Tag: Politics and Government
Trump’s Threat to Take Over Greenland Bewilders the Island’s Population
Christian Ulloriaq Jeppesen remembers how this all started.In 2019, during Donald J. Trump’s first term as president, Mr. Trump floated the idea of...
With Stakes High, Lebanese Lawmakers to Try Again to Choose a...
Lebanon’s deeply divided Parliament is set Thursday to try to elect a new president, potentially ending a yearslong political vacuum and ushering in...
A Far-Right Government in Austria Would Be a Jolt, but Not...
The political party on the verge of leading Austria would take an already conservative country into a growing group of nations shifting to...
Justin Trudeau’s Political Career in Photos
The image of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau receiving a vaccine against the coronavirus, like those of other world leaders, was meant to convey...
Former Cambodian Opposition Member Lim Kimya Killed in Bangkok
The killer was waiting by a noodle stand on Tuesday afternoon, on a busy street in Bangkok, with foreign backpackers milling around. When...
How Bodyguards Are Keeping South Korea’s President Yoon From Detention
South Korea’s Presidential Security Service, an agency assigned to protect the president, prides itself on being the “last bastion for a safe and...
Panama Unsettled by Trump Threat to Seize Canal
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s suggestion on Tuesday that the United States might reclaim the Panama Canal — including by force — unsettled Panamanians,...
Mexico-U.S. Migration: What to Know
Crossings into the United States from Mexico dropped sharply last year. But countries south of the U.S. border are waiting nervously to...
Venezuela’s Opposition Candidate Says His Son-In-Law Was Kidnapped
The man widely called the true winner of Venezuela’s tainted presidential election said on Tuesday that his son-in-law had been kidnapped by hooded...
Short of Heat and Power, the Breakaway Region of Transnistria Struggles...
After struggling without heat for six days, a breakaway region in the Eastern European country of Moldova is now short of electricity, too,...
