The world just got closer to an ocean-saving treaty

France claims victory as enough nations promise to ratify the high seas treaty despite opposition from Trump’s America.

EU puts Monaco on money laundering blacklist

Venezuela was also added, while the UAE and Gibraltar were removed. Russia was again left off.

World watches with bated breath as US votes for Harris or Trump

Election watchers in Europe, Asia and elsewhere will be tuning in โ€“ and some have a particular interest in the resultFrom Brazil to Ireland and Germany to the Caribbean, this yearโ€™s knife-edge โ€“ and more than usually momentous โ€“ US presidential vote wi…

The king and Keir

Two men, worlds apart, are Britain’s diplomatic double act in Samoa. But there’s more to connect Keir Starmer and King Charles III than meets the eye.

The end of the British Empire

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and King Charles III head to the Commonwealth summit to talk climate change and growth. Not all their friends will be there.

Inside the battle for top job that will decide the future of deep-sea mining

Marking a pivotal moment for the fate of the barely known ecosystems on the ocean floor, 168 nations will decide this week who will head the International Seabed AuthorityLeticia Carvalho is clear what the problem is with the body she hopes to be elect…