Oxfam’s Big Heads depict G20 leaders take part in protests ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg.
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G20 meetings are usually bland, tightly-scripted affairs. Donald Trump has changed all of that with his retrenchment on climate change, free trade and internationalism.
An anti-U.S. protest in Yemen during Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia.
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Congress is trying to curb the president’s ties to human rights abusers, harkening back to landmark legislation of the 1970s.
Krasinski Square in Warsaw, Poland just before Trump’s speech.
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A historian who studies Poland witnesses the president’s visit to Warsaw, and casts a skeptical eye at the crowd that took in the president’s speech.
The G20 displayed unprecedented global economic leadership in the past. That leadership is needed again today.
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The G20 has stopped showing economic leadership at a time when risks are high. Australia can play a role in addressing this.
Despite his presidential victory, Donald Trump’s business brand is suffering, as is that of his daughter, Ivanka.
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The Trump brand has taken a hit since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency. The mistake? Failing to separate the businesses from the personalities.
People watch news of missile test on a public TV screen in North Korea.
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North and South Korea explained in four questions and answers.
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Troupes of women in flowing red capes are turning up all over the US to remind us that reproductive rights are under threat.
A North Korean government picture claiming to show the country’s first successful ICBM test.
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Intentionally or not, Trump’s approach to North Korea makes more sense than many people think.
Much of Miami rallied behind the US president in reinstating the Cuban embargo. Reactions on the island have been predictably less enthusiastic.
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Trump’s revamped old policy could have a paradoxical effect on Cuba, seriously damaging the country’s economy while actually galvanising its political system.
Kim Jong-un’s rhetoric and action against the US and others is framed domestically as the heroic defiance of an evil enemy.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s rhetoric and actions is brinkmanship, aimed at maintaining his domestic grip on power.
What does it say about our loose use of the term ‘bullying’ if the most powerful man in the world can claim to be a victim?
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June was a banner month for bullying. Not surprisingly, Donald Trump was in the thick of it. His offensive tweets about MSNBC co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough are Exhibit A. Adrienne Watson…
The border wall between Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, Calif.
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Deadly, ineffective and generally fated to fall, border walls are multiplying and becoming the new normal in international relations.
Protests at the Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, against the US withdrawal from the Paris climate change deal.
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An expert report shows that the G20 countries are using their energy more efficiently. But there is still a long way to go.
After his assassination, Abraham Lincoln became a beacon of the United States presidency.
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Even Donald Trump has paid his respects to Lincoln as an emblem of unity.
Loyal to a fault: Andrew Johnson.
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Andrew Johnson’s plan to win the loyalty of former Confederate leaders doomed his presidency to historical ignominy.
Trump holds a joint news conference with Indian Prime Minister Modi on June 26, 2017.
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A small, but wealthy, population of Indian-Americans is playing a role in transforming US foreign policy toward India.
People walk out after the U.S. Supreme Court granted parts of the Trump administration’s emergency request on the travel ban.
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A professor of constitutional law gives a preview of what to expect when the travel ban cases reach the highest court this fall.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses G20 health ministers in Berlin in May.
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If the G20 is to remain relevant in the quest for more inclusive and fair global governance, Africa offers an historic opportunity for collective action, despite the absence of the US under Trump.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow.
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A historian takes us beyond the noise in Washington and examines how US and Russian power and interests compare.
Protesters gather outside the White House in Washington D.C. after President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the Unites States from the Paris climate change accord.
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Action on climate change is now increasingly in China’s hands, and the decisions the country’s leaders make in the next decade will have a profound global impact.