Foreign
Canada appoints first woman to number two military post
Justin Trudeau Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday saluted the first appointment of a woman to Canada’s second-highest military post, which came amid a shakeup of the top ranks over
German foreign minister offers US ‘New Deal’ under Biden
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday that he wanted to put relations with the United States on a new footing after they hit a low point under the
Biden names two women generals to lead military commands
President Joe Biden on Monday announced the nomination of two women to lead US military commands, who will be only the second and third women to hold such senior military
Fury and denial as Harry and Meghan prompt new race debate in UK
Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, are interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in this undated handout photo. Harpo Productions/Joe Pugliese/Handout via REUTERS Prince Harry has come a long way
Jury selection begins in George Floyd murder trial
Jury selection finally got underway on Tuesday in the high-profile trial of the white police officer accused of killing George Floyd, a Black man whose death laid bare racial wounds
President of Honduras indicted in cocaine smuggling case
President Juan Orlando Hernandez Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez helped smuggle tons of cocaine into the United States, a US prosecutor said Tuesday at the trial of an accused drug
Ouattara’s party wins majority in Ivory Coast parliament vote
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara’s party won a majority in last weekend’s legislative elections, official results showed Tuesday, in a vote that raised hopes the country’s recent violent tensions were
DR Congo sentences 16 to death for 2019 killing of Ebola medic
Sixteen people, including a doctor, have been sentenced to death in absentia for the murder of a Cameroonian Ebola expert, lawyers said on Tuesday. Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung, an epidemiologist
Lebanon protesters block roads over worsening poverty
Lebanese protesters set up new roadblocks Tuesday to vent anger over political inaction in the face of deepening poverty, but security forces managed to reopen some to traffic. The country
Meghan’s father suggests she exaggerated royal racism
Meghan Markle’s estranged father on Tuesday suggested that his daughter exaggerated racism in the British royal family during her interview with US chat show host Oprah Winfrey. Thomas Markle told
