A man places an image of the late Pope Francis in a memorial outside the Buenos Aires’ Metropolitan Cathedral. PHOTO: REUTERS
Not being a believer myself, I take only a limited interest in the doings of priests, imams and rabbis, but I did stumble into a situation involving the late Pope Francis at a crucial point in his early career.
Pierre Poilievre, of the Conservative Party in Canada (above), and Peter Dutton, of the conservative coalition in Australia, face defeat in elections because of comparisons with Donald Trump. PHOTO: REUTERS
The dictionary defines a horse whisperer as "someone who is skilled at training horses using gentle, non-violent methods based on understanding horse behaviour and psychology."
US President Donald Trump holding the "Foreign Trade Barriers" document as he delivers remarks on imposing tariffs. PHOTO: REUTERS
In 10 whirlwind weeks Donald Trump had already smashed the international system of rules and alliances that more or less kept the peace for the past 80 years, but his bizarre "tariffs on everybody" policy has given us a glimpse of what may take its place.
Indian soldiers stand beside a Pritthvi missile during a full dress rehearsal for an upcoming Republic Day parade in 2006 in New Delhi. Photo: Getty Images
The "third wave" of nuclear weapons countries is beginning, and it will be at least as dangerous as the previous waves.
US Vice-President JD Vance tours the US military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. PHOTO: REUTERS
"We need to wake up from a failed, 40-year consensus that said we could ignore the encroachment of powerful countries as they expand their ambitions," US Vice-President JD Vance said during his brief visit to the US military base at Pituffik in northern Greenland.
An Iranian security official in protective clothing walks through part of the uranium conversion facility just outside the city of Isfahan. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES
Maybe it was the fact that we were coming up to the 10th anniversary of the treaty Donald Trump destroyed that prompted him to start issuing threats to Iran again.
Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila. PHOTO: REUTERS
"Joseph Kabila boycotted the election and is preparing an insurrection because he is the AFC," President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo said last October.
Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting, casts his vote following an extraordinary session of the outgoing lower house of parliament, the Bundestag. PHOTO: REUTERS
Last Tuesday there was a vote in the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, that may have changed the course of history.