The fight to replace Justin Trudeau is on

Mark Carney has run two central banks and championed the green transition. Now he wants to lead Canadaโ€™s Liberal Party.

Trumpโ€™s world of peril โ€” and opportunity

This past year reordered domestic politics. 2025 will remake the worldโ€™s geopolitical map.

Britainโ€™s bold new world โ€ฆ as a Pacific trading nation

With global free-traders on the back foot amid Donald Trump’s return, the U.K. is placing its bets on the tongue-twisting CPTPP.

Japanโ€™s minister visits Ukraine to stress โ€˜grave concernโ€™ over North Korean troops

Tokyo to also discuss growing military links between North Korea and Russia, Japanโ€™s foreign ministry saidJapanโ€™s foreign minister arrived in Kyiv on Saturday to discuss North Koreaโ€™s deepening military alliance with Russia, including the deployment of…

Who might make up Trumpโ€™s Cabinet

Donald Trump didnโ€™t engage in formal conversations about a potential Cabinet in the run-up to his election. But that didnโ€™t stop him from spitballing potential contenders during his frequent plane rides to campaign events, or when he is impressed by one of his allies on television. โ€œHe would be great at this,โ€ or โ€œShe would [โ€ฆ]

Japan, EU announce sweeping defence and security pact

A sweeping new security and defence partnership pact between Japan and the European Union was unveiled on Friday in Tokyo. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell described it as “the first agreement of this nature” between the EU and an Asia-Pacific co…

CRINK: Itโ€™s the new โ€˜Axis of Evilโ€™

The alliance among China, Russia, Iran and North Korea is forcing NATO to tighten links with Indo-Pacific countries.

Kulej. Dwie Strony Medalu review โ€“ glossy boxing biopic is Polandโ€™s answer to Raging Bull

An overlong, overly lightweight tale of Polandโ€™s two-time Olympic champion Jerzy Kulej is saved by a rallying last half hourThis is a glossily shot but overlong biopic of two-time Olympic gold-winning boxer Jerzy Kulej that tries to position him as a k…

โ€˜Doing a Bidenโ€™ is new international shorthand for ousting past-due leaders

Facing looming national elections, Japanโ€™s Fumio Kishida, Canadaโ€™s Justin Trudeau and Germanyโ€™s Olaf Scholz have all faced calls to follow in the U.S. presidentโ€™s footsteps.

Photographyโ€™s eternal present at Arles

This yearโ€™s Les Rencontres dโ€™Arles photography festival pays homage to female artists amid a dystopian squint, highlighting overlooked worlds.

China threat prompts Japan to rethink its security

Tokyo now stands determined to be recognized as an important part of the transatlantic and European security architecture.

Poland dismisses anti-doping files leak as โ€˜fake newsโ€™

Polish drugs regulator blamed cyberattack linking top athletes with banned drugs on “a group supported by the services of an enemy state.โ€

Send Snoop to the Convention: What political media can learn from the Olympics

Bringing more celebrities into political coverage could make it livelier โ€” and perhaps even more informative.

โ€˜Sometimes you really have to let goโ€™: can Olympians embrace retirement?

Alice Dearing, the first Black swimmer to represent Team GB, ended her career in April โ€“ and has some advice for those retiring after the Paris OlympicsAlice Dearing knew she would retire if she failed to qualify for the Paris Olympics. So when things …

Syrian judoka Muna Dahouk’s message to refugees: โ€˜Donโ€™t give upโ€™

Part of the Refugee Olympic Team, Syrian Judoka Muna Dahouk Saturday said in an interview with FRANCE 24 that her message to refugees is โ€œdonโ€™t give upโ€. Dahouk, who made her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, shared her journey to the Paris Games and how s…

Nagasaki memorial ceremony becomes center stage of geopoliticsย 

Japan’s G7 allies all boycott anniversary observance after Israel was not invited to Friday’s ceremony.

In the hydrogen battlefield, Europe tries to stay ahead of China

Terrified Beijing may come to dominate yet another clean tech market, the EU aims to impose regulations โ€” and is looking to Japan for help.

