Yahoo News Politics daily briefing: January 5
All the latest political developments in the UK, as rail passengers face a third consecutive day of travel disruption because of a strike by train drivers.
All the latest political developments in the UK, as rail passengers face a third consecutive day of travel disruption because of a strike by train drivers.
Sean Gallup-Pool/Getty ImagesRussia’s top diplomat said the actions of Western nations could soon turn Moldova into the “next Ukraine,” according to TASS.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Moldovan President Maia Sandu of being “eager to join NATO.” Sandu, Lavrov said, is “ready to unite with Romania and in fact, to do almost anything.”Romania is a member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which was created to provide collective security against Russia.Lavrov’s comments ap
"Again and again we have to repel the aggression of the collective West," Putin said as Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine continues.
Fewer children = fewer workers = a shrinking economy. China's declining population will have catastrophic ripple effects on the global economy.
North Korea had planned to send workers to help Russia rebuild occupied parts of eastern Ukraine in November, Daily NK reported.
ReutersLess than a week after North Korea promised to “always stand in the same trench” with Russia, it seems even Pyongyang is losing faith in Vladimir Putin’s war machine.After promising last November to help Russia rebuild bombed out parts of occupied eastern Ukraine, North Korean authorities picked out laborers to send and then even recruited some more—but they have now thought better of sending them, according to Daily NK.“This is because they were going to rush the workers over if Russia q
Spencer Platt/GettyPrisoners recruited by Russia’s Wagner Group to fight in Ukraine seem to be increasingly realizing they’ve been duped, and that no one ever counted on bringing them back alive.One inmate recruited by the group back in November has absconded from his team in Ukraine’s Luhansk region and fled to Russia by bus and ride-sharing app, where he says he is now hiding out in fear of revenge.“We thought we’d be equal with the hired fighters, that we wouldn’t be any different, but in rea
Konstantin Yefremov denounced Russia's use of torture in Ukraine, becoming the latest in a string of risky defections from Russia's forces.
The soldier told CNN he fought waves of these mercenaries for 10 hours in a fierce battle for the town of Bakhmut.
Letter: The decision was made by the Conservative government, not by the people in the Brexit referendum, says Prof Paul Willner
Stormy Daniels offered a fierce blowback to Donald Trump whose attempt to ridicule the adult film star may have backfired as he seemingly appeared to acknowledge their alleged affair. Ms Daniels thanked the former president for “admitting” to their alleged affair despite previously declaring that he “never had an affair”. The war of words between the two on social media came as New York City prosecutors began presenting evidence to a grand jury about the “hush money scheme” Mr Trump is accused of using to keep Ms Daniels from disclosing his extramarital affair with her before the 2016 election.
The former British prime minister said it seems like Republicans are "frightened of a guy called Tucker Carlson."
Russians who are incensed by Putin's invasion are sending 'significant amounts of money' via unusual and unexpected sources, says Ukraine's deputy digital minister.
"That's what we are doing," the PM's spokesman said.
The European Union wants Ukraine as a member state, but not any time soon. It cannot fast-track Kyiv’s membership for fear of bankrupting itself.
Shell should invest more of the money in the UK, Downing Street suggest
On this day, Nguyễn Văn Lém was executed by a South Vietnam soldier. The image of his death changed the US's perception of the whole war.
Opposition is a state of mind – and Rishi Sunak’s party is already a long way down the road, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
Mr Trump’s attorney has already been hit with nearly $1m in sanctions in a separate federal case
"The Daily Show" correspondent found some truly wild beliefs among the ex-president's supporters.
When Donald Trump left office in early 2021, he was apparently on much thinner financial ice than almost anyone knew.That revelation, which three accounting experts confirmed upon reviewing Trump’s 2020 tax return, may help explain some of the financial and political moves the former president has made in the intervening years. Snowballing legal fees, along with other possible legal settlements and judgments, threaten to consume the