Jean-Yves Le Drian is the French minister of foreign affairs. Heiko Maas is the German minister of foreign affairs. Europe and America need a transatlantic “New Deal” to adapt our partnership to global upheavals and in
Every member of the Senate GOP caucus declined invitations to appear on “Meet the Press” this Sunday, according to the show’s host Chuck ToddCharles (Chuck) David ToddKlain: COVID-19 relief could be first example of post-election bipartisan action Republicans increasingly urge
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he had to face a tough decision on whether to allow a big city to be flooded, or to direct excess water to poorer, more sparsely populated Indigenous areas
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump’s national security adviser promised a “very professional transition” to the administration of President-elect Joe Biden in an interview broadcast Monday, even as Trump continues to falsely claim he won the November
Ethiopian troops have advanced further into the northern region of Tigray, seizing a key town on the road to its capital, officials in Addis Ababa have said. The conflict between national forces and troops loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is heading towards the end of its second week. There are widespread fears the war…
A suspected Islamist extremist went on trial Monday in Paris for an attack aboard a high-speed train in 2015 that injured several passengers before three Americans brought him down. Moroccan national Ayoub El Khazzani, 31, boarded the train traveling from Amsterdam to
LONDON — High-income countries have adopted an approach akin to the “rule of the jungle” when it comes to securing supplies of prospective coronavirus vaccines, according to an expert in global health, governance, and infectious diseases. It is likely
Russian President Vladimir Putin went on a “seemingly endless” 45-minute rant lambasting the United States to President Barack Obama, the former commander-in-chief reportedly writes in his new book. The diatribe, according to the Sun, occurred during a July 2009 meeting
A British diplomat has been hailed as a hero after diving into a river in China to save a drowning student. Stephen Ellison, 61, consul-general in Chongqing, was walking by a river in a nearby village when
The kakapo, officially the world’s heaviest parrot, won New Zealand’s Bird of the Year vote after a weeks-long campaign that rivaled human political contests in intensity. It became the first bird to win the contest for a second time