China and the US: lessons from Thucydides
Relations between China and the US are deteriorating rapidly. They are on a well-trodden path labeled by a Harvard professor as the Thucydides trap. Thucydides...
America
Our View: Annual march to US embassy indication of lasting success of Soviet propaganda
The traditional march by students to the US embassy to mark the anniversary of the uprising of the Athens Polytechnic students against the Greek Junta...
Our View: Does FM’s visit to America mean Cyprus has chosen a side?
Foreign minister Nicos Christodoulides has raised his political profile significantly with his visit to the US this week, where he met Secretary of State Mike...
Letter from America
By Christos P. Panayiotides Nicos Stavrou Syrimis was born in Cyprus. He was raised in France where his parents lived at the time but, intermittently,...
Trump warns Russia: missiles ‘will be coming’ (Update 4)
By Susan Heavey, Makini Brice and Tom Perry US President Donald Trump warned Russia on Wednesday of imminent military action in Syria over a suspected poison...
Red, white and extra blue amid tight security at July 4th parties
The United States celebrated the July Fourth holiday on Monday with parades, baking contests and picnics draped in red, white and an extra layer of...
How Trump reflects America’s obsession with ‘winners’ and ‘losers’
By Neal Gabler One surprising film that captured the national zeitgeist recently was a sly thriller called The Gift. It burrows into the national psyche to address America’s...
Tropical storm losing strength as it nears Florida
By David Adams Tropical Storm Erika was soaking Haiti with heavy rain and strong winds on Saturday as it swirled across the Caribbean but showed...
Storms kill seven in Texas, Oklahoma, Houston hard-hit
By Anna Driver At least two people have been killed in Houston in flooding that turned streets into rivers and led to nearly 1,000 calls...
Obama: US credibility on the line in Syria response
By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick President Barack Obama issued a blunt challenge to skeptical U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday to approve his plan for a...
Bob Dylan set to be awarded France’s Legion d’Honneur
By Alexandria Sage American singer Bob Dylan may soon be awarded France’s highest distinction, the Legion d’Honneur, after his nomination was reportedly first tossed out...
