How Washington owns the UK’s nukes
LONDON — In the run-up to the British general election, there has been intense debate about the future of Trident, the United Kingdom’s nuclear weapons program, which will reach the end of its...
View ArticleCameron’s faceplant
LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron’s opening salvo in his fight against Europe has already been thwarted. He had intended to push forward Wednesday with plans to scrap the Human Rights Act within...
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How Interpol got into bed with FIFA
LONDON — As the investigation into corruption in world soccer grows more intense, one organization that has a €20 million deal with FIFA now finds itself in an embarrassing corner: Interpol. Whereas...
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Interpol severs ties with FIFA
LONDON — Interpol has suspended its formal relationship with FIFA following a POLITICO investigation that drew attention to the €20 million deal. The Interpol-FIFA agreement was signed by president...
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Interpol to give back (some) tainted FIFA money
LONDON — Interpol will return about a quarter of the money it has received from FIFA, POLITICO has learned. The scandal-plagued soccer governing body pledged to give €20 million to Interpol in 2011...
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Labour’s Hamas connection
LONDON — The idea that an admirer of Hezbollah and Hamas should be a serious contender to lead the British Labour Party might seem fanciful. But amid the climate of confusion and self-doubt that...
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The real threat is China, not Greece
In Strasbourg and Brussels, Greece dominates the agenda. But half a world away, a more sinister economic storm is brewing. Chinese stock markets have been in freefall. Shares have seen their values...
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The right arm of royalty
On a late summer’s day in 1933, the future Queen of England shuffled from one foot to the other, squinted into the lens of a cine-camera, and performed a Nazi salute. Now, more than eight decades...
View ArticleCorbyn is Cameron’s Brexit nightmare
“This wasn’t supposed to happen.” That phrase, repeated by a Jeremy Corbyn supporter as she embraced her comrades on the steps of the Queen Elizabeth II conference Centre after the Labour leadership...
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‘The real Labour leader’ takes a beating
LONDON — Tom Watson was supposed to be the Labour Party’s adult in the room, a deputy leader with the experience and stature to soften Jeremy Corbyn’s hard-left leadership style. But one month after...
View ArticleHow Washington owns the UK’s nukes
LONDON — In the run-up to the British general election, there has been intense debate about the future of Trident, the United Kingdom’s nuclear weapons program, which will reach the end of its...
View ArticleCameron’s faceplant
LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron’s opening salvo in his fight against Europe has already been thwarted. He had intended to push forward Wednesday with plans to scrap the Human Rights Act within...
View ArticleHow Interpol got into bed with FIFA
LONDON — As the investigation into corruption in world soccer grows more intense, one organization that has a €20 million deal with FIFA now finds itself in an embarrassing corner: Interpol. Whereas...
View ArticleInterpol severs ties with FIFA
LONDON — Interpol has suspended its formal relationship with FIFA following a POLITICO investigation that drew attention to the €20 million deal. The Interpol-FIFA agreement was signed by president...
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Interpol to give back (some) tainted FIFA money
LONDON — Interpol will return about a quarter of the money it has received from FIFA, POLITICO has learned. The scandal-plagued soccer governing body pledged to give €20 million to Interpol in 2011...
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Labour’s Hamas connection
LONDON — The idea that an admirer of Hezbollah and Hamas should be a serious contender to lead the British Labour Party might seem fanciful. But amid the climate of confusion and self-doubt that...
View Article4 reasons to worry more about China than Greece
In Strasbourg and Brussels, Greece dominates the agenda. Half a world away, a more sinister economic storm may be brewing. Chinese stock markets have been in free fall, down 30 percent in the last...
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The right arm of royalty
On a late summer’s day in 1933, the future Queen of England shuffled from one foot to the other, squinted into the lens of a cine-camera, and performed a Nazi salute. Now, more than eight decades...
View ArticleCorbyn is Cameron’s Brexit nightmare
“This wasn’t supposed to happen.” That phrase, repeated by a Jeremy Corbyn supporter as she embraced her comrades on the steps of the Queen Elizabeth II conference Centre after the Labour leadership...
View Article‘The real Labour leader’ takes a beating
LONDON — Tom Watson was supposed to be the Labour Party’s adult in the room, a deputy leader with the experience and stature to soften Jeremy Corbyn’s hard-left leadership style. But one month after...
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