MEXICO CITY — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office in 2018 hoping to recover Mexico’s old reputation as the diplomatic leader of Latin America, but what he’s managed to do is get several of his country’s ambassadors kicked out of countries in the region. On Friday, López Obrador doubled down after Ecuador ordered the … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The video shared by former President Donald Trump features horror movie music and footage of migrants purportedly entering the U.S. from countries including Cameroon, Afghanistan and China. Shots of men with tattoos and videos of violent crime are set against close-ups of people waving and wrapping themselves in American flags. “They’re coming … Read more
GREENSBORO, North Carolina (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday further escalated his immigration rhetoric and baselessly accused President Joe Biden of waging a “conspiracy to overthrow the United States of America” as he campaigned ahead of Super Tuesday’s primaries. Trump has a long history of trying to turn attack lines back on his … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was worried at the prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House, branding Trump’s claim that he could stop Ukraine’s war with Russia in 24 hours as “very dangerous.” In an interview with the U.K.’s Channel 4 News that aired Friday, Zelenskyy invited the former president and front-runner … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called South Korea “our principal enemy” and threatened to annihilate it if provoked, as he escalates his inflammatory, belligerent rhetoric against Seoul and the United States before their elections this year. Kim’s threat comes as the White House said it has evidence that Russia … Read more
A girls high school basketball coach and one of the team’s players have been dismissed after the team they were playing against was targeted by antisemitic rhetoric during a game in New York last week, according to a statement from the school system and the mayor of Yonkers. The investigation into the incident is ongoing, … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. Over the weekend, former president Donald Trump conjured a new metaphor in … Read more
Comment on this storyComment You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. An interview with former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett on Britain’s Sky News got rather heated. … Read more
Comment on this storyComment Rep. Randy Weber (R-Tex.) was eager to show a reporter his tie. It wasn’t just that it was an Israeli flag tie, a symbol of his unwavering support. He wanted her to see the back of the tie too, where a frayed tag served to indicate its age. “I didn’t order … Read more
ROME — When Giorgia Meloni was operating to turn into Italy’s first far-right head of presidency of the post-war period, she steeped her successful marketing campaign within the sharply ideological rhetoric of nationwide sovereignty, “conventional households” and worry of migrants. Since taking workplace in September, Premier Meloni has toned down the bombast mirrored within the … Read more