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Mar 18 2017
News
In awkward exchange, Trump seems to ignore Merkel's handshake request
President Donald Trump, who made headlines for shaking hands with Japan’s prime minister in front of reporters for a full 19 seconds, seemed to ignore German Chancellor Angela Merkel when she suggested that they exchange the same courtesy during her White House visit Friday.
PoliticoJul 13 2020
News
The Navajo Nation Selects New Name They Want The Washington Redskins To Use
The Navajo Nation released a statement on Monday that suggested that the Washington Redskins rename their team “Code Talkers” to honor the Navajo Code Talkers that helped the United States secure victory in World War II against Japan in the Pacific theater.
“We strongly encourage the NFL Washington organization to rename their team in such a way that truly honors and respects the First
The Daily WireAug 06 2020
News
The Unique U.S. Failure to Control the Virus
Nearly every country has struggled to contain the coronavirus and made mistakes along the way.
China committed the first major failure, silencing doctors who tried to raise alarms about the virus and allowing it to escape from Wuhan. Much of Europe went next, failing to avoid enormous outbreaks. Today, many countries — Japan, Canada, France, Australia and more — are coping with new
New York Times (News)Jun 28 2019
News
G20 summit 2019: All the latest updates
The annual summit of the Group of 20 nations is under way in Osaka, Japan. At the top of the agenda is the ongoing trade war between China and the United States, the world's two biggest economies.
The G20 is an international leaders' forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union.
Collectively, the grouping represents more than 80 percent of the world's economic output and
Al JazeeraJan 29 2015
News
ISIS Hostage Deadline Has Passed
Jordan have asked for proof of life before agreeing a prisoner swap with ISIS. The terror group's sunset deadline has now passed without news of a deal. An audio message attributed to Japanese hostage Kenji Goto Jogo emerged overnight demanding that Jordan surrender terrorist Sajida al-Rishawi at the Turkish border by sunset Thursday, or Jordanian pilot Muadh al Kasabeh would be executed “
Daily BeastJun 25 2020
News
Scientists claim deep-sea mining could forever harm 'pristine' ocean ecosystems
Mining the deep seabed could cause irreversible damage to ocean ecosystems, a group of international scientists say, raising questions as to whether the seafloor’s wealth of critical minerals is worth the risk.
The potential harms they outline are only the ones researchers know about today. In fact, the world has explored very little of the deep seas, leaving a knowledge gap seemingly
Washington ExaminerOct 26 2020
Analysis
No matter who wins the US election, the world's 'fake news' problem is here to stay
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin were in high spirits, smirking and jovial, when they appeared in front of the press corps at the annual G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in 2019.
It was their first meeting since then-special counsel Robert Mueller wrapped his investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, and Trump was
CNN DigitalOct 29 2021
Opinion
Are “net-zero” climate targets just hot air?
Corporations and countries around the world are promising to eliminate their contributions to climate change. But many of their targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions are prefaced by a slippery phrase: “net-zero.”
More than 130 countries have set or are considering net-zero emissions goals, and many are stepping up as they prepare for next week’s COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow,
VoxMay 14 2017
News
Personnel and Policy
With North Korean nuclear threats escalating into a genuine international crisis, the ordinary thing to do would be to have our ambassadors in Seoul, Beijing, and Tokyo keep in close consultation with the relevant authorities in those countries. A problem: As Evelyn Cheng points out at CNBC, we do not have ambassadors in South Korea, China, or Japan.
National Review (News)Jun 20 2020
Opinion
It is critical to design our Covid-19 recovery for green challenges
Heading the UN gave me a new perspective on the world. In a short time, I saw glaciers melting in Antarctica, devastating floods in Thailand and Pakistan, the 2011 tsunami in Japan and Hurricane Sandy in America. In September 2011, I met a young boy in the South Pacific island of Kiribati who could not sleep because he was worried that the rising sea would destroy his home.
I learnt
Financial Times