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President Barack Obama delivered a staunch defense of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, amid lingering doubts about the commitment of his successor Donald Trump to maintaining the ties between the U.S. and its closest allies. "The EU and NATO are extraordinary forces for peace and stability," Obama said in an interview with Greece's Kathimerini newspaper before visits this week to Athens and Berlin.
In March, I was driving along a road that led from Dayton, Ohio, into its formerly middle-class, now decidedly working-class southwestern suburbs, when I came upon an arresting sight. I was looking for a professional sign-maker who had turned his West Carrollton ranch house into a distribution point for Trump yard signs, in high demand just days prior to the Ohio Republican primary.
President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump shake hands following their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington last Thursday. Dispossessed by economic globalisation, faced with growing economic inequality, and wanting change, the people of the United States have elected Donald Trump to be their president.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday he will continue his efforts to implement the Paris Agreement on global warming until the day President Barack Obama leaves office on Jan. 20. Speaking in New Zealand following a trip to Antarctica, Kerry said his administration would continue to do everything possible to meet its responsibility to future generations. Kerry has long championed climate action but now his legacy is under threat.
Demonstrators march to Trump Tower in Chicago on November 12, 2016, as marches continue across the US against the policies of US President-elect Donald Trump. Photo: AFP President-elect Donald Trump huddled with advisers inside his Manhattan residence, plotting his next moves as thousands of demonstrators besieged Trump Tower and marched through other US cities in a fourth day of protests.
The meeting will be seen by some as an embarrassment for British Prime Minister Theresa May who spoke with Trump by telephone last week, but has yet to meet him in person Leading Brexit campaigner and UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage visited US President-elect Donald Trump at his home in New York City and a Trump aide said the pair had a "very productive" meeting. "We're just tourists!" Farage joked with reporters after he was seen waiting for an elevator in the skyscraper's lobby.
Roses and thorns: Tyson Langston of Starkville votes at the Oktibbeha County Courthouse Annex Tuesday morning. More than 58 percent of Oktibbeha registered voters voted.
President Barack Obama greets audience members after he spoke about immigration reform at Chamizal National Memorial Park in El Paso, Texas, Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Courtesy of AP Photo/Charles Dharapak What: Two-part, four-hour documentary that examines the last 50 years of African American history from Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Perhaps it's fortunate that PBS's “Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise” - a four-hour documentary that examines the past 50 years of African American history - is airing a week after the presidential election.
It is in the nature of centrist societies to assume the moderate status quo is stable and disruption through extremes is not possible. This is why they are often surprised by the predictable and obvious.
American presidential elections are traditionally like a race between thoroughbreds. But this year, it was more like a contest between a thoroughbred and a donkey - and the donkey won.
Supporter holds a sign as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally Feb. 19, 2016, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Trump is campaigning throughout South Carolina ahead of the state's primary. Supporter holds a sign as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally Feb. 19, 2016, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Trump is campaigning throughout South Carolina ahead of the state's primary.
It was supposed to be his grand valedictory tour. Now President Barack Obama must use his last major trip abroad to try to calm shocked world leaders about the outcome of the US election and what comes next when Donald Trump is president.
For the past eight years, Massachusetts enjoyed a special rapport with the White House, fueled by the friendship between former Gov. Deval Patrick and fellow Democrat President Barack Obama. Many political leaders in Massachusetts were among President-elect Donald Trump's fiercest critics during the campaign.
Trump, the president-elec... . FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 file photo, a woman who identified herself as J. Stroh sets fire to an effigy of Donald Trump, as a man who identified himself as Blue Velvet blows on the flames, during an an... .
I know the headlines are suggesting that President-elect Donald J. Trump might be backpedaling on some policy issues, but some tweaks were expected as this is politics and you never get 100 percent of what you want. Right now, there's some attention being given to Trump's possible move to keep parts of Obamacare in place.
Even before Tuesday's voters brought a dramatic end to the political career of Hillary Clinton and served up a stunning rebuke to the presidency of Barack Obama, the chattering class had a weird spin on what was happening. "I can't identify a single issue domestic or foreign, in 2016, because no campaign in my adult lifetime has turned so little on policy and so much on character," wrote Frank Bruni in last Sunday's New York Times .
THE alleged extra judicial killing issue on the onslaught of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs has put the country on the international scene these past few months. Government and private organizations from around the globe give their positive and negative feedback on this discourse.
It was supposed to be his grand valedictory tour. Now President Barack Obama must use his last major trip abroad to try to calm shocked world leaders about the outcome of the U.S. election, and what comes next when Donald Trump is president.
Republican Donald Trump has won United States elections and President Barack Obama has been very graceful while dealing with the President-elect. During his recent meeting with Trump, Obama said that he'll ensure smooth transition of power.