The outgoing U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says she watched America’s leadership diminish in the world during Donald Trump’s first presidency and China fill the vacuum. Linda Thomas-Greenfield is warning that if it happens again during Trump's second term,

The outgoing U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says she watched America’s leadership diminish in the world during Donald Trump’s first presidency and saw China fill the vacuum.

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President-elect Donald J. Trump has made big promises on Ukraine, Iran, China and crises around the globe. But he will have to make difficult choices.

The United Nations has announced new actions to counter the surge in antisemitism, including encouraging governments to enforce laws against hate crimes and discrimination.

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Just three days before US President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, Russia and Iran have finally signed a “comprehensive partnership agreement,” a deal that had been in the works for months.

Following his win over Kamala Harris, Donald Trump has been assembling the administration for his second term in the White House.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upset the delicate and broadly depoliticised balance in the Arctic – and now Trump has taken a sledgehammer to it, argues Edward Jones

With even allies on tenterhooks and adversaries keeping a close eye, Trump has already launched a full-throated assault on “liberal internationalism,” a rules-based order that the US, ironically, has long wielded against its rivals for daring territorial expansion.

Trump's threats of taking over Greenland and the Panama Canal are contrary to international law, undercutting moral standing and putting U.S. in danger.