President Trump has moved away from his friendship style of negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, into an aggressive and hardball effort to secure a cease fire between Russia and Ukraine, as Putin ramps up the violence.
President Trump traveled to the Persian Gulf this week, for a whirlwind trip through Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, meeting with leaders and securing over $2 trillion in investment commitments and commercial deals.
The possible absence of Vladimir Putin from the meeting planned in Istanbul to lay the foundations for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine raises questions about the outcome of the conflict before the meeting even begins.
The results of the first round of the Romanian presidential election pave the way for the potential arrival of George Simion, a far-right candidate as head of state, which could be extremely injurious to the European Union.
President Trump announced this week that he would be imposing a 100% tariff on all films made in "Foreign Lands," as part of his Golden Age of America campaign vowing to make Hollywood, once again, churn with robust production.
President Trump's first 100 days have been a shock to the world, as he entered office with an agenda, and began immediately reshaping government, furloughing 15,000 government workers in one month, and enacting policies that stunned allies and enemies.
The first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency have given rise to an unprecedented political spectacle. Between announcements, about-faces, bravado and humiliation, the President of the United States plunged the world into uncertainty and left many unanswered questions.
President Donald Trump, and First Lady Melania Trump, joined other dignitaries in Vatican City at the funeral of Pope Francis, where an estimated 250,000 citizens mourned the death of the whom many called the People's Pope.
President Trump resorted to his usual squeeze tactics this week, as he attempted to force Harvard University to bow to his demands to initiate a series a policy changes that would in essence revamp the entirety of the University.
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi-Jinping has continued a vicious retaliatory, blow for blow, increase in tariffs for various products traded between the two nations, and by week's end each leader had calmed themselves and regrouped.
The reciprocal increase in customs duties undertaken by the United States and China borders on a confrontation between the two rival trading powers, with each digging deep on their positions, and promising new leverage in the trade wars escalate.
President Trump announced this week, a sweeping global implementation of across the board tariffs for every country that imports good into the U.S., and for others a special reciprocal tariff based on each individual nation.
As the Ukrainian and Middle Eastern conflicts drag on, the attitude of the leaders who are leading them, here Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu, whose intentions for conciliation remain uncertain, and are questioning at the very least.
French politician Marine Le Pen, the far right party leader, has been found guilty of embezzlement, and sentenced to a four year prison term, and been barred from seeking political office for the next five years.
President Donald Trump is confronting the first scandal of his presidency and using his usual ad hominem attacks to deflect the ramifications of the violation of protocols, which exposed his team as political separatists instead of loyalists.
The two-month Israeli Palestinian cease fire was shattered this week, amidst allegations from Israel that Palestinian government is not honoring the agreement, which Palestine denies, after both sides were unable to negotiate terms for an extension.
President Trump has convinced himself he can force Russian President Vladimir Putin into a peace accord with Ukraine, even if it means flattering him, not realizing the implacable determination of the Kremlin's strongman, inflexible and master of the game.
President Donald Trump has returned to the White House with an agenda, and with a continued brewing unrest among voters, the president, who holds a slim margin in the House, could face a second impeachment in as many terms.
President Donald Trump utilizing his maximum pressure strategy have addressed several critical issues this week, including launching a military strike on the Houthi Rebels, forcing Ukraine into submission, and demanding Columbia University change its policies.
Europe now caught in a vice by the brutality of Donald Trump and the deadly cynicism of Vladimir Putin, the continent is now now seen for its cowardice and its inability to stand up to the two big powers.
After the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s Syria, the momentary hope was a democratic regime would arise from the rubble and usher the nation into a new era, unfortunately, the recent atrocities have signaled this is not the case.
President Trump delivered his State of the Union address this week, in which he presented many false statements and half-truths and combating these statements, the democrats used tactics and optics of their own to message the American people.
Announcing an increase in customs duties on products from the European Union and now China, Donald Trump is continuing his trade offensive aimed at protecting, he thinks, the economic interests of the United States on a global scale.
