Japan’s Kishida Makes Surprise Visit to Ukraine as China’s Xi Visits Russia
KYIV, Ukraine — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began a surprise visit to Ukraine early Tuesday, hours after Chinese President
Read more
U.S. Says Taiwan Visit Normal and China Shouldn’t Overreact
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is putting out the word in advance that an expected unofficial stopover in the United
Read more
Saudi Arabia Frees American Imprisoned Over Critical Tweets
WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia on Monday freed an American citizen, a 72-year-old Florida retiree, it had imprisoned for more than
Read more
How Transgender People in China Are Cornered Into a Dangerous Medical Black Market
When a father in the city of Cixi in the eastern Zhejiang province of China discovered that his 13-year-old had
Read more
Facebook Content Moderators Sue Meta in Kenya
A group of Facebook content moderators in Kenya is taking the platform’s parent company Meta and two outsourcing companies to
Read more
Is France’s Macron Doomed by the Pension Reform Crisis?
Steps from the gilded domed tomb of Napoleon, on Paris’s Left Bank, about 100 union members gathered at a protest
Read more
An Insider’s Perspective on China’s Strategy in Ukraine
China is everywhere in global politics. China is “ubiquitous,” a retired Senior Colonel Zhou Bo of China’s PLA told me
Read more
Will Netanyahu Back Down on His Plan to Weaken Israel’s Courts?
Following mounting pressure from protest groups and a direct plea from U.S. President Joe Biden over the weekend, Israel’s government
Read more
What Europe Can Do Next to Re-Contain Russia
As Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the Kremlin this week, Russian expansionism is getting a tacit nod of approval. Vladimir
Read more
Xi Arrives in Moscow, Giving Putin Boost Amid War in Ukraine
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow Monday for talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin including on Beijing’s proposals to
Read more