Britain’s Dilemma: to Extradite or Not to Extradite
Recent high-profile extradition cases -- including that of a terrorism suspect set to be released today on bail -- highlight inconsistencies in British policy.
View ArticleBittersweet Chocolate News in Europe
From France's proposed Nutella tax to edible chocolate toys to Britain's nabbing Cadbury for shrinking Dairy Milk bars, chocolate is big news in Europe this week.
View ArticleCan Europe’s Shrinking Military Back up Its Commitments to Syria?
Britain’s armed forces are quickly heading toward their lowest levels in a century. France, which was the first European country to openly back the Syrian opposition, will shrink its forces 7 percent...
View ArticleIs the Economic Crisis Making Europe Fat?
From England to France to Portugal, fruit and vegetable consumption is declining, even as prices continue to rise, and households across Europe are starting to make more food choices based less on...
View ArticleMy Father’s Era of Spying Was a Much Simpler — and Safer — One
We have scandal at the highest levels of the CIA, in part because technology has made spies of all of us, and all of us its victims.
View ArticleSpain’s Crisis Sparks Another Revolution
Over the last several weeks, new squats have sprouted up in other southern Spanish cities hit hard by the mortgage crisis and high unemployment. And some locksmiths and firefighters are refusing to...
View ArticleA New Global Drug Problem
In a first, the United Nations tries to tackle the proliferation of increasingly hazardous new drugs and the parallel easing of restrictions on some old ones.
View Article10 Years After the Invasion of Iraq, a World of Hurt
Across the world, countries as disparate as the United States, Britain and Uganda grapple with the gruesome legacies of a war.
View ArticleIs Europe Trying to Ban Pornography?
European legislation meant to protect women from degradation is being attacked by opponents as an encroachment on freedom of speech and expression.
View ArticleThose Who Love South Africa Ask If It’s Existentially Violent
After the death of a Mozambican immigrant at the hands of police, Graça Machel, Nelson Mandela's wife, says the country is "bleeding." Despite falling crime rates, it may be.
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