President Trump shocked the world this week over his breakdown of decorum during the visit with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, which dissolved into a jarring, belittling, diatribe, aided by the vice president as they attempted to demean the dignitary.
President Trump continues to steamroll his domestic and international agendas, allowing DOGE greater access to the citizen's personal data and verbally pummeling Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky accusing the leader of instigating the war with Russia.
The foundation for a new world diplomacy, the United States, China, Russia and the others, President Donald Trump has conveyed to European allies the relationships in place since the end of World War II, are shifting in value.
President Trump and DOGE Administrator Elon Musk addressed the media this week, as Trump signed an additional executive order granting the temporary agency more comprehensive powers to assist in reducing government waste, and spending and streamlining bureaucracy.
The Ukrainian Conflict, now entering its third year, is confronting another unknown as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin aim to transform Eastern Europe into a, possibly walled, buffer zone that would avoid a direct confrontation.
President Trump is expected to sign an Executive Order this week revoking the single use plastic law initiated by the Biden Government, reversing the use of paper straws, which will exponentially increase the plastic pollutants in the world's oceans.
President Trump's statements about Canada, Greenland, and Gaza are both worrying and amusing. They are the will of a man convinced that the consequences of his decisions push allies and enemies to respect and distrust the United States.
President Trump continued his whole of government overhaul enacting more than 300 Executive Orders, maximizing control on the southern border, forcing the repatriation of illegal immigrants, and actions against those governments who refuse to accept their citizens.
The unexpected emergence of DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence application, further reinforces the trade war between China and the United States in this field. The challenge is the domination of AI tools on a global scale.
President Donald J. Trump was sworn in this week as the 47th President of the United States, in a smaller, indoor ceremony as dangerous cold surrounded the city forcing the inauguration to move to the Capitol rotunda.
The arrival of Donald Trump 2.0 in the White House raises many questions regarding international relations, longstanding allied relationships, the diversion of unified goals, and about the increasing risks that now burden democracy on a global scale.
Upon his election as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump, set forth an ambitious and comprehensive plan for his first 100 days in office, envisioning the return of "The Golden Age of America."
President Biden delivered his farewell speech this week passing the torch not to the incoming administration but to the American people to safeguard democracy until the next election, charging them with the protection of the nation's ideals.
What do Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jung Un and more generally all political figures labelled as populists have in common? What characterizes these leaders is a belief, much like jungle rule, that only the strong survive.
President Biden traveled to Los Angeles to meet with Governor Gavin Newsom to announce the federal government disaster relief efforts will remain dedicated to the recovery and rebuilding process long after his term ends.
AccuWeather's preliminary estimate of the total damage and economic loss from the devastating wildfires burning in Southern California is $52-$57 billion, as of January 8, 2024, with the fires still uncontained the estimates are likely to increase.
The trial of the Libyan financing of Nicolas Sarkozy's electoral campaign in 2007 must highlight the passive corrupt practices suspected by the former president and in a period where mistrust of the political sphere has never been greater.
President Biden announced the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, who died December 29, 2024, will be held on January 9, 2025, at the National Cathedral, and has ordered the nations flags to fly at half-staff for 30 days.
President Biden reiterated his commitment that the people of the Ukraine deserve to live in peace and safety, and to defend themselves against all aggressors, and instructed the Department of Defense to increase weapons delivery to the Ukraine.
President Biden has continued to use the last thirty days of his term to build his political legacy, appointing a record number of justices across all courts who remain committed to the rule of law and the Constitution.
President Biden, who is nearing the end of his presidency, has continued to solidify his legacy, commuting 1500 sentences, in what presidential scholars are calling the largest number of presidential pardons granted in modern history.
The arrival of the HTS rebels in Damascus raises many questions, starting with that of the nature of the new regime. Democracy or democtature? And what about relations with border countries in a region already under tension?
