Section: Time (USA)
Why Doomsday Is Closer Than You Think
Two and a half minutes to midnight. That’s the new setting of the Doomsday Clock, the iconic symbol that attempts to show just how close humanity is to inadvertently ending the world. In an announcement this morning, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists—which runs the Doomsday Clock—moved the hands of the...
Donald Trump Could Be Starting a New Cold War With China. But He Has Little Chance of Winning
There is little about the fragrant sizzle of oysters, or sheets of kelp drying by agave-fringed shores, that hints at a Cold War frontier. But on Xiaodeng, a rocky island off China’s bustling southern port city of Xiamen, seafood and subterfuge go hand in hand. Measuring less than a square mile, it is the closest inhabited part of the...
These 7 Countries Are Dreading Donald Trump’s Presidency the Most
There are those outside the U.S. who will welcome Donald Trump’s arrival as the 45th President of the United States. Russia will cheer his skepticism of NATO’s value, and his suggestion of a thaw in relations. The Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad will applaud...
Read the Full Text of Samantha Power’s Scathing Speech on Russia
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power gave her final major speech of her tenure on Tuesday, addressing the Atlantic Council in remarks that eschewed softball subjects in favor of what she described as “a major threat facing our great nation: Russia.” Power has not hesitated to get tough on Russia in recent months. Commenting on the tragedy...
Vladimir Putin Says People Smearing Donald Trump Are ‘Worse Than Prostitutes’
(MOSCOW) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is accusing the outgoing U.S. administration of trying to undermine President-elect Donald Trump by spreading fake allegations. Putin, speaking at a news conference Tuesday, described a dossier on Trump as part of efforts by President Barack Obama’s administration to “undermine the legitimacy of...
Read Theresa May’s Speech Laying Out the U.K’s Plan for Brexit
In a major speech on Tuesday, the British Prime Minister Theresa May outlined a 12-point plan on what relationship Britain will seek to have with the E.U. once it leaves the bloc. Here’s the text of her speech, as delivered at London’s Lancaster House on Jan. 17 A little over six months ago, the British people voted for change. They...
Donald Trump’s Interview on Russia, NATO and Brexit Give Some in Europe the Jitters
European leaders have alternately welcomed and condemned remarks made in President-elect Donald Trump’s first interview with foreign media, in which he said he would consider lifting U.S. sanctions on Russia, called NATO “redundant” and promised to offer Britain a “quick” trade deal. Some of his comments, in a joint interview published in...
Donald Trump Says Brexit Will Be ‘A Great Thing’
(NEW YORK) — Wading into foreign affairs days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump said Britain’s decision to leave the European Union would “end up being a great thing” and predicted the bloc would continue to break apart. The incoming president, in an interview published Sunday, said European countries are reacting to an...
U.S. Ambassador to E.U. Says It’s ‘Lunacy’ for Trump to Back European Populists
The outgoing U.S. Ambassador to the European Union (E.U.) has warned it would be “lunacy” for the administration of Donald Trump to take advice from nationalist and populist politicians in Europe who are encouraging the break-up of the E.U. Anthony L. Gardner, a former private equity chief appointed by President Barack Obama to represent U.S....
Chinese Media Has Told Rex Tillerson to ‘Prepare For a Military Clash’
China’s state media has responded forcefully to suggestions by U.S. Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson that China should be barred from the artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea, warning that any such attempt would force a “devastating confrontation” and both sides should “prepare for a military clash.” On Wednesday,...
