The Telegraph Frontpage for Thursay 2023 June 01

By Daniel Hardaker An increasingly vocal cohort of Conservative MPs are urging the Prime Minister to scrap inheritance tax, a move that The Telegraph is supporting. Meanwhile, two people have died and a man has been arrested following an incident off Bournemouth pier. By Sam Hall Good evening. A man has been arrested on suspicion

The first half of May 2023 climatewise

Top, clockwise: An aerial view of the destruction caused by flooding and landslides in Bushushu, Democratic Republic of the Congo this week. A mourner lights a candle at a vigil for victims of the disaster; volunteers unload coffins brought by the central government after more than 400 people died (Reuters/AFP/EPA) Climate crisis 438 people are

Macron plays nice with China – with a warning to Germany

The French president is playing nice with Xi Jinping during his state visit to China Credit: LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP Macron plays nice with China – with a warning to Germany By James Crisp EUROPE EDITOR How best to handle China continues to divide the Conservative Party in Brexit Britain. In the EU, they are trying the

Berlin to let women swim topless in pools in move toward gender equality

While nudity in mainstream American culture is generally considered to be sexual, in Germany years ago we could swim and sunbathe naked. Though some years after the hippie period, Germany in the 1980s became more prudish. The demureness brought division between the sexes. Again a few years later, in 2020 stripping down was again not

Prime Minister met with leadership of the Social Democratic Party of Germany

During a meeting in Kyiv, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, Co-leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany Lars Klingbeil, and SPD faction leader in the Bundestag Rolf Mützenich discussed military, financial, and humanitarian support for Ukraine.   “Germany is Europe’s leading country in terms of the volume of assistance provided to Ukraine –

Business news: Recession forecast in Germany

In January Germany has fallen into recession, experts have warned, after official data revealed a surprise slump at the end of last year. Germany will be the only large economy in the European Union to suffer a recession this year, forecasters have said, in a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz after he insisted the country

History.com: This Day In History (January 26-1918): Ukraine declares its independence

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By History.com Editors. Soon after the Bolsheviks seized control in immense, troubled Russia in November 1917 and moved towards negotiating peace with the Central Powers, the former Russian state of Ukraine declares its total independence. One of pre-war Russia’s most prosperous areas, the vast, flat Ukraine (the name can…

Scholz gives the green light on tanks – but why did it take so long?

Scholz has long argued that he needed to ensure that Germany and Nato would not become “warring parties” and Germany accused of “going it alone”.

The Telegraph Frontpage for Monday 2023 January 23

By Danny Boyle As temperatures drop, demand for electricity rises. For the first time, energy customers are set to be paid to cut consumption. Also today, Boris Johnson has entered the Ukraine tanks row, above. National Grid ready to pay customers to switch off Turn off to earn. Households will be paid for reducing their

The Telegraph Frontpage for Friday 2023 January 20

By Sam Hall Good evening. A counter-terrorism investigation has been launched after a man carrying a gun and a suspect package was arrested inside the grounds of a hospital in Leeds. We also have the latest analysis from Ukraine, as Germany dashed hopes for the quick delivery of tanks by saying a decision on sending