Keeping up with shifting alliances
Cyprus has found itself in the middle of the US-Russia animus By Kyriacos Iacovides NEVER before have the foreign ministers of Russia and the United...
United States
U.S. surpasses 160,000 coronavirus deaths as school openings near
More than 160,000 people have died from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, nearly a quarter of the global total, according to a Reuters...
Trump says coronavirus under control, ‘It is what it is’
President Donald Trump said the coronavirus outbreak is as under control as it can get in the United States, where at least 155,000 people have...
A warning from Poland regarding the US elections
By Gwynne Dyer Few people outside of Poland care about the outcome of last Sunday’s presidential election there, but maybe they should. Andrzej Duda is practically...
U.S. divided over mask wearing and schools reopening as coronavirus cases surge
Divided Americans dug further into debates over mask mandates and schools reopening on Friday, with states and localities choosing conflicting strategies in the face of...
Man’s inhumanity to man in the time of corona
By Alper Ali Riza We know that black lives don’t matter in the US but to see a black guy asphyxiated in cold blood in...
Trump says terminating US relationship with World Health Organization over virus
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he is terminating the U.S. relationship with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus, saying...
Georgia, other U.S. states press ahead with early coronavirus reopening
Governors of about half a dozen U.S. states are pushing ahead with plans to begin a partial restart of their economies despite warnings that loosening...
In a first, Missouri sues China over coronavirus economic losses
Missouri on Tuesday became the first U.S. state to sue the Chinese government over its handling of the coronavirus, saying that China’s response to the...
We will defeat our shared pandemic enemy and rise stronger in its wake
By Judith Garber THE STORY of US leadership in the global battle against Covid-19 is a story of days, months, and decades. Every day, new...
New York’s Cuomo pleads for doctors, nurses from other states to aid its hospitals
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called on Monday for healthcare workers elsewhere to help the state’s overwhelmed hospitals battle the coronavirus and made a plea...
Our View: Fannon did not give the government what it was hoping for
In the end, the much-trumpeted visit of the US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, Francis Fannon did not give the government what it...
U.S. health officials confirm second U.S. case of Wuhan coronavirus
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed a second U.S. case of the new coronavirus from China in a Chicago...
Soleimani strike will be felt well beyond Middle East
By Peter Apps In killing Iran’s Major-General Qassem Soleimani in an air strike near Baghdad’s international airport, Donald Trump has taken a geostrategic risk it is almost...
N.Korea warns U.S. could ‘pay dearly’ for human rights criticism
North Korea lashed back at the United States for taking issue with its human rights record on Saturday, saying Washington’s “malicious words” would only aggravate...
My son’s extradition is heartbreaking, says mother
Lawyer says young hacker’s Asperger’s was never fully taken into account By Jonathan Shkurko The case of 20-year-old Joshua Epiphaniou, who is poised to become the...
Trump should be careful what he wishes for in Iran
By Gwynne Dyer This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. It begins to seem possible that it could be one of the last,...
Unfettered by advisers, Trump’s presidency gets even less predictable
By Peter Apps On Monday, having effectively and unexpectedly given the green light to a Turkish military incursion against America’s sometime Syrian Kurdish allies, US President Donald...
Turkey not satisfied with talks with U.S. on Syria “safe zone”
Turkey is not satisfied with talks with the United States on establishing a “safe zone” in northern Syria and will act alone if there is...
Ex-campaign chief defends Trump, blasts Democrats at impeachment hearing
Corey Lewandowski, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager and close confidant, on Tuesday stoutly defended his former boss and lashed out at Democrats during testimony...
