Diplomats
As voters cast ballots in the Iowa caucuses Monday, many in the United States see this year’s presidential election as a test of American democracy. But, in a series of conversations with a dozen current and former diplomats, I sensed that to many of our friends abroad, the U.S. is already failing that test. The […]
The Chinese delegation is expected to spend time in the Swiss capital, Bern, and Davos, the scene of this week’s forum. Blinken will be in Davos on Tuesday and Wednesday, holding an array of meetings and delivering at least one public speech to the crowd, which is heavy on business leaders. Chinese Premier Li Qiang, […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin hold a joint press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea on November 9, 2023. JUNG YEON-JE/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
Washington has bid a giant farewell to three of its most popular ambassadors this fall. Tian Tian, Mei Xiang, and Xiao Qi Ji, who are giant pandas, will depart for Beijing by mid-November. The large black and white bears—only native to . . .
[1/4]A sign outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple is seen after the killing on its grounds in June 2023 of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
WASHINGTON – The assailant’s gun was in her face, his finger on the trigger. Linda Thomas-Greenfield believed she was about to die. Thomas-Greenfield was staying, as a guest of a fellow U.S. official, in a house next door to Rwandan Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana. It was April 1994, and a militia uprising was about to […]
Russia’s top domestic security agency says a detained former employee of the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok is accused of collecting information about Russian action in Ukraine and related issues on U.S. diplomats’ orders August 28, 2023, 3:38 AM ET • 3 min read MOSCOW — Russia’s top domestic security agency said Monday that a detained […]
Leave No Pet Behind: Returning U.S. Soldiers, Diplomats Work to … The Wall Street Journal Source link
BEIJING, June 5 (Reuters) – A Chinese state-backed newspaper criticised the visit of a senior U.S. State Department official to China, saying his visit was motivated more by Washington’s own goal to portray itself as the side seeking communication and not Beijing. The United States has been trying to create an image as a responsible […]
The U.S. military has evacuated diplomats in Sudan as fighting … WBUR News Source link