Making it easier to buy a weapon was once unthinkable in the country. But the interior minister, working from a populist playbook, is pushing a hard line.
Tag: Politics and Government
The Election Showed a Divided Country. Investors Can Live With That.
The S&P 500 has risen in four of the first five trading days of the November. Wednesday’s 2.1 percent gain was its third-best showing this year.
Australia Likely to Block Hong Kong Company’s Bid for Gas Pipeline
Citing national security concerns, Australia said it would probably block an effort by CK Group from acquiring the country’s largest gas and pipeline company.
Conservatives Oust Tony Clement After He Admits Sending Explicit Images
Mr. Clement acknowledged sending sexually explicit photographs and video to a woman, but said he had believed she had consented to it.
Erdogan Champions Khashoggi While Trampling Turkish Journalists and Dissidents
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s demands for justice in the Khashoggi killing have left many deeply conflicted in Turkey, where tens of thousands have been detained in a government crackdown.
In China, Bill Gates Encourages the World to Build a Better Toilet
The Microsoft co-founder’s Reinvented Toilet Expo featured innovative approaches to a global problem — the fact that billions have no access to safe sanitation.
What Do North Korean Gymnastics Say About Kim Jong-un’s Politics?
North Korea included something new, a giant image of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, at a mass gymnastics performance on Sunday, and excluded something old: missiles.
One Legacy of Merkel? Angry East German Men Fueling the Far Right
Germany is again divided between east and west. To understand why, it helps to look at eastern men, who lost their jobs and their country as many women fled west.
China’s Leader, Hogging Spotlight, Elbows Communist Titan Aside
In a significant propaganda shift, Xi Jinping’s rise has come at the expense of Deng Xiaoping, long hailed as the architect of China’s prosperity.
China Seeks Allies as Trump’s Trade War Mounts. It Won’t Be Easy.
President Xi Jinping kicks off a Shanghai event showing a growing Chinese appetite to buy from the rest of the world. Even critics of the U.S. have doubts.