President Biden, who vowed after the November election to continue the work until the end of his presidency, is confronted, in the seven weeks remaining, with a myriad of unfinished business from pardons to student loan forgiveness.
By coming to terms with the right and especially the far right, the Government has allowed itself to be caught in the trap of the National Rally by evading the left-wing alliance, which is more open to dialogue.
If the ceasefire that came into force between Israel and Hezbollah is a source of hope for a trampled and despised Lebanon, it is only a time of respite for the belligerents before a new confrontation whose intensity remains an enigma.
President Biden, who has opposed Ukraine's use of long-range missiles in the war against Russia, shifted his policy stance this week and allowed Ukraine President Zelensky to initiate deeper strikes within Russian territory.
Presenting himself as capable of settling the Ukrainian conflict in one day, Donald Trump is nevertheless faced with a complex diplomatic situation where North American, European, Chinese, Ukrainian and Russian interests face and oppose each other.
President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump met this week in the Oval Office, to discuss the transition process, as both presented a unified front, and have stated they desire a smooth transition, as reminders of the 2020 insurrection remain.
If Donald Trump's re-election has revealed the limits of representative democracy in the United States, the election should also serve as a means for a new reflection on the future of political Europe and its relations with America.
Former President and convicted felon Donald Trump has won the 2024 Presidential campaign, proving to the world that the United States is not the nation that its leaders preach to world of integrity, decency and ethics.
A few days before the American presidential election, it is obvious that the election fascinates a Europe fascinated, and irritated, by the United States, like a twin brother that one cannot live without despite its flaws.
The 2024 Presidential Election is ending. By Wednesday, November 6, 2024, the nation will have elected a new president. All the campaigning, lies, rhetoric, distortion of facts, slick marketing and PR slogans, upheavals, advertisements, and speeches, will be over.
By banning the United Nations agency from intervening in Gaza, Israel is defying the international community while giving the impression of locking itself in endless paranoia and a forever war with an end determined by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Macronist group, which is lost and in search of political references, squabble over the 2025 budget which seems far from being adopted and the amendment to the initial text highlights the fractures within.
President Biden met this week with European allied leaders to secure the future of their solidarity with Ukraine and Israel, producing sobering discussions in the uncertainty of the U.S. election, which is less than three weeks away.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continued to trade jabs in a verbal skirmish which illustrates the complexity of criticizing the State of Israel and its military actions without engaging the tool of memory.
President Biden has declared 34 Florida counties, who suffered catastrophic damage as result of Hurricane Milton and the subsequent tornados, major disaster areas allowing for FEMA to begin to immediately assist individuals in those areas with aid.
By waging a war on two fronts, Israel gives the impression that the current conflict is more akin to a headlong rush to save Benjamin Netanyahu reputation than from the desire to free the hostages held since October 7, 2023.
President Biden toured the devastated western region of North Carolina this week, after raging flood waters from Hurricane Helene, swept down the mountains in shocking strength decimating cities, towns, leaving more than 200 dead and thousands homeless.
By placing the migration issue at the centre of his government's action, Prime Minister Michel Barnier is posing as a right-hand man of the National Rally, of which he has thus become the political debtor.
President Biden addressed the United Nations General Assembly this week, in his last speech to the world he called for vigilance against our enemies and support to our allies, as the axis of regional powers shift.
Israel's armed offensive on southern Lebanon, carried out to the detriment of the civilian population, confirms the impunity enjoyed by the Jewish state, which is itself convinced of the relevance of these political, diplomatic and military choices.
President Biden celebrated the Federal Reserve's lowering of interest rates as a declaration of victory, explaining, "It's a moment for individuals to feel greater confidence buying a home, a new car, starting a family, starting a new business."
The upcoming appointment of a new government will not erase the weeks of uncertainty that the country has suffered, at the risk of the extremes strengthening even more. However, what can we expect in the years to come?
President Biden may have been sidelined in thought, but that hasn't stopped him from maintaining his agenda both foreign and domestic, including positioning the Ukraine to defend itself, and building a legacy that elevates the American people.
