Financial Times – Demetri Sevastopulo / Joe Biden calls Xi Jinping in bid to reset strained relations Joe Biden has held his second call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping since becoming president in an effort to break an impasse in the Sino-US...
Financial Times – Valentina Pop / How Germany’s chancellor candidates square on Europe Germany’s Bundestag election is open like rarely before, and it is hard to say with any certainty who will end up in government by the end of it. Below is a...
The Guardian – Heather Stewart and Peter Walker / Boris Johnson stakes reputation on £12bn fix for health and social care MPs are set to usher in a historic £12bn healthcare levy on Wednesday, pushing the tax burden to a record peacetime level...
Financial Times – James Politi / End of Covid-19 unemployment benefits poses test for US recovery A big dose of fiscal support for the US economy will be withdrawn this week as more than 7.5m people lose pandemic-era jobless benefits, testing the...
Week 35 of 2021 has marked the end of the summer recess in Brussels. Complications on the exit from Afghanistan called for an extraordinary Council meeting. A rising number of COVID-19 cases throughout the world has seen the Council remove 6...
The Washington Post – Rachel Pannett and Haq Nawaz Khan / Panjshir Valley, last resistance holdout in Afghanistan, falls to the Taliban The Taliban on Monday seized Panjshir province, a restive mountain region that was the final holdout of...
A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to 9 years in prison under the city’s new National Security Law, and an outspoken billionaire in the mainland to 18 years. China has also vouched to further monitor foreign listings of Chinese companies, and has...
South China Morning Post – Sarah Zheng / EU foreign policy chief flags review of China strategy ‘in months’ The European Union is considering a review of its strategy towards China in the coming months, with growing cracks in the relationship since...