Ireland’s former European Affairs Minister thinks that the weekend’s poll was a “major wake-up call” for Irish people.

Last year China was the largest market for industrial robots in the world. Managing the dislocations stemming from the transition to an information age economy will be a key test for Beijing.

A new book on Eichmann supposedly proves Arendt was wrong when she spoke about the “banality of evil”. But it turns out, that phrase of Arendt’s itself is greatly misunderstood.

A “Yes” vote in Scotland is looking to create a huge mess in the disuniting kingdom. Make no mistake: the break-up of a 300 year old union that within living memory was the greatest power on earth will resonate.

Vladimir Putin is winning handily in Ukraine. Those who merely shrug their shoulders and mutter “who cares” under their breath are blind to the new and uglier world that has begun to unfold before them.

Is this the death of Britain?

Yes, you heard that right. Yet another impressive triumph for socialism.

Typical: the World Trade Center train station is eight years behind schedule and $2 billion over budget. This is why we can’t have nice things.

America’s choices in Ukraine, as in the Middle East, are few and they are ugly. But a choice needs to be made. The half-hearted dithering that has passed for policy up until now from the West will no longer suffice.

Yet again, Putin looks to have blown past Western ‘smart diplomats’ with his latest moves in Ukraine.