カテゴリー: US politics
Beijing seeks to decipher effect of Iran war on US midterms and best way to apply pressure when Trump meets XiThe White House said on Wednesday that China had agreed to postpone Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing, as war in the Middle East rages on, compl…
The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats and the people who defend both. Now the world is seeking a new way forwardOn 22 January 2024, at the inauguration of the current Liberian president, Joseph Boakai,…
Frigate goes down off Sri Lanka as Washington and Israel step up their offensive and promise to hit ‘deeper’ targets in IranMiddle East crisis – live updatesA torpedo fired by a US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the south coast of Sri Lanka as t…
Interim president José Jerí voted out by country’s congress amid scandal concerning secretive meetings Peru’s interim president has been forced out of office in an “express impeachment” after a political scandal over his secretive meetings with Chinese…
Analysis shows that the world is moving closer to China, as Trump’s isolationism rears its head at the United NationsDonald Trump’s return to the White House has accelerated a profound shift in the global order, according to new analysis.A report from …
US ambassador defends attack as ‘law enforcement’ action against an ‘illegitimate’ leader, not an act of warThe ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in VenezuelaThe US has faced widespread condemnation for a “crime of aggression” in Venezuel…
At least 20 killed and almost 200 injured, as Trump claims he can settle hostilities ‘pretty quickly’What’s behind the Thailand-Cambodia clashes – explained in 30 secondsDeadly fighting has continued along the disputed border of Cambodia and Thailand, …
The administration is heightening its anti-immigrant crackdown – and punishing people from a country the US helped destroyAfter two national guard members were ambushed in Washington DC last week, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition…
A new feature on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter allows users to see the location of other accounts. It has resulted in a firestorm of recriminationsWhen X rolled out a new feature revealing the locations of popular accounts, the co…
Human rights monitors say it is not safe to return, citing reports of ‘serious crimes in the run-up to elections’Myanmar’s junta applauded the Trump administration on Wednesday for halting a scheme that protected its citizens from deportation from the …
Cheney, who served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush, will be remembered for controversial role after 9/11Dick Cheney, the divisive US vice-president under George W Bush who helped lead the country into a disastrous invasion of Iraq, died on…
Means, a wellness influencer, was due to appear before the health, education, labor and pensions committeeIn the days leading up to the Trump-Xi meeting, American officials signalled that the US president did not intend to make good on a recent threat …
Indian-American Ashley Tellis allegedly obtained US military data and passed envelopes to Chinese officialsA prominent Indian-American academic and former US government adviser has been arrested and charged with the unlawful detention of national secur…
Provision of internet access to scam centres being investigated as Starlink swiftly becomes Myanmar’s biggest internet service providerA powerful bipartisan committee in the US Congress says it has begun an investigation into the involvement of Elon Mu…
Provision of internet access to scam centres being investigated as Starlink swiftly becomes Myanmar’s biggest internet service providerA powerful bipartisan committee in the US Congress says it has begun an investigation into the involvement of Elon Mu…