Month: July 2010

A “truly radical” pay-as-you-drive scheme for Britain’s motorways should be introduced to help the country switch to a low-carbon economy, a senior Tory MP has said. Tim Yeo, who chairs the Commons Energy and Climate […] […]

JAMAICANS have a wise saying: “Wha gaawn bad a mawnin, caan come good a evenin”, roughly translated to say what has gone bad in the beginning, can’t be made good in the end. We wonder […] […]

Any threat to the future of Britain’s nuclear deterrent from spending cuts would mean “playing fast and loose” with national security, Defence Secretary Liam Fox has warned. Dr Fox confirmed that he was in discussions […] […]

WASHINGTON — An 8-year-old policy that forbids government contractors and employees to engage in sex trafficking in war zones has proved almost impossible to enforce amid indications that such activities are occurring in Iraq and […] […]

SEOUL, South Korea—Trapped by two Chinese divisions, troops of the 8th U.S. Cavalry Regiment were left to die in far northern Korea, abandoned by the U.S. command in a Korean War episode viewed as one […] […]