Catch up:trade war escalates; Zelensky tries to mend relations with America
During the first joint address to Congress of his second term, Donald Trump said his administration is “just getting started”...
Israel’s army adopts a high-stakes new strategy:more terrain
THE SECOND stage of the ceasefire in Gaza, whereby Israel and Hamas were to officially end the war there, was supposed to sta...
Trump’s armed forces won’t look like Biden’s
DONALD TRUMP, seeing “a big, beautiful Ocean” between his country and the world’s problems, wants to curtail America’s respon...
This year’s Oscars were notably apolitical
IT WAS a throwaway quip, delivered deep in the ceremony’s long flabby middle, just before the award for Best Original Score. ...
It’s time to treat sexual violence in war as torture, writes a UN rapporteur
THE SOLDIERS left muddy tracks throughout the house—physical traces of the violence they unleashed that day. The boot prints ...
Europe vows to defend Ukraine, but prays for Trump’s support
AN EMERGENCY summit meeting in London of the main European NATO countries, plus Canada, ended on March 2nd with broad agreeme...
Catch up:Starmer’s plan for Ukraine; Europe’s need to “urgently rearm”
After a security summit in London, Sir Keir Starmer, Britain’s prime minister, said European allies would form a “coalition o...
Catch up:Europe’s Ukraine strategy; Zelensky’s Russia warning
Britain’s prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, told Parliament he would accelerate talks with allies over a peacekeeping mission...
Catch up:uncertainty over Europe’s Ukraine plan; Zelensky still open to minerals deal
Uncertainty surrounded the details of a European plan for Ukraine discussed at a security summit in London on Sunday. After t...
This week is a moment of truth for Xi Jinping on deflation
WHEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP stands before a joint session of America’s Congress on March 4th, no one knows what he will say. ...