After receiving a host of suitors, the President of the Republic has appointed Michel Barnier as Prime Minister and has trampled on the results of the legislative elections, showing misplaced pride and affirming his clearly right-wing orientation.
President Biden maintained his dedication to party over politics, during his speech on the August Jobs report confirming unemployment fell to 4.2% stating, "The Vice President and I are fighting to expand opportunity and grow the middle class."
While Emmanuel Macron and his concept of a new world seem to be trapped in political and institutional reality, the question arises, especially with his newest appointment, as to whether the said new world ever really existed?
Effective waste management is critical for restaurants striving to maintain profitability while minimizing their environmental impact. Yet, many continue to make avoidable mistakes, leading to increased costs and substantial food scraps. Here are a few tips.
Italian officials have initiated a manslaughter investigation into the mysterious sinking of the mega-yacht Bayesian, a half mile offshore from the fishing village of Porticello, near Sicily, Italy, in a burst of violent weather, that killed seven passengers.
President Biden spoke, with strength, to an adoring crowd of supporters on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, speaking on the accomplishments of the Biden-Harris administration, and the importance of the election to complete the work.
Chicago, a solid democratic stronghold, has long been a key convention city. In the years before the 2024 Democratic National Convention, the 1968 Democratic Convention that resulted in riots, and an historical infamy some 56 years later.
President Biden who will deliver Monday's keynote speech, and likely the final speech of his political career, at the Democratic National Convention will be starkly different from what he had planned only a few short weeks ago.
Ukraine, buoyed by Western weapons and permission from President Biden to use them in long-range operations, has launched a stunning multi-purpose Russian border attack in the city of Kursk, just 280 miles from Moscow, the Russian capital.
President Biden, along with regional partners Egypt and Qatar, has called on Israel to finalize the cease-fire agreement, and "bring immediate relief both to the long-suffering people of Gaza as well as the long-suffering hostages and their families."
President Biden announced the release of two illegally detained American citizens from Russia, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, and two journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, in the largest multi-nation prisoner exchange since the Cold War.
French President Emmanuel Macron settled the Western Sahara issue this week, by giving discharge to the Kingdom of Morocco which irritated the Algerian Republic and enforced, to all, his decision-making power in foreign affairs relations.
President Biden spoke to the nation this week about the decision to drop his bid for a second term while presenting his record of achievements he explained that "the defense of democracy is greater than one man."
United States President Joe Biden's withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race leaves the field open to Vice President Kamala Harris. It is now up to her to counter the contentious Donald Trump and his angry-man campaign.
President Biden, who recently tested positive for COVID-19, has succumbed to pressure to bow out of the 2024 Presidential race and is recovering in isolation, according to his physician, and is expected to make a full recovery.
The decent of the political process in the United States, as seen internationally, has been a constant spiral, with only brief respites, into a darkened world of violence tapping into a disgruntled and disenfranchised population.
President Biden condemned the attempted assassination of former President Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, saying, "There's no place for this kind of violence in America. We must unite as one nation to condemn it."
As the results of the snap elections ordered by French President Emmanuel Macron have been counted, and no majority emerged, the president will need to become an expert at comprise and negotiation to further his agenda.
President Biden, to silence the growing swarm of party detractors, sat down with ABC News political correspondent George Stephanopoulos, in a primetime interview to discuss his poor performance and other issues, during the recent presidential debate.
Navigating the complexities of Canadian immigration laws is difficult, especially for those facing inadmissibility issues. Learning about the various grounds of inadmissibility and the legal pathways available can help you face challenges and successfully enter the country.
If the European elections of June 9 confirmed the rise of the far right, they also reveal a crisis of confidence in democracy today as routine and castrating, the opposite of its original foundations made of consensus and shared expression.
President Biden's lackluster debate performance has left many political pundits wondering if he has reached an end point in his honorable public service career and should pass the torch to the next generation of democratic leaders.
