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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House on the one-year mark into his second term in office on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2026
R-E-S-P-E-C-T – What does it mean to Trump?
Europe’s animus is easy to understand and it’s likely to harden as Trump threatens NATO solidarity — if not its existence — with his insistence on taking control of Greenland.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2026
‘Carney Doctrine’ seeks refuge in Beijing’s embrace
Ottawa is fixated on immediate Chinese accommodation rather than engaging in the harder work of building alternative coalitions.
Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of the Apple Daily, arrives at West Kowloon Courts in Hong Kong in October 2020 to face charges related to an alleged illegal vigil assembly commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2026
Fair trade: Jimmy Lai’s freedom for China’s very big U.K. Embassy
China will take over the Royal Mint building next to the historic Tower of London and spend over $1 billion building out its largest embassy in Europe.
OpenAI and others firms are launching AI tools in health care, but their success may depend on transparency about reliability and accuracy, an issue that has already caused Google to fail in the sector.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 20, 2026
ChatGPT's AI health care push has a fatal flaw
Health advice is where generative artificial intelligence has some of its most exciting potential.
British anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Oct. 13, where he was on trial charged with an offense under the Terrorism Act. The court later found him not guilty.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2026
So what does it mean to be properly English?
There’s nothing wrong in anybody taking pride in being English, of course, but as Orwell said, there’s something very un-English in shouting about it.
A supporter of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waits for his arrival for final arguments in his insurrection trial at a court in Seoul on Jan. 13.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2026
The cautionary tale of Yoon Suk Yeol and the ‘abuse of power’
South Koreans use the strength of their democracy to impose checks against executive overreach.
A proposed ban in the U.S. on institutional investors buying single-family homes may sound populist but would do little to improve affordability and would likely reduce home construction.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2026
This is not the way to make housing more affordable
Any good policy to address affordability needs to ensure that it doesn’t result in fewer homes being built. This proposal fails that test.

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The reflection of one of Ueno Zoo’s twin pandas is seen at their enclosure. The animals’ popularity has prompted concern among local businesses that their departure could hurt foot traffic in surrounding neighborhoods.
What happens when the pandas leave Ueno?

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