A soldier operates from an artillery position in the Sumy region of Ukraine on June 19.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 15, 2025
Trump threatens 100% Russia tariffs and vows arms for Ukraine
The threats echo punishment spelled out in a bipartisan bill in Congress that would impose 500% tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil and gas.
French President Emmanuel Macron underlined a permanent and organized threat from Russia that he said Europe must dissuade to ensure peace, in Paris on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 14, 2025
France’s Macron raises defense budget and says Europe under threat
The French leader said he will double the annual defense budget from when he took office in 2017 to €64 billion by 2027, instead of 2029 as previously planned.
Israeli-American businessman Moti Kahana holds a flag during a mission to evacuate 200 Jews in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, in March 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 13, 2025
How a U.S. mission to push a Trump deal in Congo unraveled
The story of the ill-fated venture, which has not previously been reported, provides a glimpse of how the Trump administration is prepared to work through unconventional channels.
Co-leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla sit at the plenary hall as the Bundestag, Germany’s lower house of parliament, in Berlin, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 12, 2025
Isolated and fearing a ban, Germany's far-right tones down the rhetoric
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is hoping to go more mainstream and translate popularity into power.
Fired U.S. State Department workers leave the building in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2025
U.S. State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers in shake-up
Critics of President Donald Trump say the move will undermine Washington's ability to defend and promote U.S. interests abroad.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gestures as he boards his flight before departing from Subang Air Base, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 11, 2025
Rubio says Xi-Trump summit looking likely
The U.S. envoy said he had a "very constructive and positive” sit-down with Wang Yi on Friday, building on recent momentum in bilateral ties.
A recent law passed by the Brazilian Congress grants President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva powers to retaliate against trade barriers.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 11, 2025
Brazil's Lula pledges retaliation to Trump tariffs but keeps diplomacy open
The "law of reciprocity will be put into practice," the Brazilian president says.

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