How Trump would have viewed an Obama-Kim summit, Trump-Kim summit sparks hope of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, Trump’s G7 affront to common values, Australia to combat Russian election interference, Beauty pageants are rapidly losing their appeal
“[Donald] Trump … would have poured buckets of derision on [President Barack] Obama for the piece of paper he signed with Kim, for the fawning praise he lavished on a brutal tyrant, and for the paltry non-concessions he got in return…,” writes Jona…
EU Begins Tariffs On U.S. Goods
On Friday, the European Union starts imposing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, from steel and aluminum to orange juice and bourbon.
Erdogan Seeks A New Term With Increased Powers In Turkey
Turkey holds elections Sunday as its controversial president seeks re-election and looks set to gain more powers for his office.
Mexican Campaigns Focus On Immigration
As Mexico prepares for national elections, the Trump administration’s migrant detention policy is fueling a debate about the future of the country’s relationship with the U.S.
On US-Mexican border, the rules change, but human impulses don’t
Checking her calendar in a park across the street from the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville earlier this week, her guess is close: 15 days ago. There had been nothing in the news then, and no one had been talking about it until she heard fr…
A journey along the shoals of a gentrifying L.A. neighborhood
The tale of Frogtown is, on the surface, a familiar drama of longtime residents watching as developers descend upon their “undiscovered” neighborhood. Dig a little deeper, though, and what you find is a community that has, for most of its history, hel…
War games ‘very provocative’? To S. Korea, so is calling them off
The military exercises that the United States holds with South Korea every summer, code-named Ulchi Freedom Guardian, have been a vital part of the two countries’ alliance since the 1970s. The main goal of the exercises, which rely heavily on computer…
Why nations are not alone in fighting graft
By itself, this news out of Romania on Thursday may not mean much outside Romania: A court sentenced the country’s most powerful politician, Liviu Dragnea, to 3-1/2 years over a fake jobs scandal. As a triumph for rule of law in one of Europe’s most c…
As OPEC watches nervously, Russia and Saudi Arabia create a new axis – of oil
The next day it was announced that Russia and Saudi Arabia had agreed to “institutionalize” their two-year old bilateral arrangement to coordinate oil production targets in order to smooth out global price fluctuations.
Long-Extinct Gibbon Found Inside Tomb Of Chinese Emperor’s Grandmother
A Chinese tomb has turned up evidence of a new species of long-extinct ape. The gibbon, called Junzi imperialis, lived and died alongside its imperial human caretaker.
Global voices on progress: a special project of the Monitor Daily
Welcome to a the Monitor’s Global Voices project, our collaboration with more than 50 news organizations worldwide to promote solutions journalism. It began on June 16, Impact Journalism Day, when we all published stories from one another that focused…
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