Jean Charest and the center of Canadian politics

MINO-SHUFFLE — Staffers never want to be the story. They're not elected, they'll say. Their bosses are the accountable ones — either elected by people or tapped by the prime minister or appointed by Cabinet. In a minister's office, the boss wears the wins and losses. Staffers serve...

Mayor Eric Adams denies New York is playing travel agent in movement of asylum seekers.

Ahoj and welcome to the second Global Insider dispatch from Team Europe. This is Stuart Lau, EU-China correspondent, coming to you from the Czech Republic. I sat down with Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský to see why his country is fast becoming Taiwan’s bestie — and China’s big headache.