Новости за 04.12.2024

STRICTLY has been plunged into a new fix row, with fans claiming bosses ‘want to get rid of’ Tasha Ghouri.

We would like to see test scores rise. But we should not panic: We need to investigate these scores more deeply to understand what produced them, and standardized tests are limited in what they can tell us about education quality.

Mohamad Bazzi, The Guardian

Biden could have achieved a ceasefire in Gaza months ago if he had truly...

M. E. Synon, Brussels Signal

The Greens are failing in elections all over Europe. They were wiped out in Iceland's elections and have only just avoided the same fate in Ireland. This...

Victor Goury-Laffont, Politico EU

France's far-right leader has brought the government to its knees. Now, with the country in political turmoil, she has the president in her sights.

Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post

Iran is clearly trying to shore up support for the Assad regime after the regime suffered setbacks at the hands of...

Bradley K. Martin and Uwe Parpart, Asia Times

Journalists going after a story traditionally focus on answering the "five Ws" but that has often been difficult in South Korea.

Beka Chedia, CEPA

Protesters have been angered by a sudden decision that has put the country's future on the line.

Jonathan Sweet and Mark Toth, The Hill

It has been another bad week for Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin.

Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Times of Israel

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) held its annual summit in Kuwait on Sunday and issued a statement that sounded like Iran in thrashing Israel, but...

Robert Farley, 19FortyFive

World War III in 2025? The year 2024 is promising to leave a dangerous legacy for its successor. Not in decades has the world witnessed a more dangerous...

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - SEPTEMBER 05: A general view of the FIFA Club World Cup trophy during the FIFA Club World Cup Draw at Park Hyatt Jeddah on September 05, 2023 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Yasser Bakhsh - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

Con Coughlin, The Telegraph

The lightning assault by Syrian rebels that has seen them seize control of Aleppo, Syria's second city, is a classic case of how the...

Pierre-Louis Bodman, UnHerd

After attempting to force through his budget without a majority in the National Assembly, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has been deposed this afternoon by...

Jamie Dettmer, Politico EU

Aleppo's fall has much to do with the Turkish leader's geopolitical maneuverings — particularly his irritation with Assad for spurning a long-standing offer of...

Aaron Magid, Atlantic Council

More than a decade before Donald Trump descended upon the golden escalator to announce his first presidential campaign, King Abdullah launched an initiative...

Euan Graham, ASPI Strategist

President Yoon Suk Yeol's decision to rescind his declaration of martial law, in the face of embattled opposition from South Korea's parliament, has at least...

Edward Howell, Spectator World

Had you have taken a direct flight from London to Seoul yesterday afternoon, by the time you would have landed you might have been none the wiser that anything...

Ryan Berg, CSIS

The alarm bells are ringing in Latin America. Chinese president Xi Jinping's recent visit to Latin America caps off a decade of remarkable advances for China in the United...

“The charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election,” Joe Biden wrote in pardoning son Hunter.

GUINNESS “panic-buying” has pubs fearing they may run out before Christmas as the drinks giant warned of a cap on the number of kegs available.

Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella was involved in an unsavoury incident St Mary's on Wednesday as he had his hair pulled by Southampton captain Jack Stephens who was consequently sent off