International Relations

(CNN) — President Joe Biden's closely watched summit last week with his Russian counterpart affirmed his belief that nothing can replicate a face-to-face with a tough adversary. Now, he and his aides are looking ahead to a higher-stakes encounter: a meeting with China's Xi Jinping. White House officials say the...

Forty-five international officers, representing 43 countries, were presented the Command and General Staff College International Graduate Badge in a ceremony June 17 in the Lewis and Clark Center’s Eisenhower Auditorium. In 1894, Swiss Lt. Henri Le Comte became the first international officer to study alongside U.S. officers when he attended...

(CNN) — In 2000, when the internet in Brazil was still in its infancy, an email with an alarming message about the Amazon went viral. It claimed that the United States and the United Nations had taken the forest from Brazilians and transformed it into a protected area -- a falsehood, but one that reflected a long-running conspiracy theory still promoted today by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

As global efforts to contain emerging Covid variants continue to present steep challenges, the debate about how the virus emerged has become increasingly politicised. Most scientists still believe a natural spillover event was the most likely cause, but the Wuhan “lab leak” theory refuses to go away entirely – and other hypotheses cannot be discounted. Laura Spinney brings us up to speed on the latest thinking and why it has proved so difficult to pinpoint the origins of Sars-CoV-2.

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic sparked an explosion of health misinformation, which the World Health Organization called an "infodemic." Anti-science groups are well-funded, well-organized, and have acquired a political dimension through political action. It's important to recognize that many individuals who espouse anti-science views have themselves been targeted with...

That brings the plenary to a close. Senedd Live returns on Tuesday. Take care. 'Condemns the failure of the UK Government to fulfil its promise that Wales would not be a penny worse off outside the European Union'. The Conservative motion on Brexit is deleted in its entirety and replaced...

Expert says ransomware attacks will happen, and your company has to be prepared long before the attack hits. TechRepublic's Karen Roby spoke to Jim McGann, VP of Index Engines, about ransomware and how to recover from an attack. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. Karen Roby: Jim,...

Conspiracy theories -- or, more precisely, "conspiracism" -- have become a bigger part of American political life in the last few years. How do they get traction, and how do proponents of fact-based politics counter that trend and get us back to a more normal time?. Connections: How do conspiracy...

South Korean journalist So Jun Seop released an article thanking BTS on behalf of his wife, who passed away. On Tuesday, Jun. 22, South Korean journalist So Jun Seop released an article on Oh My News, thanking BTS on behalf of his wife, who has passed away. Journalist Thanks Wife...

Apparently, Justin and Hailey Bieber hold more diplomatic pull than some small nations. While North American Instagram’s first couple was vacationing in Paris, the pair decided to ask for a meeting with France’s first couple, Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte. That’s, at least, how one French outlet is explaining pictures emerging from the Biebers being hosted at the Élysée Palace, France’s equivalent of the White House.

Robert Barnett is a professorial research associate at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies and an affiliate lecturer at the Lau China Institute at King’s College London. China’s increasingly assertive approach to international diplomacy has been widely discussed with regard to strategic stress points such as...

Deteriorating living and working conditions for workers in garment supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic have increased the risk of forced labour, according to a new report from the University of Sheffield. 'The Unequal Impacts of COVID-19 on Global Garment Supply Chains' has found that workers in Ethiopia, Honduras, India,...