us what they want,” he told Europe1 radio, Reuters reported. “We are not going to do this [grant […]

Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe dies

Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe, who was once feted as an independence hero but whose 37-year rule left his country deeply divided and nearly broke, has died at the age of 95. To his loyal supporters, he remained until his death the revered leader who […]

Has Europe reached peak populism?

  PARIS — It may seem perverse, in the week when the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) posted record scores in two regional elections, to even whisper that anti-EU populism may have peaked in Europe. Yet a series of events and votes in Italy, Britain, France, […]