Biden Targets China’s Chip Industry With Wider Trade Bans
The Biden administration announced on Monday broader restrictions on advanced technology that can be sent to China, in an effort to prevent the country from developing its own advanced chips…
Russia’s Economy Is Slowing, Opening Fissures Over Policy
The wartime economy that Russia spurred into overdrive is slowing, causing tensions among the country’s economic elites as the war with Ukraine approaches its fourth year. Many Russian civilian industries…
Biden Visits Angola to Promote Lobito Corridor and Counter China
Cristina Nambendi receives training on farming techniques from an American-funded program in Angola. But when asked if she had ever heard of President Biden or knew much about the United…
France’s Government Under Prime Minister Michel Barnier Faces Week of Reckoning
The French fascination with the guillotine has found a new focus over the last week. The man under the knife is France’s silver-haired prime minister, Michel Barnier, known for composure…
80 Years After Killings, Senegal Wants the Facts From France
The middle school students in Senegal listened quietly one afternoon this past week as their history teacher told a story most of them knew already. In 1944, French colonial forces…
Trump picks Jared Kushner’s father for ambassador to France
President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he has selected Charles Kushner as his pick for ambassador to France. Mr Kushner is a real-estate developer and the father of Jared Kushner,…
Canada Post strike strains Christmas shopping season
Getty Images It’s one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year, but for many Canadians, this year’s Black Friday deals may not arrive before Christmas – and that could…
Game Time in Philadelphia: Vote Looms for New 76ers Arena Near Chinatown
More than two years after the owners of the Philadelphia 76ers first proposed building a basketball arena just blocks from City Hall, it is now crunchtime for a bitterly divisive…
Taiwan’s President Visits Pacific Islands to Counter China’s Influence
Taiwan’s president set off on a mission on Saturday to shore up relations with some of his island democracy’s shrinking band of diplomatic allies: three tiny Pacific Island nations that…
Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s top spy pick, faces fresh scrutiny over Syria and Russia positions
Getty Images Former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s controversial 2017 meeting with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and past statements on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have drawn fresh scrutiny after President-elect Donald Trump…