A few Democrats in the US Congress have begun to voice what many have mulled privately: whether President Joe Biden, the oldest person to ever occupy the Oval Office, ought to choose retirement over re-election in 2024.With his approval rating at 38% – and having held below 50% since May…
Anthony Fauci, who has helmed the United States’ response to infectious disease outbreaks since the 1980s, said he would step down from his position as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to pursue other avenues sometime before January 2025.
Xi projected this confidence while visiting Hong Kong on July 1, his first trip away from the mainland since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. From key personnel appointments to a surge in loyalty displays, all signs point to China’s leader continuing in power, Beijing-Shanghai-based political analyst, Dan Macklin said…
A German court on Tuesday handed a five-year jail sentence to a 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest person so far to go on trial for complicity in war crimes during the…
The vote will be decisive for Macron’s second-term agenda following his re-election in April, with the 44-year-old needing a majority in order to push through promised tax cuts, welfare reform and a rise in the retirement age.
The veteran politician did not give a reason, but she has faced criticism for not speaking out more forcefully against claims of widespread abuses, especially in China.
As Chinese President Xi Jinping is eyeing to secure a third term in office, his political opponents are challenging this bid of the President at a time when his “Zero-COVID” policies have brought the…
A Bolivian court found former interim President Jeanine Anez guilty of mounting a coup.
Whilst Russia represents an immediate threat, the long-term one China poses to the global order is more serious, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.