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There is no shortage of gloomy assessments of the global situation at the moment. "In the era of great powers, our freedom is no longer a given. It is under threat," said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the opening of the Munich Security Conference earlier in February.  Merz explicitly mentioned China. "China has the ambition to

A report by a NASA review panel says a error in pointing software caused the Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft's solar panels to face away from the sun. Lockheed Martin hide caption toggle caption Lockheed Martin On February 26, 2025, a NASA probe called Lunar Trailblazer lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Its mission was

A New York City police officer keeps watch on the campus of Columbia University in New York on May 6, 2024. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption toggle caption Seth Wenig/AP NEW YORK — Federal immigration authorities arrested a Columbia University student early Thursday, triggering protests on campus and allegations that agents gained entry to the university-owned

Polls were open on Sunday morning in Japan for parliamentary elections. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved parliament in January ahead of the snap elections, a gamble that she hopes will provide her and her struggling party with a stronger mandate. While Takaichi is hugely popular, particularly with younger voters, her conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

Portugal votes on Sunday in a second-round presidential election to pick a successor to conservative President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa for the largely ceremonial figurehead position. Polls will open at 8 a.m. local time/UTC/GMT on the mainland for about 11 million eligible voters to cast their ballots in a historic runoff — the first in 40 years and only

After almost two years, Haiti's transitional presidential council handed power to US-backed Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime on Saturday. The nine-member council stepped down as it failed to curb rampant gang violence during its two-year-long rule, leaving the Caribbean country in a political limbo and Fils-Aime as the country's only politician with executive power. "Our

Voters are heading to polling stations across Thailand on Sunday to elect a new parliament. The vote is a three-way race between the reformist People's Party, the conservative Bhumjaithai Party of incumbent Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Pheu Thai, the party backed by the still-influential Shinawatra family. Analysts predict a close race that is unlikely to yield an

Washington Post publisher and CEO Will Lewis is leaving the US newspaper effective immediately, he announced on Saturday. "During my tenure, difficult decisions ⁠have been taken in order to ensure the sustainable future of The Post ⁠so it can for many years ahead publish high-quality nonpartisan news to millions of customers each day," Lewis wrote

A peaceful demonstration in Milan on Saturday, near the Olympic Village in northern Italy, has ended in clashes with police. Earlier on Saturday, upwards of 10,000 people marched towards the Olympic Village, but later on, once the larger peaceful group of protesters had left, a smaller group had violent confrontations with police. Flares and stones

Syria's new government and Saudi Arabia on Saturday announced a major investment package dealing with energy, telecommunications, aviation and real estate. The multi-billion-dollar investment agreements signed in Damascus include a major telecommunications project, a low-cost joint airline and an international airport in northern Syria. "Our presence in Damascus reflects a shared vision to build a common