Center-left candidate Antonio Jose Seguro defeats far-right candidate Andre Ventura in Portugal presidential race. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

How Japan’s prime minister will use her massive new mandate www.economist.com/asia/2026/02...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are projected to win a decisive victory in Japan's snap election www.bbc.com/news/article...

US wants Russia and Ukraine to end war by June, says Zelensky www.bbc.com/news/article...

Rooting for the high north

Who might succeed Sir Keir Starmer as Britain’s prime minister? www.economist.com/britain/2026...

U.S. Ambassador to Poland Tom Rose has cut ties to Polish parliament speaker Wlodzimierz Czarzasty for 'outrageous and unprovoked insults' against Donald Trump after he refused to support Trump's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize www.politico.eu/article/wash...

Trump's geopolitical tensions spill into the Winter Olympics www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

“.. while the song ‘The Lions Sleeps Tonight’ plays in the background.” @lbc.co.uk www.lbc.co.uk/article/trum...

Just confirmed it myself by viewing the video on Truth Social. This is real. He really did this and he has not deleted it.

Italy says it has foiled Russian Olympic cyberattacks www.dw.com/en/italy-say...

The Globalization of Canadian Rage www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

Russian general shot and hospitalized in Moscow, in latest attack on top Russian military leaders www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/e...

Portugal's conservatives are backing cebter-left candidate Antonio Jose Seguro in Portugal's runoff presidential election on Feb. 8 against far-right candidate Andre Ventura www.politico.eu/article/port...

Right-wing populist Laura Fernandez claims victory in Costa Rica's elections www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/a...

Trump Says Kennedy Center Will Close for 2-Year Reconstruction Project www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

On CNN right now: Trump announces that the Kennedy Center will close for two years of renovations.

Burkina Faso junta dissolves all political parties www.dw.com/en/burkina-f...

Who is ahead in the race for Japan’s next parliament? www.economist.com/interactive/... From The Economist

Slovakia prime minister Robert Fico told leaders at last week's EU summit that he was shocked at Donald Trump's state of mind after meeting with him at Mar-A-Lago www.politico.eu/article/dona...

U.S. sending ICE agents to Winter Olympics in Italy for 'security' -- Milan mayor says ICE agents won't be welcome in his city globalnews.ca/news/1163937...

Composer Philip Glass withdraws symphony from Kennedy Center www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/a...

Thailand’s liberals face a difficult election www.economist.com/asia/2026/01...

Polls close in Myanmar's junta-run elections with army set for victory www.france24.com/en/asia-paci...

Mark Carney Takes On Donald Trump and Emerges as a Global Political Star www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/w...

U.S. official lobbied French magistrate over Le Pen's election ban www.politico.eu/article/us-s...

Four French mayoral elections, all to be held in March, that will show where next year's presidential race in France is heading www.politico.eu/article/4-fr...

‘I am just so tired of Trump’: Greenland on alert as US hovers - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

Chris Alexander on Substack in the first part of a four-part series on the history of the conflict between the West and Russia open.substack.com/pub/chrisale...

In Davos, a Tale of Two Speeches foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/21/d...

Fact check: Trump's barrage of false claims in Davos about Greenland and NATO www.cnn.com/2026/01/21/p...

Trump seeks negotiations for Greenland at Davos speech www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Yoweri Museveni wins re-election as Uganda president www.bbc.com/news/article...

Five key questions about Hungary's election on April 12, an election that could bring an end to Viktor Orban's rule www.politico.eu/article/hung...

75 percent of Americans oppose the U.S. attempting to take over Greenland, according to a CNN poll. Yet Donald Trump is probably going to do it anyway.. He needs to be impeached. www.cnn.com/2026/01/15/p...

European nations to send troops to Greenland as U.S. annexation threats escalate www.cnn.com/2026/01/15/w...

Iran protests death toll tops 2,000 activists say in worst upheaval since 1979 revolution www.france24.com/en/asia-paci...

Japan’s Sanae Takaichi to call snap election - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

Garry Kasparov in Substack's The Next Move about Americentrism, the arrogant attitude of many Americans that the United States is the only nation in the world that really matters -- Donald Trump and MAGA being the prime examples. open.substack.com/pub/thenextm...

The death toll in the protests in Iran rises to over 538, while the U.S. considers precision strikes against Iran www.dw.com/en/iran-prot...

Hospital attack highlights 'brutality' of Iran clampdown www.dw.com/en/hospital-...

Canada’s armed forces are planning for threats from America www.economist.com/the-americas...

A look at Ugannda's election, scheduled for Jan. 15 www.dw.com/en/uganda-20...

@fridaghitis.bsky.social on how we should take Trump seriously when he talks about taking over Greenland open.substack.com/pub/fridains...

Chris Alexander in Substack's The Diehard Optimist on how the U.S . military action in Venezuela is used by Russia to take the U.S . focus off of Ukraine as part of its misdirection strategy open.substack.com/pub/chrisale...

Venezuela launches wave of repression after US seizure of Nicolás Maduro - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

French president Emmanuel Macron is hosting Ukrainian president Voldomyr Zelensky and key allies of Ukraine to try to cement security guarantees for Kyiv www.bbc.com/news/article...

Central African Republic president Faustin Archange-Touadera reelected with 76 percent of the vote www.france24.com/en/live-news...

A look at the candidates in the Paris mayoral election, which will be held on March 15. www.politico.eu/article/cand...

Donald Trump’s reckless intervention in Venezuela - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT