Politics

• Xi Skips Visit to Bombed Embassy After Vowing to ‘Never Forget’

  President Xi Jinping appeared to wrap his trip to Serbia without visiting the site of the former Chinese embassy bombed by NATO forces, as he balances his condemnation of the US-led group with managing fragile ties with Washington.

• The World’s Biggest Displacement Crisis Is Not in Gaza

  A long-simmering dispute between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group exploded into a full-blown civil war in April 2023. As many as 150,000 people may have been killed since then, according to US estimates, and the violence shows no sign of abating. Millions have fled their homes, leading to what the United Nations describes as the world’s biggest displacement crisis. Eclipsed by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, this is a humanitarian disaster that rarely makes headlines. International donors hav

• US-Style Borrowing But Without the Dollar: Welcome to Belgium

  Political stasis in Brussels is likely to persist after elections in June.

• South Korea’s President Apologizes for Bag Uproar as He Seeks to Reset Agenda

  South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol issued his first apology over his wife receiving a luxury handbag under questionable circumstances, highlighting his efforts to set a new course for his government after a stinging defeat in parliamentary elections.

• House Democrats Block Greene's Bid to Overthrow Speaker Johnson

  House Democrats joined with Republicans to block a hardliner attempt to overthrow Speaker Mike Johnson, a rare cross-party alliance formed to reward the GOP leader for help securing $61 billion in aid for Ukraine.