United States Secretary of State Tony Blinken, on his first day on the job, said the “world is watching” how the administration of President Joe Biden will change course from the “America first” approach of former President Donald Trump. Blinken, speaking to
The United States Senate has confirmed Antony Blinken to be the next US secretary of state, the nation’s top diplomat. Blinken’s confirmation by a vote of 78-22 signals broad political support for President Joe Biden’s promise of an American foreign policy focused
Declaration welcomed by activists who have been calling for it for years in a country where at least one woman is killed a week. Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency over its deep-rooted problem of violence against women, creating new
Brexit and the COVID-19 crisis have weakened the ties that bind England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, says ex-Labour PM Gordon Brown. Unless the United Kingdom is fundamentally reformed, it could swiftly become a failed state because of rising concerns that the
After a turbulent decade of revolution and counterrevolution, Egypt appears to have gone 360 degrees back to entrenched and brutal military dictatorship. In this uneven clash, Egyptian citizens fought those above the law and, ultimately, those above the law won. Those who
Presidential spokesman says state of emergency will allow authorities ‘to make arrests without going through national prosecutors’. The Central African Republic (CAR) has announced a 15-day state of emergency after armed groups tried to block the capital, Bangui, in a bid to
Macron and France ‘are failing’ on vaccine rollout says Moutet The French National Assembly voted in favour of Emmanuel Macron’s Government’s proposal to extend the country’s state of emergency until June 1. The state of health emergency had been in place since
A commercial street in central Baghdad was hit in the attack, state television reported, adding that there were “dead and wounded”. A rare suicide attack hit a commercial street in central Baghdad on Thursday morning, state television reported, adding that there were
‘Fruit’s shape is like a lotus, and hence we have given it a new Sanskrit name, kamalam’, says Gujarat chief minister. The provincial government in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat has decided to change the name of dragon
The Brazilian city of Manaus has begun administering vaccinations against COVID-19, providing some hope as the local health system is under severe strain amid a surge in infections and dwindling oxygen supplies. The Amazonas state government on Tuesday started distributing vaccine doses