Diplomacy, international institutions and conflicts come with grand statements and very practical consequences. Our international satire examines the decisions of governments and powerful institutions, including America’s role abroad. We follow the money, the leverage and the distance between a diplomatic promise and what happens next.
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Original political satire and commentary · 104 articles
U.S. and Cuban officials shouted at each other at the United Nations. Meanwhile, the economic pressure campaign has helped leave ordinary Cubans without reliable power. The microphones remain fully operational.
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Romania says a fire was linked to a Russian-directed sabotage operation. Suspects were located in Germany and Poland. The allegations remain to be tested, but the response is already crossing borders too.
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Spain has already released intelligence warnings about the deadly Ceuta crossing. Now a judge wants to know exactly who received them and when. Disclosure is not the same as an answer.
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Netanyahu's allies are treating strong Arab turnout as a crisis. Smotrich's party says he suspended campaigning for an emergency meeting. The alarming activity was participation in an election.
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Campaigners estimate that four pending British policy choices could add 402 million tonnes of emissions over 25 years. The decisions have separate offices. The carbon does not.
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