Secretary of state met Xi Jinping in Beijing and warned of sanctions over China’s support for Russian arms industry Washington has seen evidence of attempts by Beijing to “influence and arguably interfere” in this year’s US elections, the secretary of state has said during a trip to China, also warning that Chinese companies face new…
A survey of Black Americans shows a majority want the United States to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire.
The US Senate has voted resoundingly by 79 to 18 to approve $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as a bipartisan super-majority united to send the long-stalled package to Joe Biden’s desk for signature. The bill was approved after proceedings that were hailed by the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, as ‘one of…
Richard Grenell’s shadow foreign policy campaign is unsettling diplomats and threatens to collapse US interests For Donald Trump, he is “my envoy”, the man apparently anointed as the former US president’s roving ambassador while he plots a return to the White House. To critics, he is seen as “an online pest” and “a national disgrace” –…
Hundreds of newcomers from Africa have filled a shortage of workers in Rouyn-Noranda, creating a new community in a remote mining town.
The West African country’s military junta said the presence of U.S. forces was “illegal.” Increasingly, West Africans are questioning the motives of Western countries operating in Africa.
Amid institutional racism in the US, album artwork sends pointed messages about Black culture and politics.
LONDON — Foreign policy never wins elections, as the old political maxim goes. So eight months out from polling day in America, it’s hardly surprising that domestic reaction to Thursday’s State of the Union speech will be dominated by arguments over the economy, drug prices and the frailty of U.S. President Joe Biden, 82 this November.…
Washington says no despite ‘frantic’ talks between diplomats, as bodies lie in street and army battles gun-toting gang members What led to the Haiti jailbreak – and can democracy be restored? The United States has said it will not send troops to Haiti after a stunning eruption of gang violence seemingly designed to bring down…
Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” There he goes again, another headline-grabbing statement from French President Emmanuel Macron. “Nothing should be ruled out,” he said last week , responding to a question about whether…