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South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during his New Year's speech at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea on Jan. 7. Moon said he hopes to see North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fulfill a promise to visit the South this year as he called for the rival Koreas to end a prolonged freeze in bilateral relations.

Cyr: South Korea’s vital leadership

January 31, 2020 at 8:56 a.m.

Today, mass media coverage of the Korean Peninsula focuses on two flamboyant personalities. President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un regularly vie for center stage. This overshadows the...

From left, Mexico's Treasury Secretary Arturo Herrera, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Chrystia Freeland,, Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico's top trade negotiator Jesus Seade and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer hold documents after signing an update to the North American Free Trade Agreement in Mexico City on Dec. 10.

Cyr: U.S., Mexico and Canada reconfirm free trade

January 24, 2020 at 9:04 a.m.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's alter ego and fictional hero Sherlock Holmes greatly raised the prestige of previously lowly detective story. Sherlock, like Shakespeare, had acute insight. One of Holmes' most...

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen waves to supporters during a campaign rally on Jan. 8, three days before she was reelected.

Cyr: Taiwan reconfirms equality as well as democracy

January 16, 2020 at 10:40 a.m.

President Tsai Ing-wen has been reconfirmed dramatically as leader of the government of Taiwan. The election of Jan. 11 gave her 57.1% of the vote, a stunning landslide. She is...

Cyr: Drones, destruction and death – the U.S. undeclared war with Iran

January 10, 2020 at 10:47 a.m.

Up close and personal — that describes targeting individuals in wartime, even when impersonal unmanned drone aircraft are employed. The lethal remotely guided aircraft have become extremely popular with the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves his annual news conference in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2019. Putin prepares to mark his 20th year in power, as the longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin.

Cyr: Putin’s press conference in context

January 3, 2020 at 8:54 a.m.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia held his traditional year-end press conference on Dec. 19. The main news is there was none, save for coy hints he may change the constitution...

Infantrymen of the U.S. First Army plod through snowy woods in Belgium's Ardennes Forest as they advance to contact German forces at the start of the Battle of the Bulge, December1944.

Cyr: 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge recalls peace and war at Christmas season

December 27, 2019 at 8:50 a.m.

Christmas season this year falls on the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest battle in the history of the United States. On Dec. 16, 1944, Nazi...

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 file photo British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, is greeted by Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, center left, during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Boris Johnson’s impressive victory, Britain and Brexit

December 18, 2019 at 10:19 a.m.

Britain's Conservative Party and Prime Minister Boris Johnson have reasons to feel great satisfaction. The durable political party has scored an impressive political victory in the Dec. 12 general election....

A protester takes a photo of a Christmas tree and Santa Claus figure next to a sign reading "Democracy Now" at a rally in Hong Kong on Thursday, Dec. 12. Protesters in Hong Kong have written hundreds of Christmas cards for detainees jailed in the city's pro-democracy movement.

Cyr: United States leaders show courage regarding Hong Kong

December 13, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.

The United States government has shown impressive unity in formally, publicly condemning Beijing's suppression efforts in Hong Kong. The police state action is an ominous development reaching beyond the province....

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg speaks to the media on Nov. 26 in Phoenix. Democrats are narrowing Donald Trump's early spending advantage, with two billionaire White House hopefuls joining established party groups to target the president in key battleground states that are likely to determine the outcome of next year's election.

Cyr: Is there a chance for Bloomberg?

December 6, 2019 at 9:29 a.m.

Billionaire business entrepreneur Michael Bloomberg has entered the still long endurance run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Immediately, he predictably is garnering media attention and a blizzard of pointed...

The statue of the 16th President of the US Abraham Lincoln is seen inside the Lincoln Memorial early on Feb. 12, 2009, in Washington, D.C. The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission hosted ceremonies in honor of the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.

Cyr: Thanksgiving and Lincoln’s legacy

November 27, 2019 at 9:43 a.m.

Thanksgiving means real, not ideological, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrated this fundamental point. On Oct. 3, 1863, the White House issued the Thanksgiving Proclamation, declaring the last Thursday of...

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