Appointments and Executive Changes

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In Top Minister’s Resignation, Shades of an Earlier Political Crisis for Trudeau

December 21, 2024December 21, 2024IAN AUSTENComments Off

Chrystia Freeland’s departure this week recalls the 2019 SNC-Lavalin affair, in which Jody Wilson-Raybould quit Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet after a demotion.

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Peter Mandelson to Be Named UK Ambassador to US

December 19, 2024MARK LANDLERComments Off

The veteran Labour lawmaker chosen by Prime Minister Keir Starmer has experience in trade policy and business and was once nicknamed “the Prince of Darkness” for his political tactics.

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Putin Glosses Over Russian Setbacks, Including Syria

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024Anton TroianovskiComments Off

The Russian president, in a marathon annual news conference, said that he had not yet met with Bashar al-Assad, the ousted Syrian leader who fled to Moscow, but that he planned to.

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Who Is Friedrich Merz of Germany?

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZEComments Off

If polls are correct, Olaf Scholz’s successor could be the 69-year-old leader of the Christian Democratic Union. He is offering to get the German economic engine humming again.

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Chrystia Freeland Resigns, Threatening Trudeau’s Hold on Power

December 16, 2024December 17, 2024IAN AUSTENComments Off

Chrystia Freeland, the deputy prime minister and finance minister, had been helping lead Canada’s response to the incoming Trump administration.

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Al-Assad Wanted to Stay in Syria and Fight, Statement Says

December 16, 2024Matthew Mpoke BiggComments Off

The country’s former leader, Bashar al-Assad, appeared to give his first account of his flight from Syria in a statement posted to a Facebook account used by his presidency.