From the first political debate in 1960, when a young, handsome, John F. Kennedy, debated Richard Nixon, an older, odd looking statesman, the power of the visuals, have become more important that even the positions of the candidates.
The recent announcement by French President Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the National Assembly in the wake of shocking abandonment, in favor of the right, has left many wondering what shape the Republic will take after the snap elections.
President Biden has kicked his 2024 Presidential re-election campaign into high-gear with the first televised debate, between the incumbent Biden and the convicted felon and presumed GOP 2024 president nominee, Donald Trump scheduled for June 27, 2024.
French President Emmanuel Macron's move to dissolve the National Assembly may have delivered an even more disparate assembly as the first round of early legislative elections are on the horizon and bring with it other unforeseen consequences.
President Biden joined leaders of the G7 in Italy to reaffirm their unified commitment to key issues common to all the seven leading economies, and present global direction and guidance on topics and concerns confronting all nations.
French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to dissolve the National Assembly, paves the way for a power grab by the National Rally, and can be interpreted as a political tactic aimed at discrediting the extremist party once it assumes power.
President Biden joined world leaders at Normandy Beach, to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion, the largest amphibious invasion in history, which marked the beginning of the Allied Invasion to liberate Europe from Nazi rule.
The rise of the French CNews news channel, the equivalent of Fox News, confirms the nations appetite has moved to the right and is no longer open to objectivity, proving a rupture of intellectualism across society.
President Biden announced a three-phase cease fire in the eight-month Israel-Palestinian war that has left the region concussed by unprecedented retaliation, suffering from a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, mass casualty and a shocking civilian death toll.
Former President Donald J. Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts related in his historic hush money trial, after twelve hours of jury deliberation, after 15 days of testimony, 20 witness, and 200 pieces of evidence.
In the aftermath of the bombing of a camp for displaced Palestinians by the Israeli army, questions about the strategic relevance of the military operation are being raised, particularly regarding war goals and objectives that are gradually losing clarity.
President Biden, in honor of all those in the Armed Forces willing to pay the ultimate sacrifice for the idea of the United States of America, declared Memorial Day 2024, a day of prayer and national remembrance.
French President Emmanuel Macron's express trip to New Caledonia is intended to have a double meaning: to confirm the island's belonging to the Republic and to recall how much France remains attached to its strategic position in the Indo-Pacific.
President Biden and former President Donald Trump, both presumptive candidates for the 2024 presidential election, have agreed to two televised debates, in June and September, which upends a long standing presidential debate tradition that dictated three post-convention meetings.
While Vladimir Putin's Russia seems to be deriving many benefits from the conflict between Hamas and Israel, it is also helped by the historical sensitivity of the Middle East and the upheavals of the bad actors in control.
President Biden, in a shift from policy, threatened to withhold military aid to Israel, if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continued his planned invasion of the Palestinian city of Rafah, hoping to halt the intensifying humanitarian crisis.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, convinced of the necessity of continuing hostilities against Hamas, is giving the impression that he is waging a personal war on which his political survival depends rather than an offensive with purely defensive aims.
President Biden noted this week, as did media worldwide, the continued violations of the rights of journalists, and has pledged a whole of government approach, aided by an international coalition, to dismantle spyware misused against journalists.
Are you more worried about climate change than nuclear war? In a Washington Post op-ed, George Will observes that negligible public anxiety accompanies the intensifying danger of global incineration from nuclear war in a extinction level event.
The mobilization of some of the students of the Sorbonne after those of Political Sciences Paris remains closely scrutinized by the Government, which fears a conflagration of the situation and a chain reaction, both social and communal.
President Biden sent Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on behalf of the United States to meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, as discussions centered in the People's Republic of China's effort to replenish Russia's military arsenal.
France is attempting to revitalize its struggling labor market and is warming to the idea of weaponizing unemployment insurance, and the duration of benefits to force the unemployed workers back to the job market, in any capacity.
