An unreliable America is making Japan turn to drumstick diplomacy
If Tokyo can’t count on Washington, forging pragmatic new alliances with former foes increasingly makes sense...
Jan 15Financial TimesPoliticsImpact
European governments turn to short-term debt as borrowing costs rise
Sovereign issuers are curbing sales of long-term bonds amid waning demand from pension funds...
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Trump's hugely anticipated Davos speech looks set for a delay after Air Force One had to turn around
Trump is traveling to Switzerland on a Boeing C-32A, pictured on Tuesday night, instead of his usual Air Force One. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Air Force One returned to Joint Base Andrews after a &...
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Immigration visas for people from these 75 countries are paused
The indefinite pause on issuing immigrant visas, announced by Trump last week, will turn away almost half of all legal immigrants over the next year, experts say....
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Live: UN rights chief 'horrified' by Iranian crackdown amid reports of hundreds killed
UN ​human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday he was "horrified" by the violence in Iran as a government crackdown continued. The Human Rights Activists News Agency estimated the death toll at 646 w...
Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact
Trump’s audacious imperialism will only propel China’s rise
US President Donald Trump’s abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been held up as an example of American military power. As Venezuela is not a producer of fentanyl – despite the United ...
Jan 13South China Morning PostPoliticsImpact
Business leaders react to Trump's Davos speech
US President Donald Trump delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump gave his 70-minute-long speech in Dav...
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Passengers flying to Paris spent 21 hours stranded in the remote nation of Turkmenistan before a spare plane came to rescue them
A monument of Turkmenistan's former president, in Ashgabat. NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images An Air France flight from India to Paris diverted to Turkmenistan. It was already running almost a ...
Jan 15Business Insiderworld_newsImpact
US planning for the Maduro raid eyed a time when much of the Venezuelan military was expected to be on holiday, memo reveals
The US initially planned its raid into Venezuela at a time when soldiers would be on leave, a newly released memo reveals. AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez US planning for the Maduro raid focused on a time...
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Photos show how Air Force One has changed through the years
Air Force One Rebecca Blackwell/AP Any Air Force plane carrying a US president is called Air Force One. President John F. Kennedy was the first to use a jet designed specifically for a US president. P...
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