by Jim Heath | Sep 3, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
The governing Conservative Party lost its majority today as one of its MPs defected to join the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats. Phillip Lee sat on the opposition benches today as Prime Minister Boris Johnson stood to deliver a statement in the House of Commons. The...
by Jim Heath | Aug 27, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
President Trump has announced that he intends to invite Russia’s authoritarian president Vladimir Putin to the Group of Seven summit in 2020, which Trump will host in an election year amid warnings that Russia is actively trying to interfere again in the U.S....
by Jim Heath | Aug 26, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
French president Emmanuel Macron blasted ‘extraordinarily rude’ Brazil leader Jair Bolsonaro today for insulting his wife as their feud over the Amazon fires got personal. Bolsonaro endorsed a sexist Facebook post about France’s 66-year-old first...
by Jim Heath | Jul 29, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
The U.S. Senate late today failed to override President Trump’s veto of legislation passed by Congress that would have blocked the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia. By a vote of 45-40, the Senate fell short of the two-thirds votes needed to overturn a...
by Jim Heath | Jul 26, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Over the past year, there have been handshakes, compliments and extravagant photo-ops—in Singapore, in Hanoi and even at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas. President Trump’s summit diplomacy has raised hopes around the world: Is North Korea now willing...
by Jim Heath | Jul 24, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic, Alexei Navalny, was sentenced to 30 days in prison today for urging a major rally as his allies were targeted with a criminal investigation. Authorities made the move as they seek to clamp down on attempts to...
