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At NATO, the center left is having its moment. It won’t last.
Keir Starmer has arrived for this week’s NATO summit during a rare moment of unity for western center-left parties. The new Labour prime minister will join U.S. President Joe Biden, German Chancellor...
View Article2 percent on defense? That is so last year.
Officially, NATO doesn’t want to set new goals on what countries should spend on their own defenses until next year. Unofficially, no one could stop talking about it at the NATO Summit. The original...
View ArticleHere are the world leaders Kamala Harris has on speed dial
President Joe Biden had the benefit of decadeslong personal relationships with world leaders as he sought to restore U.S. credibility on the global stage. Vice President Kamala Harris, if elected...
View ArticlePriced out of housing, many younger disillusioned voters embrace populism
From California to Krakow, young voters who are losing faith in democracy have been spurred in part by a surprising cause: high rents and rising property prices. The scarcity of affordable housing has...
View ArticleJustin Trudeau loses governing partner
OTTAWA, Canada — New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh says he’s “ripped up” the deal that has propped up Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in a minority Parliament for the past 2½ years, dealing a blow...
View ArticleTrump blasted in Canada for spreading Trudeau-Castro conspiracy theory
OTTAWA — Two former Canadian lawmakers are calling on former President Donald Trump to apologize for reviving and circulating a long-debunked rumor that is “vile, vulgar, and deeply offensive.” Their...
View ArticleTrudeau digs in as his party ponders his ability to win
NANAIMO, British Columbia — Justin Trudeau’s hold on power is not stable. Everywhere he goes, he faces questions about why he won’t step down. As President Joe Biden’s exit from the race for the White...
View ArticleTrudeau under pressure after Liberals lose another safe seat
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face renewed pressure to step aside after his Liberals lost a Montreal stronghold in a special election late Monday night. It’s the second consecutive...
View ArticleThe ‘Obama effect’ is coming for Macron and Trudeau
OTTAWA — Montreal’s Laura Palestini and northern France’s Violette Spillebout may live thousands of kilometers apart in very different countries, but when they ran for higher office in recent months,...
View ArticleTrudeau’s fight for survival: Chrystia Freeland enters the fray
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Taking on the presidency of the G7 next year, Canada should be in prime position to shape transatlantic relations alongside its dominant neighbor —...
View ArticlePlan to fund Ukraine war with Russian assets down to ‘technicalities,’...
Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she’s confident the global plan to help bankroll Ukraine’s war effort using Russian assets is moving ahead. “I’m very confident Ukraine will start...
View Article‘Doing a Biden’ is new international shorthand for ousting past-due leaders
When President Joe Biden exited the presidential race to make way for Vice President Kamala Harris this summer, he knew his decision would be closely watched around the world. What he didn’t realize...
View ArticleTrudeau says Modi targeted Canadians to ‘prove a point’
OTTAWA, Canada — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says India brazenly coordinated violent crime in Canada to “prove a point” that Ottawa “doesn’t take seriously violence or terrorism or incitements to...
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