A NATO convoy rolls down a Riga street on a bright July day, past a pharmacy and a row of kebab shops. At an intersection in the city centre there is a blast, and the lead tank catches fire. The streets are…
Tia Ward
Experienced News Reporter with a demonstrated history of working in the broadcast media industry. Skilled in News Writing, Editing, Journalism, Creative Writing, and English.
Silicon Valley is arguing with itself over whether to ease off. Beijing has given no indication it intends to. More than 1,100 staff at some of the most powerful AI companies in the world have signed a petition asking the US government…
When European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen laid out the 20th package of economic sanctions against Russia, she built it around maritime services. “On energy, we introduce a full maritime services ban for Russian crude oil. It will slash further Russia’s…
On the evening of 12 April, Viktor Orbán picked up the phone and spent about a minute congratulating Péter Magyar on the centre-right Tisza Party’s election win, conceding defeat after a long run as Hungary’s far-right prime minister. That short call also…
The crisis in Ceuta lands on the agenda of an emergency meeting of EU interior ministers on Tuesday, where Spain intends to press for a shared European response and answer criticism from partner governments, with Italy and Denmark leading the complaints over…
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar is contending with the sternest challenge his administration has faced since taking power, after the partial shutdown of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant put summer electricity supply at risk. Every reactor at the site but one has…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has urged tighter surveillance and physical barriers at exposed sections of the EU’s external border in the wake of the Ceuta crisis, according to a letter sent to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and seen…
Reform UK said on Monday it would mount what it described as the biggest military deployment in the English Channel since the Second World War to halt asylum seekers reaching Britain, an announcement that comes as the party slides in the polls…
The Japanese yen climbed to its strongest level in three months on Monday, reaching about ¥155 against the US dollar, after Tokyo and Washington confirmed they had bought the currency together in the market late last week. Japan’s finance ministry said the…
Most pill organizers cost less than a coffee. They are made from thin plastic, stamped with oversized day-of-week labels, and designed to do one job without lasting long enough to do it well. Ghaida Alkhaled, the founder and CEO of Maybliss, spent…
