The UK government has finally announced the recipients of its Local News Fund after delays and complications affected the scheme, recognising that it needs to do better in the second round of the fund. The £12m scheme was announced earlier this year as a two-year stimulation fund to strengthen local journalism and address the decline

The Pentagon’s Emil Michael credits Ukraine for doing ‘some incredibly creative things’ with its drone technology in the war with Russia. Michael, who spoke to an audience in Napa, Calif., said the U.S. manufactured about 1,000 drones under the prior administration. The Pentagon’s technology chief said the U.S. had been unprepared for the modern era

Both parties agreed on this tumultuous midterm election’s essential point. President Trump wanted voters to “pretend I’m on the ballot.” With his approval at 38%, Democrats happily agreed. TOPSHOT – US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as the final steel beam (L) begins to be raised at the construction site of the East Wing

BUSSIERE-BOFFY, France—A convoy of heavily armed tactical police arrived at dawn last month in this hamlet deep in the French countryside, where cows and horses graze near camper vans belonging to people who lead itinerant, off-the-grid lives. The town of Bussière-Boffy, where police arrested a 34-year-old environmental activist suspected of arson. They broke down the

IN GEOLOGY, AN earthquake causes a tsunami. In American politics, a blue tsunami is causing an earthquake. In midterm elections on November 3rd the Democratic Party swept all before it. Ruby-red Texas elected a blue senator for the first time in decades and crimson Kansas for the first time in nearly a century. As we