Blinken, in Cape Verde, Signals U.S. Attention to Africa
The secretary of state is beginning a tour of four African countries, hoping to promote positive news on the continent. Share full article Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken toured…
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Supreme Court to Hear Case of Oklahoma Death Row Inmate
The court acted after the state’s attorney general, a Republican, agreed that Richard Glossip had not received a fair trial. Share full article Richard Glossip was convicted in the 1997…
Why Isn’t Biden on the Ballot in New Hampshire?
Democrats have undertaken a write-in campaign for him after a clash over his move to push back New Hampshire on the nominating calendar. They are growing increasingly hopeful. Share full…
Why the deafening EU silence on Taiwan election result?
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EU’s Red Sea mission comes at a price — Somali pirates are back
The EU's Atalanta mission against hijacking in action (Photo: German navy) The European Union has the ambition be a global maritime security provider as emphasized in the October 20
Erdogan promises Meloni to curb migrant flows
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was welcomed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Sunday, a meeting that appears to have laid the groundwork for an upcoming agreement between…
Reporters Without Borders: Tusk’s media reform was necessary
The controversial changes in the public media by Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government were necessary, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), who added that the government needs to be more…
Harris Begins a Reproductive Rights Tour on 51st Anniversary of Roe
The administration’s task force on reproductive rights also announced what officials said were new steps to help Americans get contraceptives and abortions under an emergency care law. Share full article…
Haley Gets a Trump Matchup, but Now Faces the Trump Machine
As Nikki Haley celebrated Ron DeSantis’s departure from the Republican primary, Donald J. Trump turned his firepower toward his final rival. Share full article Nikki Haley is the last woman…
The Franco-German legacy of Wolfgang Schäuble is fading
The death of veteran finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble marks the end of the post-war generation of Francophile German politicians and heralds rockier relations for the EU’s Franco-German “engine” as Berlin…