While Ludwig von Mises wrote in favor of democracy, his support for it was utilitarian at best, and he certainly did not have a near-religious affinity for it. Mises saw democracy as a means to peacefully transfer political power, period. ...
London’s Heathrow airport has said a new £10 charge for visa-exempt passengers travelling through the hub is a “huge blow,” despite reporting a second consecutive month of record passenger traffic. Some 6.7m passengers passed through the hub in March, up ...
A recent anonymous online poll conducted by RollonFriday, a prominent law industry website, has revealed troubling insights into billing practices among lawyers, with over a third of respondents admitting to padding their time sheets. The practice, known as “time dumping,” ...
Lawrence Stroll, the executive chairman of Aston Martin, has reiterated the luxury carmaker’s commitment to producing petrol hybrid vehicles well into the mid-2030s, defying the industry trend towards electric-only cars. Stroll’s statement comes as a clear departure from the stance ...
Tesco, Britain’s largest private employer, is set to reward its workforce with a £70 million “thank you” bonus in recognition of their contributions to the company’s soaring profits. The announcement comes as Tesco reported a staggering nearly 160% increase in ...
OTTAWA, — China tried to meddle in the last two Canadian elections but the results were not impacted and it was “improbable” Beijing preferred any one party over another, Prime Minister (PM) Justin Trudeau told an official probe on Wednesday. ...
STOCKHOLM — Voters in many countries are suffering a crisis of faith in their democracies and institutions, a survey by a governance watchdog showed, painting a bleak picture in a year in which more than half of the world’s population ...
SEOUL — South Korea’s liberal opposition parties scored a landslide victory in a parliamentary election held on Wednesday, dealing a resounding blow to President Yoon Suk Yeol and his conservative party but falling just short of a super majority. The ...
BEIJING – The last day of US Secretary Janet Yellen’s trip to China coincided with the strongest retort yet from Beijing officials over her claims that China is flooding global markets with cheap goods, particularly in the new green industries. As Ms. ...
MANILA – An escalating diplomatic row and recent maritime run-ins between China and the Philippines, a US treaty ally, have made the highly strategic South China Sea a potential flashpoint between Washington and Beijing. The issue will be a focus of trilateral ...