Written by Gurpreet Singh Johal is sitting in a London hotel lobby the night before he is due to meet David Lammy. He recalls in his soft Scottish burr that this will be the fifth UK foreign secretary he will have seen in his quest to secure the release of his brother, Jagtar, who has been detained […]
Trump ‘didn’t seem to think it mattered’, says Lammy, when asked if past critical comments came up when they had dinner In his interview with the BBC’s Newscast podcast, David Lammy, the foreign secretary, was asked about the dinner he and Keir Starmer had with Donald Trump in New York at the end of September. […]
McFadden rejects Farage’s offer to help government as intermediary with Trump Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, has offered to help the Labour government establish a good relationship with the Trump administration. In an article for the Daily Telegraph, Farage says he believes that Trump’s victory is a sign that “politics, including our own, is […]
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has reassured her country that “there’s nothing to worry about” after Donald Trump’s stunning victory in the US presidential election. But Trump’s extreme campaign promises have left Mexico bracing for punishing tariffs, mass migrant deportations – and even the far-fetched but alarming suggestion of US military strikes on organised crime groups […]
Indonesia and Russia kicked off their first joint naval drills on Monday, as the Southeast Asian archipelago’s new leader seeks to boost ties with Moscow. The region’s biggest economy maintains a neutral foreign policy, refusing to take sides in the Ukraine conflict or in great power competition between Washington and Beijing. But newly inaugurated Indonesian […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attend a campaign event sponsored by conservative group Turning Point USA, in Duluth, Georgia, U.S., October 23, 2024. Carlos Barria | Reuters Former president Donald Trump said Sunday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s proposal to remove fluoride from the U.S. water […]
Former President Donald Trump stood by his idea to end income taxes and substitute them with tariffs in a Friday interview with Joe Rogan, the host of one of the most widely listened to podcasts in the world. “Did you just float out the idea of getting rid of income taxes and replacing it with […]
Smoke rises after North Korea blows up sections of inter-Korean roads on its side of the border between the two Koreas, according to South Korea’s military, as seen from the South Korean side, October 15, 2024, in this screen grab from a handout video. South Korean Defense Ministry South and North Korea troops potentially entering […]
Mapped: Countries Visited by the U.S. Secretary of State Since 2021 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. As the world’s largest economy, military power, and a major cultural force, the U.S. has been […]
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks with leaders from across the UK during the International Investment Summit on October 13, 2024 in London, England. Wpa Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.K.’s ruling Labour Party has rejected accusations by former U.S. president Donald Trump’s campaign team that the British party’s members […]