A listless President Biden stumbled through a joint press conference Thursday with Kenyan President William Ruto, twice telling reporters he didn’t catch their questions and snapping at another journalist for asking a second question. Source link
Who’d be the best vice presidential pick for Donald Trump? The answer depends upon how the question is asked. A recent Harvard-Harris poll named Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the top choice. But wait. There’s another dimension to the poll. Who would help Trump the most in winning the election? Among Republicans, Ramaswamy helps Trump […]
Iran’s supreme leader prayed Wednesday over the coffins of the country’s late president, foreign minister and other officials who were killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week. Later, hundreds of thousands of people followed a procession honoring the dead down Tehran’s main boulevard. Source link
French President Emmanuel Macron is making a surprise trip to riot-hit New Caledonia, signaling French authorities’ growing confidence that reinforced security and emergency measures are bringing deadly unrest on the French Pacific territory under control. Source link
Mourners in black began gathering Tuesday for days of funerals and processions for Iran’s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash, a government-led series of ceremonies aimed at both honoring the dead and projecting strength in an unsettled Middle East. Source link
In January, William Lai won the election in Taiwan to become the country’s next president. As I described at the time, China was clearly not happy about this, fearing that Lai was more willing to openly push for independence than his predecessor Tsai Ing-wen. Before the election China had not-so-subtly warned that any move toward […]
Iranian President Raisi must have been a really good guy, to judge from the reaction of the United Nations, the European Union, the World Health Organization, and countless world leaders to his death. The United Nations Security Council held a moment of silence to mourn his passing, which makes sense since his country chairs the organization’s Human […]
As official mourning for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was declared by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, other Iranians at home and abroad celebrated his death. Early Monday, rescue teams found the charred wreckage of the helicopter that went down Sunday carrying Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and six other passengers and crew, according to Reuters. All […]
Tensions were running high in the Middle East this weekend when a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials went missing in the mountains while returning from a diplomatic trip to Azerbaijan. An initial search for the helicopter was called off due to inclement weather, but it was located early this morning. Raisi, […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran‘s first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber was appointed as acting president of the Islamic Republic on Monday after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in the country’s northwest. Mokhber, 68, largely has been in the shadows compared to other politicians in Iran‘s Shiite theocracy. Raisi’s […]
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