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Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey in Windsor, England, Friday, May 5, 2023 where the Conservatives lost control of Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead council in the local elections. Britain's Conservative Party endured big losses in early results from local elections being viewed as a test of support for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government as a national election approaches. The opposition Labour Party and Liberal Democrats made significant gains. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)

Column: British local government elections have national, and international, implications

May 19, 2023 at 3:02 p.m.

"The Liberal Democrats won a huge haul of more than 200 net seat gains." This is how The Guardian in Britain described the significant gains by this third party in...

In this photo made available by Buckingham Palace on Monday, May 8, 2023, Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla are pictured with members of the working royal family, from left Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, Prince Richard, the Duke of Gloucester, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Princess Anne, Prince William, the Prince of Wales, Kate, the Princess of Wales, Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy and Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace, London. (Hugo Burnand/Royal Household 2023 via AP)

Column: History underscores the importance of Britain’s Royal Family

May 10, 2023 at 9:50 a.m.

Our close ally Britain has a new head of state. That fellow known for many decades as Prince Charles is now King Charles III, head of state of the United...

President Joe Biden surprises South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol with a guitar signed by Don McLean in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 26, 2023, following the State Dinner. American Pie, by McLean, is one of Yoon's favorite songs. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Column: South Korea president’s Washington visit underscores importance of relationship with the U.S.

May 4, 2023 at 7:10 a.m.

President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea has just completed a six-day visit to Washington D.C. The relatively lengthy visit by the head of government underscores both the international influence...

FILE - Davida Brook, left, Justin Nelson, center, and Stephen Shackelford, right, attorneys for Dominion Voting Systems, exit the New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington, Del., after the defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News was settled just as the jury trial was set to begin, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Column: Dominion-Fox News settlement is a big win for everyone

April 25, 2023 at 4:35 p.m.

As the formal trial in the enormous defamation suit of Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News was about to begin, plaintiff Dominion agreed to end their suit for $787.5 million,...

President Joe Biden waves as he departs after speaking outside St. Muredach's Cathedral in Ballina, Ireland, Friday, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Column: Biden’s trip reinforced relationships with Ireland, Britain

April 18, 2023 at 4:58 p.m.

President Joe Biden's four-day visit to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, which began on April 11, provided an overall opportunity to highlight our important, and complex, relationships with...

FILE - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen deliver statements to the press after a Bipartisan Leadership Meeting at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Wednesday, April 5, 2023. China's military sent several dozen warplanes and 11 warships toward Taiwan in a display of force directed at the self-ruled island, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said Monday, April 10, after China launched large-scale military drills in retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and Taiwan's President. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Column: Taiwan’s current and former leaders must walk a political tightrope in coexisting with China

April 12, 2023 at 10:45 a.m.

President Tsai Ing-wen has just made an important visit to the United States. In reaction, the communist government of China has broadcast predictable belligerency, threatened retaliation and sanctioned selected organizations....

FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is escorted by officers from the Lefortovsky court to a bus, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart, in a rare phone since the Ukraine war, to immediately release Gershkovich, who was detained, as well as another imprisoned American, Paul Whelan, the State Department said Sunday, April 2. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Column: Russia is strangling freedom through intimidation

April 4, 2023 at 4:21 p.m.

The shocking arrest of Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter in Russia for The Wall Street Journal, marks the latest assault on freedom by Vladimir Putin. Gershkovich represents a highly respected,...

A demonstrator holds a poster mocking French President Emmanuel Macron next to burning garbage cans during a demonstration Tuesday, March 28, 2023 in Paris. It's the latest round of nationwide demonstrations and strikes against unpopular pension reforms and President Emmanuel Macron's push to raise France's legal retirement age from 62 to 64. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Column: France demonstrations have significant international implications

March 28, 2023 at 4:27 p.m.

President Emmanuel Macron and the people of France are facing a significant challenge to government authority, social stability and the future of the nation. Massive sustained protest demonstrations have turned...

In this photo provided by Japan's Cabinet Public Affairs Office, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida make a toast at Rengatei restaurant in the famed Ginza district of Tokyo, Thursday, March 16, 2023. (Japan's Cabinet Public Affairs Office via AP)

Column: Japan and South Korea reach important accord

March 22, 2023 at 9:01 a.m.

Japan and South Korea, increasingly powerful nations, have reached an important agreement with far-reaching and positive implications. On March 16, Prime Ministers Fumio Kishida of Japan and Yoon suk-yeol of...

President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his farewell address to the nation on Jan. 18, 1961, when he warned of the influence of the military-industrial complex.

Column: International commitment to arms control is firmly established

March 15, 2023 at 9:07 a.m.

"Disarmament ... is a continuing imperative." That public statement is not from an ideologue on the left, but rather President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell address. He delivered the...

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