In Washington, Everyone Wins if Ukraine Wins
How backing Kyiv can bridge the partisan divide and make U.S. foreign policy great again.
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Zambia and Its New President Are Still on Their Honeymoon
Hakainde Hichilema is hailed as a miracle worker for turning around the fortunes of the southern African country. But with his opposition neutralized and a corruption drive focused on his predecessors, some are uneasy.
When will Europe learn to defend itself?
PARIS/BERLIN — Thirty years after the horrors of the Balkan wars laid bare Western Europe’s incapacity to deal with conflict on European soil, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is demonstrating how little has changed. As Yugoslavia started to break apart in 1991, it fell to the Luxembourgish Foreign Minister Jacques Poos to make the ill-fatedly optimistic…
NPR news chief announces departure
This story, a look into how CNN will cover the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol under new leadership, the Las Vegas Review-Journal is demanding authorities to not review the electronic devices of slain journalist Jeff German and more, all in today’s media headlines. Top Stories Sep 23, 2022NPR’s news chief announces unexpected […]…
On little strips of land, Kenyans grow everything from roses to azaleas to gardenias
As he moves on from Africa to take up his next posting in Mexico, NPR’s Eyder Peralta has one last love letter to a favorite part of Nairobi, Kenya: roadside plant nurseries.
Afrobeats: Chart show host celebrates ‘beautiful year’ for genre
Radio host Eddie Kadi says stars like Burna Boy have propelled the genre into the mainstream.
Africa Eye: One man’s search for a new life in Europe
Africa Eye investigates the struggles facing illegal migrants between Nigeria and Europe.
William Ruto Warns About Climate Change at U.N. General Assembly
“We cannot afford to waste another moment debating the merits of doing something vis a vis doing nothing,” he said.
Biden Paints Russia as a Threat to the World in U.N. Speech
President Biden portrayed Russia as the chief threat to global peace and renewed warnings that “a nuclear war cannot be won.”
On Taiwan, President Biden Should Listen to Senator Biden
Biden once scolded George W. Bush for pledging to defend Taiwan. Now he is making a worse mistake by chipping away at long-standing policy without a better alternative.