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The Nobel Committee is reminding us that we can’t build a new European post-war order, however fair, by building a new wall. It’s enough to remember the wall that emerged in the aftermath of World War II and failed to bring peace to Europe.
Plus, Sturgeon’s Scottish referendum plan is tested in court and London’s iconic Battersea Power Station reopens as a fun palace
President Mohamud has launched a counterinsurgency campaign against the al-Qaeda-linked group.
Months of discreet American diplomacy have failed to stop the fighting in northern Ethiopia. Now, the civil war is plunging into its most alarming phase yet.
This story, plus the Twitter-Musk trial stalls as proposed deal looms, a look at research on alternative social media sites, how news organizations are grappling with covering demonstrations in Iran and more, all in today’s media headlines. Top Stories Oct 6, 2022Major newspaper company will stop endorsing national and statewide candidatesKatie Robertson / The New […] The…
Europe’s American president: The paradox of Ursula von der Leyen European Commission chief’s top-down approach has endeared her to Washington but alienated colleagues in Brussels. By Suzanne Lynch and Ilya Gridneff Illustration by Lucas Peverill for POLITICO Ursula von der Leyen’s whirlwind tour of the United States started in New York at the United Nations General…
Africa’s mobile phone market is one area where U.S.-China technology decoupling will be evident, an industry at the heart of Africa’s digital transformation.
A report by the U.N. human rights office finds systemic racism against people of African descent is deep-rooted and says urgent measures are needed to dismantle discriminatory systems. It took the death of a Black man, George Floyd, 46, at the hands of a police officer in the United States in May 2020 to draw…
Marilyn Nance was 23 when she photographed FESTAC ’77, the immense gathering of Black artists in Nigeria. In ‘Last Day in Lagos,’ she shares her archive.
How backing Kyiv can bridge the partisan divide and make U.S. foreign policy great again.