Philip Crowther meets Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago and Former White House Chief of Staff to President Obama. He explains why in his opinion Barack Obama must be re-elected as president in November. He also tells us about the city of Chicago and explains why he thinks it is a great place to live.
As we head towards key parliamentary elections on June 10th and 17th, the new French president and government are making their first steps. François Hollande went to Berlin, the US and Brussels in the space of a week. A man elected after a campaign focused on domestic topics is now mostly busy with international issues, from the Greek crisis to the war in Afghanistan.
Mitt Romney imagines his first day as president of the United States. Wikileaks launches its very own social network. And YouTube celebrates its 7th birthday…
In today's international pick of the press, we look at what Obama has learned from Afghanistan - and will we ever really know who brought down Pan Am flight 103?
The world’s most powerful leaders held talks at the G8 summit on Saturday with the eurozone crisis top of their agenda. Francois Hollande’s call for growth won him some powerful allies as he battles against Germany’s insistence on austerity.
G8 leaders meeting in the United States were to focus on Europe's debt crisis on Saturday, as President Barack Obama aligned himself with new French President François Hollande’s drive for more economic stimulus.
In his first talks with US President Barack Obama on Friday, French President François Hollande said he would honour a campaign pledge to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan this year but said France would support the NATO mission in other ways.
French President François Hollande has vowed to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan before the New Year, placing him in a difficult diplomatic position as he holds his first talks with US President Barack Obama on Friday.
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Fri. 18/05/12: The man who could be Greece’s next Prime Minister gives an interview to the Wall Street Journal. Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras say he doesn’t think Europe will cut off spending to Greece. He wants a European solution, but says if push comes to shove, Greece can manage on its own.
French President François Hollande is to meet with US President Barack Obama for the first time on Friday before a G8 summit on Europe’s debt crisis. The two are expected to discuss issues ranging from austerity to troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
