[ Are we on the brink of World War Three? Addressing the global media from Nevatim Air Base in southern Israel yesterday, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said Tel Aviv would do “anything necessary to protect the state of Israel at the time and in the way we in Israel choose to do so”. This comment … Read more
[ Welcome to Thursday’s Early Edition from i. Just two months ago, David Cameron made an impassioned plea for US Congress to pass a stalled funding package worth $60bn for Ukraine. “This is personal for me. My grandfather stormed the beaches of Normandy under covering fire from US warships,” he wrote for website The Hill. … Read more
[ Former President Trump said Tuesday that he could pursue expelling the Australian ambassador if he was elected to a second term, hitting back at one of his prominent vocal critics. In a GB News interview with former British politician Nigel Farage, Trump called out the former Australian prime minister-turned-ambassador, Kevin Rudd. “I don’t know. … Read more
[ TOKYO — Despite 8,000 miles and a 14-hour time difference, the chaos of Washington is never that far away for U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel. The day-to-day responsibilities in Tokyo are made all the more complicated with Republican stonewalling of U.S. aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific; Japanese anxiety over former President Trump’s … Read more
[ The State Department will screen 20 Days In Mariupol, nominated in the feature documentary Oscar category this year, at an event on February 27. Elizabeth Allen, the under secretary of state for public diplomacy, will give remarks at the screening along with Oksana Markarova, Ukraine‘s ambassador to the United States. The event is tied … Read more
[ The State Department is warning travelers to the Bahamas over high crime rates in the country. “The majority of crime occurs on New Providence (Nassau) and Grand Bahama (Freeport) islands,” the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs said in a Travel Advisory Friday. “In Nassau, practice increased vigilance in the “Over the Hill” area (south of … Read more
[ Secretary of State Antony Blinken weighed in on Taiwan’s presidential election on Saturday, offering his congratulations to Lai Ching-te, who goes by William, for his victory. “The United States congratulates Dr. Lai Ching-te on his victory in Taiwan’s presidential election,” Blinken said in a statement shared by the State Department. “We also congratulate the … Read more
[ House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) is looking into discussions between the office of U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and environmental advocacy groups in relation to its joining a group of countries that want to move away from coal. Late last year, Kerry announced that the U.S. would join the Powering Past Coal Alliance … Read more
[ Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will travel to Mexico City Wednesday to discuss historic levels of migration at the U.S.-Mexico border as pressure ratchets up on the Biden administration to act. They will be joined by White House Homeland Security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall and meet with Mexican … Read more
