Russia doubles down on criticism of US for alleging Syria is planning a new chemical attack

Russia doubled down on its rhetoric against the U.S. for the allegations that its ally Syrian President Bashar Assad was planning a new chemical weapons attack. In the latest salvo, a Russian Foreign Ministry official on Wednesday slammed the U.S. for not accepting...

Labour’s shift has been vindicated. The public is tired of austerity | Owen Jones

Do you resign yourself to public opinion as it is now, or do you attempt to change it? That is a question that has long divided Britain’s left and produced two competing strategies. The “centrist” approach is one that amounts to resignation. Voters...