Runner-Up: China May Have to Settle for Second Place Behind America
China's low birth rate and aging population are ending any hopes Beijing had of overtaking the U.S. as an economic giant.
What Leaving the WHO Means for the U.S and the World
"The bottom line is that withdrawing from the WHO makes Americans and the world less safe," says Dr. Tom Frieden, president ...
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Hamas presence in Gaza during truce is a message the terror group is still in charge
Though jubilant crowds celebrating ceasefire have been described by Israel as an exaggeration of Hamas's strength, the group ...
Quad foreign ministers meet in Washington in signal of Trump's China focus
By David Brunnstrom, Simon Lewis and Alasdair Pal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, Australia, India and Japan ...
It's time to return to Cold War-era defense spending, says Poland's president
Defense expenditure policies now should be akin to those in force during the Cold War-era, Polish President Andrzej Duda told ...
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Toward a Settlement of the Russia-Ukraine War
To bring Russia to the negotiating table and end the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin needs to believe time is no longer on his ...
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US Paris Agreement Withdrawal Threatens Global Efforts to Tackle Climate Change
United States President Donald J. Trump announced yesterday the US’ withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Agreement, the landmark ...
Here's why President Trump wants the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization
President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would begin the process of removing the U.S. from the World Health ...
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An imprisoned Nobel laureate underscores human rights abuses in Belarus
Ales Bialiatski, a human rights advocate who won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Belarus ...
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At Davos, Guterres slams backsliding on climate commitments
The world’s political and business elite present in Davos on Wednesday faced an uncompromising address from UN chief António Guterres as he rounded on a lack of multilateral collaboration in an ...
UN chief Guterres calls on Iran to renounce nuclear weapons
Iran must make a first step towards improving relations with countries in the region and the United States by making it clear ...
EU needs to end its military dependency on U.S. and arm itself ‘to survive,’ Polish prime minister says
In an address to EU lawmakers, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk urged the 27-nation bloc to 'take control' of its own ...