https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Haiti-Ariel-Henry-GettyImages-1246045902.jpgNeighboring Caribbean countries pushed Washington to support a leadership transition in Port-au-Prince.
The much-anticipated boxing match between MMA superstar Francis Ngannou and former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, already attracting a surge in online search traffic. Ahead of the clash, we visited Ngannou’s hometown of Batié in Cameroon to find out more about this “champion of champions”, discovering that he used to be a sand miner and…
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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.…
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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…
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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/15/multimedia/15senegal-1-jfgk/15senegal-1-jfgk-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgThe president of the West African country had postponed a coming election, but the country’s constitutional court said the vote must take place as soon as possible.
https://gdb.voanews.com/7ba2b9d7-2166–40b2-b192-4e66743c56d1_cx0_cy10_cw0_w800_h450.jpgDAKAR, SENEGAL — Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Thursday ruled that parliament’s unprecedented postponement of the February 25 presidential vote was not in line with the constitution, pitching the country into a new phase of electoral uncertainty. Opposition presidential candidates and lawmakers last week filed several legal challenges to the bill that delayed the vote to December…
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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Trump-NATO-Munich-Security-Conference-GettyImages-1186241816.jpgDoubts on Ukraine and growing alarm about a second Trump term are likely to dominate the agenda.
Ebola is one of the most feared infectious diseases, with more than half of those infected dying. A vaccine has now been shown to cut that mortality rate in half.
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