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Trump admin begins mass layoffs at Voice of America
by Shaun Tandon - March 17, 2025 - 10:21am
President Donald Trump's administration on Sunday began mass layoffs at Voice of America and other US-funded media, making clear its intent to gut outlets long seen as critical for US influence.
Trump freezes VOA, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe
by Shaun Tandon - March 16, 2025 - 12:38pm
President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday put journalists at Voice of America and other US-funded broadcasters on leave, abruptly freezing outlets long seen as critical to countering a Russian and Chinese...
Trump warns Gaza 'you are dead' if hostages not freed
by Shaun Tandon - March 6, 2025 - 8:52am
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened further destruction of Gaza if all remaining hostages are not released, and issued an ultimatum to Hamas leaders to flee.
Zelensky offers land swaps as Russia heartens Trump with prisoner release
by Shaun Tandon - February 12, 2025 - 2:18pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready to swap land in negotiations with Russia, which freed at least one American prisoner in what US President Donald Trump described Tuesday as a goodwill gesture...
Colombia caves on deportations after Trump threats
by Shaun Tandon - January 27, 2025 - 1:31pm
Colombia on Sunday backed down and agreed to accept deported citizens sent on US military aircraft, hours after President Donald Trump threatened painful tariffs to punish the defiance to his mass deportation p...
Blinken wades into political crisis with stop in South Korea
by Shaun Tandon - January 5, 2025 - 5:08pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives late Sunday in crisis-riven South Korea where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of the impeached president.
South Korea political upheaval shows global democracy's fragility - and resilience
by Shaun Tandon - December 4, 2024 - 9:00am
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief imposition of martial law marks a new warning for the worldwide fragility of democracy, even in a country hailed as a model of political transformation.
Climate finance's 'new era' shows new political realities
by Shaun Tandon - November 25, 2024 - 4:56pm
Rich countries' promise of $300 billion a year in climate finance brought fury at talks in Baku from poor nations that found it too paltry, but it also shows a shift in global political realities.
World reaches $300 billion climate finance deal at COP29
by Shaun Tandon - November 24, 2024 - 9:49am
The world approved a bitterly negotiated climate deal Sunday but poorer nations most at the mercy of worsening disasters dismissed a $300 billion a year pledge from wealthy historic polluters as insultingly low...
Deadlocked COP29 awaits fresh draft deal on final day
by Shaun Tandon - November 22, 2024 - 6:37pm
Representatives from nearly 200 nations awaited a fresh proposal Friday for a potential compromise in marathon climate finance talks on the last day of a hard-fought COP29 summit in Azerbaijan.
Harris gives defiant concession speech after stunning Trump win
by Shaun Tandon - November 7, 2024 - 6:55am
Donald Trump's crushing presidential victory heralded a new era of upheaval for the United States and the world Wednesday, as defeated Democrat Kamala Harris gave a defiant concession speech, while promising to help...
Clashes on South China Sea, Ukraine dominate ASEAN Summit
by Shaun Tandon - October 12, 2024 - 11:16am
The United States and its allies clashed on Friday with Russia and China at a summit in Laos dominated by disputes on maritime claims and Ukraine.
Asian leaders meet in Laos with US, Russia on world turmoil
by Shaun Tandon - October 11, 2024 - 9:12am
Asian leaders and top diplomats of adversaries the United States and Russia will meet Friday in Laos to discuss a world in turmoil as war rages in the Middle East and Ukraine.
Harris pitches muscular foreign policy, and nuance on Gaza
by Shaun Tandon - August 24, 2024 - 9:28am
Kamala Harris is making her pitch to voters as a muscular defender of US interests while aiming for nuance on the painful issue of Gaza -- hoping to cover vulnerabilities and to paint Republican Donald Trump as the...
Blinken in Israel as Netanyahu, Hamas trade blame over Gaza talks
by Shaun Tandon - August 19, 2024 - 10:27am
Israel's under-pressure prime minister traded blame with Hamas militants on Sunday for delays in reaching a Gaza truce accord as top US diplomat Antony Blinken landed in Tel Aviv to push for a deal.
Elephant in room at NATO: would Trump blow it up?
by Shaun Tandon - July 8, 2024 - 12:18pm
Western leaders are celebrating 75 years of NATO with an elephant in the room -- will Donald Trump, who could again be the US president within months, blow the alliance up?
NATO turns 75 with Ukraine and future on line
by Shaun Tandon - July 7, 2024 - 10:23am
NATO's 75th anniversary summit was meant to showcase the triumph of a larger, stronger alliance. Instead, leaders are coming together in Washington in the shadow of setbacks in Ukraine and electoral headwinds on...
US, Israel cite progress on resolving weapons rift
by Shaun Tandon - June 27, 2024 - 11:43am
Israel and the United States said Wednesday they had made progress toward resolving a rift over US weapons shipments after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly accused President Joe Biden's administration of...
Blinken returns to Mideast as Israel politics scramble push for truce
by Shaun Tandon - June 10, 2024 - 9:14am
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading back to the Middle East on Monday to push a ceasefire plan, but Israeli politics and silence from Hamas raised further questions on whether he can succeed.
Blinken to return to China with message on Russia support
by Shaun Tandon - April 21, 2024 - 9:06am
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken next week will pay his second visit in less than a year to China, hoping to use easing tension to press Beijing to curb wartime support for Russia.
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