Heads of state and religious leaders around the world offered condolences and messages honoring Pope Francis following the announcement of his passing on Monday, honoring him as compassionate, warm, and a “moral beacon” in a divided world.
Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau state, Nigeria, urged local “traditional rulers” to organize vigilante militias to protect Christians after a recent string of attacks, presumed to have been committed by ethnic Fulani jihadists, killed dozens and displaced thousands.
The small town of San Pedro Cutud in the Philippines continued its annual tradition of staging real crucifixions to mark Good Friday, honoring its most prolific participant, carpenter Ruben Enaje, with the bloody ritual for a 36th time.
Chinese low-cost shopping apps Temu and Shein published nearly identical notices this week informing customers that they are planning to raise prices on April 25 in response to President Donald Trump closing a critical shipping loophole that exempted them from duties and imposing onerous tariffs on Chinese imports.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney distanced himself from predecessor Justin Trudeau repeatedly during the first debate of the current election cycle, insisting he had only “just got here” to the top government position.
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) announced on Wednesday that its negotiators had completed a final draft of a proposed international legal document to govern pandemic response, to be voted on at the World Health Assembly in May.
Time magazine published its list of 100 most influential people on Thursday, which it described as highlighting “the individuals who are transforming the world” at a time in history during which “almost everything was shifting.”
Canadian media reported this week that immigration attorneys and LGBTQIA2+ activists have noticed a significant spike in the number of requests for information from Americans identifying as transgender seeking to move to Canada, claiming persecution under the administration of President Donald Trump.
Former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan gave himself high marks for his work on China during a talk at Harvard.
Iranian “Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told officials in his country on Tuesday that a first round of talks between two top American and Iranian diplomats this weekend was “implemented well,” a sharp turn away from his refusal to engage America in any way as recently as two months ago.
President Donald Trump remarked on the “lovely meeting” between genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and Vietnam’s Communist Party chief To Lam on Monday, claiming they were trying to find an answer to the question, “How do we screw the United States of America?”
Iran finally agreed to “indirect” negotiations – direct negotiations via classroom style note-passing – with the government of the United States this weekend, talks it needs after President Donald Trump imposed crippling sanctions on the regime and its allies.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that a final draft of a “pandemic agreement” is one article away from completion.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney celebrated the Sikh holiday of Vaisakhi in an event in Ottawa for which he donned a turban.
Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping arrived in Vietnam on Monday for a state visit whose top priority appears to be ensuring Hanoi’s support as Beijing faces soaring tariff rates meant to limit its influence on the American economy.
Details of a massacre of dozens of Christians in the restive Middle Belt of Nigeria, believed to have occurred at the hands of genocidal Fulani jihadists, began surfacing over the weekend as the nation marks the holiest season in Christianity and the anniversary of one of the most abhorrent acts of Islamic terrorism in the nation’s modern history.
The Communist Party of China is apparently planning to contain outrage and disenchantment among the nation’s youth by commanding colleges to “ramp up” military recruitment on campuses, the state-run Global Times reported on Thursday, funneling frustrated young people into the armed forces.
The top prosecutor leading the investigation into the deadliest bombing in Argentina’s history requested an arrest warrant for Iranian “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei this week, identifying him as a key mastermind of the attack.
Leftist Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney reacted with outrage on Thursday when confronted about why he had taken photos with the leaders of a Chinese influence operation in Toronto, claiming he did not know what the group was.
President Donald Trump’s policies increasing duties and tariffs on products imported from China announced on Wednesday could pose an existential threat to low-quality, cheap goods Chinese shopping sites such as Shein and Temu, experts warned.
Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) introduced a one-page bill on Thursday that would withdraw Congressional approval for the United States to be a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), an international institution built to promote economic globalism and set standards for how countries do business.
The State Department confirmed on Thursday the liberation of American-Russian prisoner Ksenia Karelina, whom the Russian government had sentenced to 12 years in prison last year on charges of “treason” for donating to a Ukrainian charity.
The Taliban’s top diplomat urged President Donald Trump to accept the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan and “engage” with it during a recent visit to Saudi Arabia, the Afghan outlet Tolo News reported on Monday.
The human rights group Amnesty International published a report on Tuesday crowning China the “world’s lead executioner” — but failing to offer any information on how many people the Communist Party kills a year, as Beijing treats state killings as a “state secret.”
A Canadian government Task Force that monitors election interference by foreign countries revealed on Monday that Chinese state-linked social media posts were amplifying messages promoting unelected leftist Prime Minister Mark Carney as a “rock star economist” and worthy adversary to President Donald Trump.
World Health Organization (W.H.O.) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus opened the latest round of talks on the drafting of a “pandemic accord” on Monday following an unprecedented pandemic response simulation involving over 15 countries.
The World Uyghur Congress announced a pioneering legal action on Monday against three French subdivisions of the Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei, Hikvision, and Dahua to hold them accountable for providing Beijing with surveillance technology to facilitate the ongoing Uyghur genocide.
Turkish officials, including Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, remarked on Sunday and Monday the ten-percent tariff President Donald Trump imposed on goods originating in their country was “relatively beneficial” and Turkish markets would survive any volatility in the long term.
The leaders of some of the most powerful Iran-backed terror groups in Iraq, including the notorious Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH), are considering disarming, Reuters reported on Monday, in response to threats of airstrikes from President Donald Trump.
Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi rejected the possibility of direct talks between Iran and the United States in the foreseeable future in remarks on Sunday — adding that, while Tehran is open to “indirect” dialogue, none has happened so far during the second Trump term.
The government of Lesotho is organizing a delegation to Washington to speak with President Donald Trump as soon as possible regarding the imposition of a 50 percent tariff on its exports, local media confirmed on Friday.
Leftist Canadian PM Mark Carney reportedly “expressed strong confidence in the development prospects and growth potential of investing in China” while in Beijing.
The Constitutional Court of South Korea voted to remove impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday, ending a four-month-long drama that began with Yoon abruptly attempting, and failing, to impose martial law on the country.
Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney, who assumed the top government role after the resignation of his radical leftist predecessor Justin Trudeau, vowed to “fight” the tariffs that President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday — which overwhelmingly did not affect Canada.
The highest percentage tariff on the list of those released by the White House on Wednesday, intended to help balance America’s trade with the world, was imposed on the small African nation of Lesotho.
The external affairs minister of India, S. Jaishankar, told attendees at an economic summit on Thursday that “the world is moving to an era of self-help” featuring “shortly supply chains and immediate neighbors,” responding to the imposition of sweeping global tariffs by America the day before.
The State Department announced sanctions on six Chinese regime officials in Hong Kong and an unknown number in Tibet.
The government of China debuted an onerous list of 23 new measures this week intended to strengthen the pervasiveness of its “social credit system” to regulate its citizens’ behavior.
President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that he would hope to “probably do something at some point” with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, recalling his “very good relationship” with the communist dictator during his first term.”
Canadian signer Michael Bublé delivered a patriotic monologue on Sunday in which he declared his country is “not for sale” and “the greatest nation on earth,” an apparent response to President Donald Trump repeatedly suggesting that America could annex Canada.
