PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron and US Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday avoided questions about the recent diplomatic crisis between their two countries and opted instead for a photo shoot on the Elysée door. “I’m very happy to be in Paris,” Harris said … Read More

A media star with no political experience throws his hat in the ring and hovers in the president’s polls. He hurls harsh insults at his critics, basks the elite, slanders the press and praises Russia, and he rides on a wave of populist anger, fear … Read More

The French Catholic Church on Monday agreed to provide financial compensation to tens of thousands of victims of sex abuse per capita. sell its own assets or take out loans. The move comes a month after a landmark study found that an estimated 216,000 children … Read More

Tap play to listen to this article When Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, testifies before the European Parliament and French lawmakers this week, politicians are eager for more condemnatory evidence of how the social network potentially ignored harmful and divisive content that put people at … Read More

BERLIN – Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she does not plan to remain on standby to help with today’s crises as she leaves her position at the top of Europe’s largest economy. “I will no longer be involved in politics,” Merkel said in … Read More

Tap play to listen to this article GLASGOW – National leaders flocked to the Scottish Event Campus this week to take part in what has become an annual penitentiary ritual – apologizing for historically bad climate behavior and eventually promising to be clean, but not … Read More

ROME – Boris Johnson promised to “get Brexit done.” But it is becoming clear that it will never be done – at least not if the British and the French have anything to do with it. A major riot between London and Paris over fish … Read More

ROM – Tehran’s recent efforts to advance its nuclear program and block the work of monitors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) risk a complete collapse of Iran’s nuclear deal, the leaders of the United States, Britain, Germany and France warned on Saturday. The … Read More

Tap play to listen to this article Leaders of the G20 group of top economies approved a long-awaited revision of the global tax system that will force some of the world’s largest companies to hand over about $ 150 billion in additional tax revenue each … Read More

Tap play to listen to this article Forget Machiavelli. In the political world these days, it is no better to be that feared than loved. It is also not better to be loved. The key to success in the hyperpolarized political culture of the Western … Read More