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At what point does corporate America start disinvesting in the Republican party? Not any time soon seems to be the answer. Having rushed a tax bill through the Senate that will deliver tens of billions in tax cuts to...

EU has rebuffed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and refused to follow the US move in recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. It was a resounding ‘no’ to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for...

LONDON — In the latest in a series of gestures toward modernization that would once have seemed improbable, Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that it would allow commercial movie theaters to open for the first time...

MOSCOW — Ask Russian analysts to describe the coming presidential election campaign, and their answers contain a uniform theme: a circus, a carnival, a sideshow. What they do not call it is a real election. With...

Deeply-rooted misogyny has a strong influence on the thinking of female voters, writes Marcie Bianco. Why do white women support Roy Moore? Of course, not all white women. But on the eve of the divisive Alabama...

The draws for the knock-out stages of the Champions League and Europa League are taking place at UEFA’s HQ in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw for the last 16 of the Champions League has taken place at...

While tensions remain high in the Middle East, heated words were exchanged at the UN security council, following Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The international community has never recognised Israel’s claim, and several members roundly condemned the...

BARCELONA — Alfred Bosch, a member of the Barcelona City Council from the left-wing, pro-independence Esquerra Republicana party, sees Catalonia’s referendum on independence in dramatic terms. “The legality of the whole process is not the main...

The EU has told Theresa May it will not start discussing the terms of a trade relationship with the UK until February at the earliest, and only then if the British prime minister has taken a grip of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he would seek re-election in March 2018, a contest opinion polls show he will comfortably win, setting the stage for him to extend his dominance of Russia’s political landscape into a...