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Biden, the nominal president-elect, announced his selection of Blinken along with other members of his foreign-policy and national-security team, which is filled with such veteran Washington insiders as John Kerry, the new climate czar and formerly secretary of state in the Obama-Biden administration. READ MORE: Biden supporters rush to defend …

“What is happening in America does not quite correspond to the democratic culture we know from the United States,” Maas tweeted on Thursday. “It is important that the result is then accepted by everyone. It’s easy to be a winner, but sometimes it’s hard to be a loser.” Trump and …

Despite all odds, the Movement for Socialism (MAS), the party of former President Evo Morales, appears to have won Bolivia’s election outright in the first round. Preliminary results show that MAS candidate Luis Arce won the presidency and the party also won the congress soundly. Nearly a year after an …

“Good morning to everyone except Presidential Debate Commission members who changed focus of final debate away from foreign policy,” the Trump campaign’s senior adviser Jason Miller tweeted on Monday morning.  Miller theorized the topics were steered away from foreign policy “so Joe Biden wouldn’t have to answer to being compromised …

Citing the need to “protect the integrity of civil society institutions,” Pompeo announced on Tuesday that think tanks and other organizations that “wish to engage” with the State Department need to “disclose prominently on their websites funding they receive from foreign governments, including state-owned or state-operated subsidiary entities.” While Foggy …

Peter Beinart, whose essay was published Tuesday, makes a convoluted case for seeking “foreign intervention against tyranny in our own land.” His argument? Democrats are “a vehicle for Black political empowerment” and are therefore facing increased racist oppression – so they should do as African-American leaders have done for decades …

The Chinese Commerce Ministry unveiled the “unreliable foreign entity list” earlier on Saturday, with the official purpose of safeguarding national security interests, as well as maintaining “fair and free international economic and trade order.” It appears to be a response to the US Department of Commerce, which recently added Huawei …

CLS Strategies is one of many PR and lobbying groups that call the ‘swamp’ of Washington, DC their home. According to the company’s own website, it “helps clients win where it matters most – in the halls of government, the marketplace, and the court of public opinion.”  But behind the …

Journalists from Western media organizations, such as Reuters and Associated Press, along with state media outlets AFP, BBC, Deutsche Welle and RFE/RL, have been stripped of their right to report, meaning that they could be arrested if caught performing their duties. The majority of these reporters are Belarusian citizens. In …

The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia sent a note of protest to the US, UK and Canada because posted in June LGBT flags on the buildings of their embassies in Moscow. This was reported on the website of the state Duma of the Russian Federation. “The foreign Ministry quickly …