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Morning Brief: U.S. Braces for Possible Government Shutdown

U.S. Braces for Possible Government Shutdown Top news: The U.S. government is on the verge of shutting down for the first time in 17 years, as lawmakers prepare for one last-ditch effort to reach a compromise that would prevent vital services from going...

Published Mon, Sep 30 2013 5:47 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Radoslaw Sikorski on immigration, history, and the hole in the Polish state

My colleague Josh Rogin and I had the chance to sit down this morning with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who is in town for a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today. Josh will have some details on our conversation about U.S...

Published Thu, Apr 29 2010 10:52 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Kim Jong Un declared North Korea’s new supreme leader

Kim Jong Un declared North Korea’s new supreme leader Top story: One day after the funeral of Kim Jong Il, tens of thousands of North Koreans packed a square in Pyongyang to declare their allegiance to his son, Kim Jong Un. The event marked the culmination...

Published Thu, Dec 29 2011 4:32 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Doubts surround EU summit

Doubts surround EU summit Top news: There are growing doubts that this week's summit of EU leaders will meet market expectations in its efforts to respond to the European debt crisis. The parties have agreed that the European Financial Stability Facility...

Published Wed, Oct 26 2011 5:39 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Obama's Prime Minister's Questions

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was often magisterial during Prime Minister's Questions, when, as the head of the Labour Party, he would face off against a respectful...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 12:58 PM by FP Passport

Al Shabaab's Alabaman jihadist

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Until recently counter-terrorism officials weren't worried about jihadi pundits having much of an influence in the United States itself, where they believed that a higher degree...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 1:34 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, North America, Africa, Middle East, Somalia

Longterm optimism on Russia from Berger and Khalilzad

One of the themes of today's event is looking beyond the day's headlines to focus on longer-term trends. Along those lines, it was interesting to hear former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger and former Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay...

Published Thu, Nov 29 2012 9:19 AM by FP Passport

No Graffiti For You! Donetsk Rebels Are Holding Captive City’s Guerrilla Artist

Chavez breaks silence on Twitter: Viva Qaddafi!

A number of commentators have wondered in recent days whether Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez would weigh in on the difficulties facing his old friend Muammar al-Qaddafi. Unlike his counterpart Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, Chavez has been uncharacteristiaclly...

Published Fri, Feb 25 2011 10:40 AM by FP Passport

No One Is Mourning the Death of Bitcoin Giant Mt. Gox

Since peaking at more than $1,100 in late November, Bitcoin's trading value has fallen by half . On Wednesday, a Japanese court delivered a death blow to Mt. Gox, once the world's largest Bitcoin exchange, which had collapsed after hackers stole...

Published Thu, Apr 17 2014 4:40 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Finance

The Obscure Academic Feud at the Center of India’s Elections

There are few accolades that Amartya Sen, the aging, brilliant Indian academic, hasn't attained. His country's most prominent public intellectual, the man is both a Nobel prize winner and that most unlikely of things: a rock-star economist. His...

Published Wed, May 07 2014 1:41 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: South Asia, Development, Economics, India

Best Served Cold

Chinese netizens actually bought out every other ticket to a Valentine’s Day romcom so that couples couldn’t go. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 14 2014 12:04 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China, Internet, Default, Free, Web Exclusive, TLN, Tea Leaf Nation

Morning Brief: Ukrainian Crisis Deepens as President Calls in Sick

Ukrainian Crisis Deepens as President Calls in Sick Top news: Ukrainian protesters appear to have rejected a conditional amnesty deal passed by parliament late Wednesday night that would exempt them from prosecution in exchange for removing barricades...

Published Thu, Jan 30 2014 5:59 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Obama Urges Moscow to Limit Border Troops

Obama Urges Moscow to Limit Border Troops Top News : President Barack Obama publicly called on Russia to pull troops back from the Ukrainian border . In an interview with CBS News, Obama urged Moscow to "de-escalate the situation" and begin...

Published Fri, Mar 28 2014 6:35 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: South Sudanese Diplomats Fly to Ethiopia to Begin Peace Talks

South Sudanese Diplomats Fly to Ethiopia to Begin Peace Talks Top News: The violence in South Sudan that began on Dec. 15 is continuing today as representatives of both sides of the conflict fly to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss a resolution. The fighting...

Published Tue, Dec 31 2013 6:00 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Morning Brief: U.S. Braces for Possible Government Shutdown

Radoslaw Sikorski on immigration, history, and the hole in the Polish state

Morning Brief: Kim Jong Un declared North Korea’s new supreme leader

Morning Brief: Doubts surround EU summit

Obama's Prime Minister's Questions

Al Shabaab's Alabaman jihadist

Longterm optimism on Russia from Berger and Khalilzad

No Graffiti For You! Donetsk Rebels Are Holding Captive City’s Guerrilla Artist

Chavez breaks silence on Twitter: Viva Qaddafi!

No One Is Mourning the Death of Bitcoin Giant Mt. Gox

The Obscure Academic Feud at the Center of India’s Elections

Best Served Cold

Morning Brief: Ukrainian Crisis Deepens as President Calls in Sick

Morning Brief: Obama Urges Moscow to Limit Border Troops

Morning Brief: South Sudanese Diplomats Fly to Ethiopia to Begin Peace Talks