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South Korea political upheaval shows global democracy's fragility - and resilience
by Shaun Tandon - December 4, 2024 - 9:00am
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief imposition of martial law marks a new warning for the worldwide fragility of democracy, even in a country hailed as a model of political transformation.
Climate finance's 'new era' shows new political realities
by Shaun Tandon - November 25, 2024 - 4:56pm
Rich countries' promise of $300 billion a year in climate finance brought fury at talks in Baku from poor nations that found it too paltry, but it also shows a shift in global political realities.
World reaches $300 billion climate finance deal at COP29
by Shaun Tandon - November 24, 2024 - 9:49am
The world approved a bitterly negotiated climate deal Sunday but poorer nations most at the mercy of worsening disasters dismissed a $300 billion a year pledge from wealthy historic polluters as insultingly low...
Deadlocked COP29 awaits fresh draft deal on final day
by Shaun Tandon - November 22, 2024 - 6:37pm
Representatives from nearly 200 nations awaited a fresh proposal Friday for a potential compromise in marathon climate finance talks on the last day of a hard-fought COP29 summit in Azerbaijan.
Harris gives defiant concession speech after stunning Trump win
by Shaun Tandon - November 7, 2024 - 6:55am
Donald Trump's crushing presidential victory heralded a new era of upheaval for the United States and the world Wednesday, as defeated Democrat Kamala Harris gave a defiant concession speech, while promising to help...
Clashes on South China Sea, Ukraine dominate ASEAN Summit
by Shaun Tandon - October 12, 2024 - 11:16am
The United States and its allies clashed on Friday with Russia and China at a summit in Laos dominated by disputes on maritime claims and Ukraine.
Asian leaders meet in Laos with US, Russia on world turmoil
by Shaun Tandon - October 11, 2024 - 9:12am
Asian leaders and top diplomats of adversaries the United States and Russia will meet Friday in Laos to discuss a world in turmoil as war rages in the Middle East and Ukraine.
Harris pitches muscular foreign policy, and nuance on Gaza
by Shaun Tandon - August 24, 2024 - 9:28am
Kamala Harris is making her pitch to voters as a muscular defender of US interests while aiming for nuance on the painful issue of Gaza -- hoping to cover vulnerabilities and to paint Republican Donald Trump as the...
Blinken in Israel as Netanyahu, Hamas trade blame over Gaza talks
by Shaun Tandon - August 19, 2024 - 10:27am
Israel's under-pressure prime minister traded blame with Hamas militants on Sunday for delays in reaching a Gaza truce accord as top US diplomat Antony Blinken landed in Tel Aviv to push for a deal.
Elephant in room at NATO: would Trump blow it up?
by Shaun Tandon - July 8, 2024 - 12:18pm
Western leaders are celebrating 75 years of NATO with an elephant in the room -- will Donald Trump, who could again be the US president within months, blow the alliance up?
NATO turns 75 with Ukraine and future on line
by Shaun Tandon - July 7, 2024 - 10:23am
NATO's 75th anniversary summit was meant to showcase the triumph of a larger, stronger alliance. Instead, leaders are coming together in Washington in the shadow of setbacks in Ukraine and electoral headwinds on...
US, Israel cite progress on resolving weapons rift
by Shaun Tandon - June 27, 2024 - 11:43am
Israel and the United States said Wednesday they had made progress toward resolving a rift over US weapons shipments after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly accused President Joe Biden's administration of...
Blinken returns to Mideast as Israel politics scramble push for truce
by Shaun Tandon - June 10, 2024 - 9:14am
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading back to the Middle East on Monday to push a ceasefire plan, but Israeli politics and silence from Hamas raised further questions on whether he can succeed.
Blinken to return to China with message on Russia support
by Shaun Tandon - April 21, 2024 - 9:06am
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken next week will pay his second visit in less than a year to China, hoping to use easing tension to press Beijing to curb wartime support for Russia.
Israel war undermining top UN court, South Africa says
by Shaun Tandon - March 20, 2024 - 6:30pm
South Africa's top diplomat on Tuesday accused Israel of setting a precedent for leaders to defy the top UN court, as she again alleged a campaign of starvation in Gaza.
Biden, the reluctant escalationist, seeks calm after Yemen strikes
by Shaun Tandon - January 13, 2024 - 12:27pm
President Joe Biden took office vowing to negotiate an end to a bloody war in Yemen and to remove US troops from harm's way.
In rare display, US-China friendship carries climate summit
by Shaun Tandon - December 14, 2023 - 10:57am
Climate change should be seen as a "universally accepted humanitarian issue" and "not a bilateral, strategic question in terms of the South China Sea or other kinds of things," Kerry said.
US joins COP28 push to end fossil fuels but keeps on pumping
by Shaun Tandon - December 11, 2023 - 8:33am
The United States is helping lead the charge at UN climate talks to phase out fossil fuels, but the superpower's status as the world's top oil producer is already casting doubt on its credibility.
Progress but divisions persist as climate summit fights over fossil fuels
by Shaun Tandon - December 10, 2023 - 9:18am
OPEC drew outrage from green-minded countries and activists when it joined Saudi Arabia and called on members to block an emerging declaration that would seek to wind down extraction of the oil, coal and gas which...
UN chief alleges law violations in Gaza, angering Israel
by Shaun Tandon - October 25, 2023 - 11:11am
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday alleged violations of international law in Gaza and urged an immediate ceasefire as Israel pounds the Palestinian territory in response to Hamas attacks, with the...
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