Cheesy pictures: Italian gymnastโ€™s exhaustive parmesan photoshoot takes Olympics by storm

Giorgia Villa won silver with her teammates in the womenโ€™s team final this week. But her passion for all things parmesan has also gained attentionLatest medal table | Live Paris schedule | Full resultsThree years ago Italian gymnast Giorgia Villa was c…

Paris Olympics fiasco looms as Seine (still) unsafe for swimming

With the men’s triathlon postponed, the political dream of Olympic swimming in the Seine could go down the drain โ€” literally.

Japan wants Indo-Pacific reassurance from Britainโ€™s new Labour government

As Labour refocuses on Europe and America, doubts linger in Japan about whether it can rely on London.

US revamps Japan command amid Chinaโ€™s threats

Washington’s pledge to shore up its top Indo-Pacific ally will endure “irrespective of” the American election result, Antony Blinken says in Tokyo.

Georgian shooter Nino Salukvadze becomes first 10-time female Olympian

55-year-old started Olympic career with Soviet UnionSalukvadze finishes outside qualifying spots for finalGeorgian shooter Nino Salukvadze has become the first woman to compete at 10 Olympic Games in a career that began with her representing the Soviet…

Jeux olympiques 2024 : un terrain en or pour les sponsors

LVMH, Coca-Cola, Allianz… les plus grosses entreprises se partagent les lieux emblรฉmatiques de Paris, pour le plaisir comme pour les affaires.

US sees new Chinese, Russian military cooperation on eve of visit to region

An unprecedented exercise by Chinese and Russian bombers forced the U.S. and Canada to scramble fighter planes along the Alaskan coast.

Is IRISยฒ heading for a rethink?

SNEAK PEEK โ€” The EUโ€™s IRISยฒ satellite communications network project is increasingly troubled. โ€” NATO seeks to make procuring arms faster, the allianceโ€™s procurement agency boss Stacy Cummings told me. โ€” The U.K. and Germany team up on defense as fears grow that U.S. presidential contender Donald Trump will ditch Ukraine if he wins in [โ€ฆ]

Here are the world leaders Kamala Harris has on speed dial

Vice President Kamala Harris would enter the White House with working ties with some allied heads of state โ€” others sheโ€™d have to build.

Making the Olympics cheap again

The IOC says hosting the Games no longer has to be an expensive nightmare.

โ€˜The world didnโ€™t care enoughโ€™: Ukrainian climberโ€™s journey from Crimea to Olympic chance

From a dynasty of Ukrainian climbers, Jenya Kazbekova was displaced by war but now she is determined to reach ParisThree years after Russia had occupied Crimea, the Ukrainian climber Jenya Kazbekova returned to her โ€œfavourite place in the worldโ€ and ac…

Chinaโ€™s cheating threatens to wreck Paris Olympics, US anti-drugs chief says

American regulator Travis Tygart accuses the World Anti-Doping Agency of “allowing” Chinese authority to cover up illegal drug-taking by top swimmers.

Japan hunkers down for Trump 2.0

The possible return of Donald Trump to the White House has bred a deep sense of insecurity among Japanโ€™s business and political elite.

US, Japan, Philippines plan joint South China Sea naval patrols

The collective show of maritime force against China will be a centerpiece of next monthโ€™s trilateral summit in Washington.

Coach who tried to force Olympic sprinter back to Belarus lands five-year ban

Yury Moisevich guilty of โ€˜affront to athleteโ€™s dignityโ€™Krystsina Tsimanouskaya feared for her safety in BelarusAn Olympic coach who tried to force the sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya home from the Tokyo Games to Belarus, where she feared for her safet…

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 719

Starlink getting into Russian troopsโ€™ hands, says Ukraine; US Senate on brink of putting aid bill through to HouseSee all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine has said Russian forces are using terminals of Elon Muskโ€™s satellite internet service Starlink in …

Christmas season fights: Man vs. Frog (and pigeons and geese)

The French love eating frog legs at this time of year โ€”ย but should they?

How COP28 is putting mayors to work on climate action

Mayors of large cities have a key role to play in combatting climate change, UN Secretary General Antรณnio Guterres said at COP28, calling on them to “demand a seat at the table”.