Senior British spy veterans have lengthy been engaging recruits for firms with one thing to cover. In any case, why wouldn’t a former spook use their affect and information in the easiest pursuits of their new employer? ...

French PresIdent Emmanuel Macron has seemingly had a change of coronary heart relating to NATO, the North Atlantic navy alliance he dismissed as ‘brain-dead’ in 2019. ...

Polls present that rising star Annalena Baerbock, a charismatic 40-year-old mother-of-two who can do a natty handstand, is on track to change into the nation’s first Inexperienced chancellor. ...

China and Iran have signed a strategic partnership settlement. For sanctions-wracked Tehran, it’s an financial lifeline. For Beijing, it’s the beginning of a difficult Center East balancing act. ...

Regardless of the mewling of the spineless American media, the true coup this week wasn’t dedicated by President Trump’s supporters, however by his opponents. They’re writing a guide on fashionable regime change, and it’s prepared for export. ...

Vladimir Putin says it’s ‘fairly doable to think about’ a full-blown protection pact between Moscow and Beijing within the close to future. Such a deal would rework the geopolitical stability – and be an enormous headache for the US and NATO. ...

Washington goals to formalise its nearer Indo-Pacific defence relations with India, Japan and Australia – often known as “the quad” – into one thing extra carefully resembling the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), a senior US State Division official stated on Monday. The US authorities’s aim is to get the ...

With protests on all kinds of points, political activism is on the rise within the UK. Hope Not Hate has recognized a brand new far proper group as a trigger for concern, however in actuality it’s prone to have little influence. ...

The Renault-Nissan automaking alliance has taken an enormous hit because of the Covid-19 pandemic. French carmaker Renault could not survive with out authorities help, and its Japanese associate faces huge job cuts to remain afloat. ...

The scrapping by the Philippines of a army partnership with the US happens with moderately embarrassing timing for Washington, because it seeks to rally its allies to undertake America’s hostile line in direction of China. ...