Greek leader faces political backlash after rail crash

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. ATHENS — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was supposed to be preparing to call an early election — instead he’s dealing with protestors throwing Molotov cocktails at police as a wave of public rage convulses Greece following aContinue Reading

Joe Biden: EU conservative hero

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Joe Biden’s European friends may be miffed about his climate law. But the U.S. president’s America-first, subsidy-heavy approach has actually gained some grudging — and for a Democrat unlikely — admirers on the Continent: Europe’s conservatives. Within theContinue Reading

The secret Saudi plan to buy the World Cup

[ad_1] Saudi Arabia offered to pay for new sports stadiums in Greece and Egypt if they agreed to team up with the oil-rich Gulf heavyweight in a joint bid to host the 2030 football World Cup, POLITICO can reveal.  In exchange, the Saudis would get to stage three-quarters of allContinue Reading