Tuesday May 16: Rishi Sunak met the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky at Chequers. Sunak promises Zelensky hundreds of drones and missiles Britain will deliver “hundreds” of long-range attack drones and air-defence missiles to Ukraine, Downing Street has announced. Joe Barnes reports that Rishi Sunak hosted talks with Volodymyr Zelensky at Chequers to discuss further militaryContinue reading “The third week of May 2023 in the picture”
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Russia facing 60-mile Ukrainian offensive
How far will Western countries empty their own weapons lockers to help someone else?
The second weekend of May 2023
Saturday’s essential news ‘Reckoning’ | India will wage a diplomatic campaign to reclaim the Koh-i-Noor diamond and thousands of other treasures from Britain in a “reckoning” with the colonial past, the Telegraph can reveal. Officials in New Delhi are preparing what would amount to the largest repatriation claim faced by the UK, on a scaleContinue reading “The second weekend of May 2023”
Getting the Frontpage for 2023 April 12
Inflation | An era of ultra-low interest rates will return as soaring inflation becomes a historical blip, the International Monetary Fund has said. In a boon to homeowners, the Washington-based organisation said that an ageing population coupled with low productivity will tame inflation and lead to interest rates returning to pre-pandemic levels. Prince Harry toContinue reading “Getting the Frontpage for 2023 April 12”
The Telegraph Frontpage of Monday April 10
GP surgeries are suspending routine appointments for up to a week as they try to deal with the “most disruptive” NHS strike ever by junior doctors. Plus: Your complete guide to the Coronation. Headlines: This morning’s essential news GPs | Routine services scrapped to cope with junior doctors’ strike SNP | ‘Raging’ Sturgeon ‘told membersContinue reading “The Telegraph Frontpage of Monday April 10”
Xi Jinping’s 48-hour plan to invade Taiwan
The ripples from the war in Ukraine have spread far and wide; they’ve even reached the South China Sea – so it’s time to talk about Taiwan. According to diplomatic sources in the UK, Beijing believes there is a 48-hour window in which it can attack Taiwan before any international consensus forms. In that timeContinue reading “Xi Jinping’s 48-hour plan to invade Taiwan”
Chinese ties with Taiwan and USA trade relationship
Trying to stabilise the US-Chinese trade relationship
The Telegraph looking at the world 2022 December 29
Good morning. A landmark review by William Shawcross, pictured above, into the Government’s flagship Prevent programme has found that taxpayers’ money has been handed to groups promoting Islamist extremism. Meanwhile, teachers’ unions fear that ballots for national strike action in 2023 have been put at risk by postal strikes. Headlines: Today’s essential news ChinaContinue reading “The Telegraph looking at the world 2022 December 29”
The New York Times news coverage: Around the World December 27 2022
Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA, via Shutterstock A man was indicted on charges of murder and attempted murder with a racist motive yesterday, after a shooting left three people dead in central Paris last week. China sent a record number of military aircraft to menace Taiwan, in a large show of force to the Biden administration. EvenContinue reading “The New York Times news coverage: Around the World December 27 2022”
The Week of 2022 September 19 – 25
September 19 Hurricane Fiona leaves Puerto Rico without power Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico’s southwest coast with heavy rains and maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour on Sunday, triggering landslides and knocking out a power grid still recovering from Hurricane Maria five years ago. The storm downed electricity transmission lines, causing a “blackoutContinue reading “The Week of 2022 September 19 – 25”
Some View on the World 