Leaders & Governing Bodies

41+ min ago   (308+ words) SYDNEY, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Australia will bid to ⁠join ⁠the United Nations Security Council ⁠from 2029, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday, as ​he launched a campaign to secure one of the two non-permanent seats available to ‌its bloc. Albanese said…...

7+ hour, 19+ min ago   (546+ words) The French and Canadian leaders met in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon as both countries seek stronger partnerships French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged closer cooperation on energy, security and climate change during a meeting on the…...

5+ min ago   (252+ words) SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Senior diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan held telephone consultations Monday to share information and discuss responses following North Korea's latest ballistic missile launches, Seoul's foreign ministry said. On Sunday, Pyongyang fired two short-range…...

6+ min ago   (148+ words) President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating rose for the first time in 10 weeks last week, helped by his clarification of key political issues during a press conf...

14+ min ago   (347+ words) SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating rose for the first time in 10 weeks last week, helped by his clarification of key political issues during a press conference, a pollster said Monday. In a poll conducted on 2,507 adults…...

10+ min ago   (103+ words) North Korean state media remained silent early Monday morning on the country's latest missile launches. The Korean Central News Agency made no mention of Sunday...

12+ hour, 45+ min ago   (278+ words) Yom Kippur begins at sundown this evening. Today the White House posted a" Presidential Message on Yom Kippur" (full text) which reads:On the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, I send my best wishes to the entire Jewish community…...

14+ hour, 51+ min ago   (220+ words) From SSRN:Chagai Schlesinger, Autonomy Of Dependent Institutions: Church Autonomy After Carson V. Makin, (Utah Law Review, Forthcoming Spring 2027).LaDonna Humphrey, Faith, Authority, and the Duty to Protect Medical Neglect in the Church of the Firstborn and Comparable Religious Communities, (September…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (137+ words) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Sunday that high-level engagements with Chinese officials regarding trade policy and artificial intelligence ended on a "very successful" note. Bessent met for an all-day session with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Washington. The…...

3+ hour, 31+ min ago   (843+ words) Labour was accused of running a futile 'talking shop' on women's safety on Sunday after a minister claimed that 'all' women in society are 'unsafe'. Bridget Phillipson was under fire on Sunday for her response to fears from female villagers…...