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Five takeaways from Super Tuesday

Joe Biden has resurged, winning 9 states on Super Tuesday. Bernie Sanders takes California. Here are five Super Tuesday facts.

04/03/2020

USA

Euroviews. Trump's concerning coronavirus response betrays his White House's biggest flaws ǀ View

For President Donald Trump, the coronavirus represents a personal threat: to his brand, to the economy he claims to be growing, and to his self-professed understanding of how society works.

02/03/2020

USA

Euroviews. Trump’s fragile mental health must be handled with as much care as the coronavirus outbreak ǀ View

As the contagion of the coronavirus spreads around the globe, dealing with Donald Trump's fragile mental health raises many of the same questions of how it should be contained.

02/03/2020

USA

Euroviews. Jeff Bezos' philanthropy highlights just how much trouble we're really in ǀ View

Billionaires' donations will never be enough. The highways, the suburbs and the victory against the Nazis — just to provide a few examples — are products not of the private sector but of government action.

29/02/2020

USA

Euroviews. How Trump officials' fixation on false rape accusations hurts the real victims ǀ View

Members of Congress can't let Education Secretary Betsy DeVos off easy when she testifies Thursday about her department's new budget request. They must use this opportunity to interrogate her about her planned changes to sexual harassment rules on college campuses.

28/02/2020

USA

Euroviews. McConnell will keep trying to limit abortion until voters end the GOP's majority ǀ View

Yes, you read that right: The GOP wanted to jail doctors who perform abortions. The bills, if they had become law, would have allowed judges to sentence doctors to up to five years in prison. Yes, this is happening in the United States. Yes, you should be outraged.

27/02/2020

USA

Euroviews. Why Trump's base is stronger than Bernie's ǀ View

The president has more weapons at his disposal — but he'll still have a tough fight ahead of him.

26/02/2020

USA

Euroviews. Anti-immigrant policies are bad for America. Trump's chief of staff admitted it ǀ View

This administration curtailed legal immigration in addition to its efforts against undocumented people. Now it bemoans that people don't want to move here.

25/02/2020

Turkey

Euroviews. A EU-Turkey trade pact is a better solution to deal with the Syrian refugee crisis than aid ǀ View

The EU could pursue a track focused on mutual economic benefits, creating attractive trade incentive programs in exchange for Turkey continuing its difficult task. Direct aid is helpful, but perhaps the most sustainable and realistic approach is for Europe to set a new higher mutual trade volume.

25/02/2020

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Protests in cities across India against Donald Trump visit

Street demonstrations against Trump broke out in the cities of Gauhati in the northeast, Kolkata in the east and Hyderabad in the south

25/02/2020

India

New Delhi rocked by violence as Trump visits Taj Mahal

Violent clashes in New Delhi left one police officer dead and at least 11 other officers injured while elsewhere Donald Trump was visiting the Taj Mahal.

24/02/2020

Israel

Euroviews. Palestinians need business and opportunity more than a flawed Middle East peace plan ǀ View

Rather than a top-down solution crafted in Washington DC (a strategy that has failed for three decades), the world should focus on “quick wins” to reinvigorate the Palestinian economy and increase startup programmes, business ties and social integration between Israelis and Palestinians.

24/02/2020

United Kingdom

Protesters march for Assange

Hundreds of protesters in London march for Assange to be released and for his extradition to be stopped

22/02/2020

USA

Euroviews. Why pundits think Bernie Sanders is the frontrunner — and why he's not ǀ View

After all the hype about the progressive turn in the Democratic Party, voters aren’t signing up for revolution when they get into the voting booth.

21/02/2020

USA

Euroviews. How we can keep a billionaire from buying the presidency ǀ View

The wealthiest people in our country should not be allowed to use their money to capture the most powerful job in the world.

20/02/2020

World News

Assange says Trump offered US pardon if he cleared Russia

In the latest twist, a lawyer for Julian Assange says the Trump administration offered to pardon the WikiLeaks founder if he agreed to say Russia wasn't involved in leaking Democratic National Committee emails.

19/02/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. In Brexit Britain, Northern Ireland must again turn to the US to uphold our rights ǀ View

In the face of a British government abdicating its responsibilities to the Northern Ireland peace accord, the people of Northern Ireland are turning once again to the US.

19/02/2020

USA

Euroviews. Primary voters know Bernie Sanders can beat Trump with his vision for America ǀ View

With the slogan “Not me. Us,” Sanders acknowledges he’s part of something larger than himself: A movement for social justice and economic democracy to counter the threat of right-wing authoritarianism.

18/02/2020

USA

US targets Airbus as it raises import tariffs on EU aircraft

Tariffs were introduced in October after the WTO ruled that the EU was found to have illegally subsidised Airbus.

15/02/2020

USA

Euroviews. The Senate finally found its spine when it came to limiting Trump's war powers ǀ View

Thursday's vote to require the president to consult with Congress before further engaging in military actions against Iran was a welcome first step in the legislative branch's acceptance of its constitutional responsibilities.

14/02/2020