Slovakia’s Russian-leaning populist Robert Fico wins another election
SMER-SSD politician tapped into anti-mask beliefs, as well as halting military aid for Ukraine
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Elon Musk is still not ‘reading the room’
Tesla boss will still be heavily involved at Twitter and, perhaps more importantly, will continue tweeting
George Soros: Issuing perpetual bonds would show that Rishi Sunak is serious
The new UK prime minister needs to reassure financial markets after the chaos caused by Truss and Kwarteng
Harsh winter may compel Europe to ration gas, warns International Energy Agency
Soros urges West to defeat Putin ‘to preserve our civilization’
Turkish opposition vows to overturn Gezi protesters’ jail sentences
Philanthropist Osman Kavala jailed for life without parole over 2013 demonstrations
Texts show Virginia Thomas tried to have 2020 US election results overturned
Wife of supreme court judge sought to keep Trump in power and embraced conspiracy theories
Ottawa protests end with conspiracy claims and accusations of betrayal
Three-week blockade by right-wing protesters finally cleared with almost 200 arrests
Conor Pope: I told the world about my vaccine cert. It wasn’t long before the abuse started
Opinion: I am a liar, a fool and a sheep, said those who disapproved of my vaccine message
Pope takes veiled swipe at Hungarian government’s anti-migrant stance
Pope has ‘cordial’ meeting with Viktor Orban but spends just seven hours in Budapest
Irish traders target short sellers as meme stocks move up
Stocktake: Redditors piled into AMC and GameStop stocks in 2021, says Degiro
Maureen Dowd: Income tax avoidance by the US’s richest is disgusting
Paying taxes is an expression of citizenship – you can’t belong to the club and not pay your dues
US investigates leak of records showing billionaires pay little tax
ProPublica report measures tax take against total welath rather than income
Declan Ganley writes off €3.2m in loans to Libertas Institute
Company used in campaigns against EU treaty referendums no longer a going concern
Conspiracy theorist: ‘I have my own opinion on the whole thing. I research it’
Jean Murray says her family thinks she’s crazy for believing Covid-19 is a hoax
The Mary Wallopers: ‘Folk was never supposed to be safe’
The Dundalk ballad band are tapping into the political power of folk, punk and hip-hop
The worst phrases of the pandemic: From ‘meaningful’ to ‘maskne’
Remember the world before ‘non-essential retail’ and ‘pivot’ came into everyday usage?
Inside Myanmar’s army: ‘Most of the soldiers are brainwashed’
Troops taught they are guardians of a country – and religion – that will crumble without them
Stocktake: Receptionists and stock market bubbles
Some take the systematic approach, others look to the anecdotal indicators
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘We’d be a lot better off if we’d remained port of Britain’
‘Credit where it’s due, they just know how to organise things better than we do’
Fauci reveals what it was really like working for Trump
The Covid-19 pandemic adviser candidly describes his year, including receiving death threats
EU court deems Hungary’s asylum policy unlawful
Viktor Orban’s ‘illiberal’ government in tussle with Brussels over migration issues
Cheers and jeers as Poland and Hungary lift veto on EU funds
Nationalist leaders claim victory in dispute over tying €1.85tn package to rule of law
Stocktake: Even Covid can’t save the Armageddonists
Markets now at all-time highs with further gains expected in 2021
US Election: Georgia confirms Biden’s victory after full recount
Biden continues to lay foundation of administration and names incoming director of office of legislative affairs
Giuliani hits headlines with running hair dye as he defends Trump
Lawyer persists in pushing unfounded claims about US poll in call to ‘get to truth’
Trump fires election security official, claiming he made ‘highly inaccurate’ assertions
Chris Krebs dismissed via Twitter after statement saying election was most secure in US history
Lustful leaders: The good, the bad and the narcissistic
What drives those who dominate in business and politics is the focus of a new book
EU urged to withhold funding from governments that flout rule of law
MEPs say they will veto €750bn Covid recovery package unless strict guarantees are made
Sean Moncrieff: What will our mask-wearing future be like?
Masks are here to stay bringing all sorts of challenges in how we relate to each other
America at Large: Deafening silence after anti-Semitic spewing
Lack of critical response from peers after high-profile sports stars’ social media posts
David McWilliams: The Pandession is destroying Ireland’s Craic Economy
Income in the ‘Craic Economy’ – composed of bars, clubs and festivals – has dropped to zero
Hungary’s Orban derides ‘liberal imperialism’ after new EU court defeat
Damning verdict of NGO law on donations comes after migrant ‘transit zones’ were ruled illegal
My fellow Irish citizens! What are you doing next Monday?
Monaco is filthy rich and hasn’t much of an army. I think we could take it in a fight
Little evidence of a ‘guiding hand’ behind US protests
Analysis: Despite Trump pointing to groups like Antifa, vast majority of those protesting in recent days are just ordinary citizens
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