World Leaders React in Horror as Trump Heads Back to White House

Nov 7, 2024 | While foreign nations all remained diplomatic in their responses to the results of this year’s presidential election, many of them were obviously terrified about what lies ahead of them with Donald Trump in The White House. Trump’s policies are not only going to harm those of us in America, but they are also going to cause havoc for our friends and allies across the globe – and they know it. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains what’s happening.

Elon Musk Woos World Leaders, Courting Controversy

BBC: He is "very impressed" with Emmanuel Macron. Narendra Modi can count him as "a fan". And Benjamin Netanyahu just dropped in to see him.

A parade of foreign leaders on recent US trips, including on official state visits at the White House's invitation, have added sit-downs with Elon Musk to their schedules.

This year, the world's richest man has met with, to name a few, the heads of France, Italy, India, South Korea - and, in just the past two days, Turkey and Israel.

Yet while the mercurial billionaire is more highly sought after than ever, there is no love lost between him and the Biden administration.

And as the outspoken contrarian's political reach expands, including by wading into sensitive geopolitical issues, there is growing unease for some over Mr Musk's power and access. Musk's face time with world leaders » | Sam Cabral, BBC News, Washington | Wednesday, September 20, 2023

World Leaders Condemn US Withdrawal from Paris Climate Deal

World leaders have condemned US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull America out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Al Jazeera’s Andrew Thomas reports from Sydney.

World Leaders View White House With 'Shock' And 'Worry' | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Vali Nasr joins Morning Joe to discuss why world leaders are in shock and worry about the current WH, and Trump's remarks on a two-state solution. Sen. Amy Klobuchar also joins the discussion.

John Kerry Statement on Syria Polarises World Leaders

THE GUARDIAN: Iran and Russia stand alongside Bashar al-Assad's regime while the UK, France and Australia follow Washington's lead

As the US moves towards military intervention in the Syrian conflict, world leaders have issued a string of belicose statements, with Iran and Russia standing alongside the Assad regime against a western alliance led by the US, UK, France and Australia.

In their toughest terms to date, David Cameron and US secretary of state, John Kerry, spoke of the undeniable and "asbolutely abhorrent" and use of chemical weapons in Syria. In response, the Assad regime and Iran warned that foreign military intervention in Syria would result in a conflict that would engulf the region.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, Abbas Araqchi, intimated that Tehran would respond, should the west strike.

"We want to strongly warn against any military attack in Syria. There will definitely be perilous consequences for the region," Araqchi told a news conference. "These complications and consequences will not be restricted to Syria. It will engulf the whole region."

Walid al-Moallem, Syria's foreign minister, also vowed that the regime would defend itself using all means available in the event of a US-led assault.

"I challenge those who accuse our forces of using these weapons to come forward with the evidence," he told reporters at a press conference in Damascus. "We have the means to defend ourselves, and we will surprise everyone."

Shia Iran is Syria's closest ally and has accused an alliance of militant Sunni Islamists, Israel and western powers of trying to use the conflict to take over the region. » | Paul Lewis in Washington, Martin Chulov in Beirut, Julian Borger, Nicholas Watt and agencies | Tuesday, August 27, 2013

World Leaders React to Osama's Death
May 2 - World leaders from England to Afghanistan react to news that Osama bin Laden is dead. Julie Noce reports

London: World Leaders Speak on the Libyan Crisis
World leaders have met at a summit in London to discuss the ongoing conflict in Libya, and possible outlooks both for the military intervention, and humanitarian and development aid going forward. Here are excerpts from comments made by David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, and Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General

Mahatma Gandhi 'Racist and Bisexual' Claims New Book
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A controversial biography of Mahatma Gandhi has claimed that the revered political leader was racist and bisexual.

Great Soul, written by former New York Times executive editor Joseph Lelyveld, makes several new claims about the man who led India to independence.

The book alleges that as an older man he held "nightly cuddles" – without clothes - with seventeen year-old girls in his entourage, including his own niece.

It also suggests that he was in love with German-Jewish architect and bodybuilder, Hermann Kallenbach, for whom he left his wife in 1908. » | Monday, March 28, 2011

World Leaders Photographed 'Up Close and Personal'
BBC: A photographer has attempted to capture world leaders, including Barack Obama and Robert Mugabe, in a more personal light.

Platon is a staff photographer for the New Yorker magazine, who set out to photograph world leaders for a project called "Portraits of Power" in September 2009.

He set up a tiny studio off the floor of the General Assembly and did his best to bring as many world leaders as possible in front of his lens.

The results, he says, shows leaders 'up close and personal'. Watch video >>> | Thursday, December 03, 2009

From Berlin to Beijing, Chancellors and Presidents Feel the Strain
THE GUARDIAN: The deepening world recession has dented prospects for many of the world's leaders trying to contain the financial fallout

The financial crisis has already changed the face of the political world. It decisively tipped the US election in Barack Obama's favour, tarnishing John McCain with the brush of Republican economic mismanagement. It brought Gordon Brown back from the political dead, making him appear statesmanlike, assured. It helped Nicolas Sarkozy turn his approval ratings round, as he too sought to offer crisis leadership and this week produced a package heavily larded with populist measures. A handful of other leaders around the world are having a "good" crisis, most notably Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, another economic populist, who is basking in 70% approval ratings.

But across much of the world, it has been hard to avoid one of the intractable laws of politics - when the economy goes south, the people in charge get the blame. Canada's prime minister, Stephen Harper, is feeling the pain most acutely this week, but just about everyone running a substantial economy anywhere must now be worrying about their own job security. That goes too for those untroubled by the necessity of holding elections. Popular wrath has other ways of making itself felt. >>> Julian Borger | December 6, 2008

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