President Biden hosted officials from 11 countries in the Western Hemisphere on Friday for a meeting intended to address the historic flow of migrants in the region by bolstering the economies of Mexico, Ecuador, Panama and other countries. During the two-hour meeting at the White House, Mr. Biden announced new efforts to work with the…
“U.S. allies and partners are concerned about U.S. overstretch,” said Stephen Wertheim, a historian of American foreign policy and senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “But paradoxically, if they have put enough chips to date in the U.S. basket” of military ties, he added, “they want to seek closer relationships and more…
The latest battle over a widely used abortion drug is set to play out on Wednesday before a conservative appeals court in New Orleans that has become the testing ground for some of the most contentious policy fights in the nation. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will…
After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity. As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and…
At the same time, rising global temperatures have intensified deadly floods in places like Pakistan and Nigeria, as well as fueled record heat across Europe and Asia. In the Horn of Africa, a third year of severe drought has brought millions to the brink of famine. Much of the focus over the past two weeks…