Is This Vibrant Democracy in Japan, or Has the Circus Come to Town?
When voters in Tokyo cast their ballot for governor of the world’s largest city on Sunday, they will be spoiled for choice. Fifty-six candidates are contending for the office, a…
When voters in Tokyo cast their ballot for governor of the world’s largest city on Sunday, they will be spoiled for choice. Fifty-six candidates are contending for the office, a…
Ukraine, which depends on American military aid for its survival, has long tried to maintain bipartisan support in the United States. That has never been easy, but it is getting…
In nearly every corner of Karachi, there are signs of the heat wave scorching the sun-baked city. Hundreds of patients suffering from heat-related illnesses pour into the hospitals every day,…
Jordan Bardella, the far-right National Rally leader who may become France’s next prime minister, has repeated the same basic promises since a snap election was called in France. If his…
President Joe Biden’s Friday night TV interview does not seem to have quelled an uprising within his own party to end his re-election campaign after a halting debate performance against…
Jon Landau – the Oscar-winning producer of some of the world’s highest-grossing movies of all time, including Titanic and Avatar – has died aged 63. Landau, who was the long-time…
A record-breaking heatwave that has already caused large wildfires in western US states is set to continue next week. Around 130m people were under some form of heat warning or…
Minnesota Vikings cornerback Khyree Jackson has died in a car crash at the age of 24. Rookie Jackson and two former high school team-mates, Isaiah Hazel and Anthony Lytton Jr,…
President Biden faces a problem with no solution. No interview or speech will convince a doubtful public that he is still fit to serve. Perceptions of him had years to…
When I read the majority opinion on Monday in Trump v. United States, which held that presidents enjoy absolute immunity for official acts within their “conclusive and preclusive” constitutional authority…