President Biden sent Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on behalf of the United States to meet with the leaders of the G7, as discussions on de-escalating the tensions in the Middle East intensified with Israel's recent retaliatory strikes.
If de-escalation is the watchword in the Middle East crisis, it also appears that the United States has embarked on a risky balancing act with no option for a quick resolution of tensions. Yet, the latter do exist.
President Biden has unequivocally condemned the unprecedented attack by Iran on Israel, while simultaneously clarifying to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu U.S. policy will change unless he begins allowing aid relief to the millions of displaced Gazans.
The French Healthcare system, or the Assurance Maladie, is anxious to reduce work stoppage fraud, is launching a campaign to fight against unscrupulous employees who are led to take advantage of loopholes in the system.
With tax filing deadline quickly approaching, reviewing what the Biden Administration’s Build Back Better campaign has completed to make the tax system more equitable for all Americans, should highlight his commitment to the American people.
The European elections are creating a crowded field of contenders as four political fronts, French President Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance Party, the National Rally and to a lesser degree the Socialist Party and the Republicans, seek political office.
For Americans depending on insulin, the Biden Administration devoted a whole of government effort to negotiating with Medicare and Big Pharma to cap the cost; now they are battling to lower the cost of fifty additional prescription drugs.
Triumphantly re-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin seems as untouchable. However, a more advanced analysis of reality would tend to evoke an atmosphere of an end to his reign, or at least the beginnings of difficult years to come.
French President Emmanuel Macron may have been elected to a second term, but June’s upcoming legislative elections are proving to be risky for the man who understands a successful presidency depends on a majority capable of serving him.
Emmy-winner Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man, Us, "The Handmaid's Tale") will star alongside Academy Award®-nominee Kate Hudson (Glass Onion, Almost Famous) and Kaia Gerber (Babylon, Bottoms) in the sexy, psychological thriller Shell, from director Max Minghella (Teen Spirit).
Maybaum Gallery presents a solo exhibition of recent paintings by Norway-based artist Simon Nicholas. In this series of paintings, Nicholas explores people in relationship to their surroundings, engaged in everyday life. This is his second solo show at Maybaum Gallery.
Wonder Wheel, from Amazon Studios, presents Coney Island, circa 1950: a cornucopia of memories, summertime, carnival, amusement rides, boardwalk games, sun, sand, surf, Nathan’s famous hot dogs, a lifeguard, a summer romance, a carousel operator and his wife.
Nafees Bin Zafar, Maryann Brandon, Bill Corso, Andrea Kalas, Ai-Ling Lee, Leon Silverman and Steve Yedlin have accepted invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
teamLab SuperNature Macao, a permanent interactive art experience at The Venetian® Macao's Cotai Expo, held its grand opening, marking the official launch of the landmark project presented by The Venetian Macao and Tokyo-based international art collective teamLab.
CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibitions is pleased to present its first solo exhibition of work by Amy Nathan. Glyph Slipper opens on September 13 with a reception from 6-8 pm and runs through October 26, 2019.
ROYO will be showcasing his new series, created specifically for this called "Equus Renewed," which incorporates Equus (horses) and the female form. ROYO will be traveling in from his home in Spain for the event which is very rare.
di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art will showcase five decades of never before seen work of Viola Frey and its own significant collection, organized by guest curators, of Northern California art in two exhibitions in 2019.
HYENA, from Film 4 and Number 9 Films, presents, an explosive tale of police corruption with vivid, realistic and stunning depiction as the detectives delve deeper into the world of corruption, crime and the Turkish/Afghan Drug trade.
Citizen Ashe, from Magnolia Pictures and CNN Films, presents the story of tennis great Arthur Ashe, who rose from a segregated south practicing on a Blacks Only tennis court to stun the world with his presence on the court.
A Morning Stroll, a Studio AKA/Grant Orchard film, presents through the use of clear and shocking symbolism and parallels, society’s degradation and hopeless chance for renewal.
