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Biden aims to move left without abandoning centrist roots

Joe Biden worked out deals with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. He defended Vice President Mike Pence as a "decent guy" and eulogized Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain's "fairness, honesty, dignity, respect." When he launched his presidential campaign, such overtures to...

China says virus pushing U.S. ties to brink of 'Cold War'

China said Sunday that relations with the United States were "on the brink of a new Cold War", fueled in part by tensions over the coronavirus pandemic that has killed nearly 350,000 people worldwide and pitched the global economy into a massive downturn. Fresh tensions between Beijing...

France wants its citizens to holiday at home this summer

The French government does not want its citizens to travel abroad this summer and recommends they take their holidays in France, Environment Minister Elisabeth Borne said Sunday. Earlier this month, President Emmanuel Macron said it was unlikely that French people would be able to...

Syria’s children ‘go to bed hungry’ as prices soar

Food prices in Syria have risen to their highest levels since conflict erupted nine years ago, putting more than half the country’s population at risk of hunger, aid workers and economists have warned. The cost of a representative basket of staple foods has doubled in just over six...