Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán revealed his country’s priorities for their Council presidency earlier than expected in a press conference on Tuesday (8 October), seeking to get ahead of grilling in the European Parliament. Orbán is due to present the…
Beijing’s action came days after European nations moved toward tariffs on electric vehicles from China, and it included a threat to also hit pork and car imports. Raising the stakes in a trade dispute with the European Union, the Chinese…
The Palestinian militant group fired rockets at Israel on the anniversary of its Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. A year ago, Hamas’s deadly attacks on southern Israel prompted an Israeli military offensive against the group in Gaza. Tens of thousands of…
The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Akesson (SD, ECR), is now in hot water after a media investigation revealed that he allegedly knew the president of a motorcycle club with links to organised crime. Åkesson claimed in a…
A national Times/Siena poll found Kamala Harris with a slim lead over Donald J. Trump. Voters were more likely to see her, not Mr. Trump, as a break from the status quo. Listen to this article · 8:54 min Learn…
N Korea's Kim calls Putin 'closest comrade' Getty ImagesKim (R) and Putin (L) toasted their friendship when they met in North Korea in June North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a birthday message to Russian President Vladimir Putin,…
The episode provided political fodder for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s critics and highlighted the country’s generally high standard of dress. The slightly disheveled appearance of the Japanese cabinet ministers who posed for an official photo last week — wrinkled trousers…
Israel has rejected the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants for its prime minister and defense minister over their conduct of the war in Gaza, in filings to the court made late last month that were reclassified…
Letter of Recommendation What the words of ancient rabbis could and couldn’t teach me. In late 2019, I came upon an article about Daf Yomi — the practice of reading a page of the Talmud every day over the course…
The Hamas-led attacks that day shattered Israelis’ faith in the state, and the year of war that followed has deepened society’s divisions. Yet many find hope in the people’s resilience. Like other Israeli civilians, Geffen Yamin and Eyar Liv Halabi,…