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British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at the start of London Tech Week on June 10. The contest to replace her got underway this week, with frontrunner Boris Johnson facing criticism from Paris over his Brexit plan and a key rival struggling with a drug scandal.

Cyr: British politics reflect change — and stability

June 14, 2019 at 9:56 a.m.

W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, the great British musical maestros, declared in their 1882 light opera "Iolanthe" that Great Britain was truly stable politically: "Every boy and every gal that's...

In this file photo taken on June 6, 1944, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gives order of the day to the paratroopers, just before they board their airplane to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe.

Cyr: D-Day lessons for today

June 6, 2019 at 9:50 a.m.

From ancient times, military professionals rightly regard amphibious invasions as especially challenging. We recognize and honor the 75th anniversary of the greatest such operation, the Allies' invasion of France in...

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May comes out to announce her resignation outside 10 Downing street in central London on May 24.

Cyr: Britain and Europe – will Brexit never end?

May 31, 2019 at 10:26 a.m.

"Fog in channel, Continent cut off," is a British quip about an old newspaper headline regarding English Channel weather, quoted in this column for good reason. Current developments regarding the...

Foxconn chairman Terry Gou and then-Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker pose in June 2018 at a groundbreaking for the proposed Foxconn plant in Mt. Pleasant.

Cyr: One more candidate for president – this time of Taiwan

May 24, 2019 at 9:50 a.m.

Terry Gou, founder and longtime chief executive of electronics giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, well known by the trade name Foxconn Technology Group, has dramatically declared as a candidate...

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, pose with their newborn son Archie in St George's Hall at Windsor Castle on May 8.

Cyr: Britain’s royal birth part of a greater national story

May 17, 2019 at 8:27 a.m.

"Meghan Markle has officially given birth to a baby boy!" That gushing statement is how Town & Country magazine in the United States begins an article on the arrival of...

May Day marchers in Los Angeles called for support of labor and immigrant concerns such as wage improvement, immigration reform and a citizenship question in the upcoming national census.

Cyr: Immigration reform important for U.S. policy — and politics

May 10, 2019 at 10:06 a.m.

"The happy and powerful do not go into exile," wrote Alexis de Tocqueville, the brilliant visitor from France who struggled to understand the dynamic new American nation nearly two centuries...

Kim Jong Un with Vladimir Putin at their summit meeting in Vladivostok on April 25.

Cyr: Russia-North Korea summit provides a reality check

May 3, 2019 at 10:55 a.m.

The summit meeting on April 25 in Vladivostok between Russia President Vladimir Putin and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un is a useful lesson in the basic reality that power...

Cyr: Indonesia demonstrates progress in Southeast Asia

April 26, 2019 at 10:17 a.m.

Indonesia has carried out democratic elections enormous in scale and importance, including for Americans. As usual currently, most of our media have ignored or only briefly noted this important news....

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 11, 2019.

Cyr: President Moon personifies South Korea success

August 18, 2019 at 2:54 p.m.

The summit in Washington on April 11 between President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and President Donald Trump of the United States deserves much greater attention than has been received....

Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot throws out a ceremonial first pitch before the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates play in the home opener at Wrigley Field on Monday, April 8.

Cyr: New Chicago mayor faces same old financial crisis

April 12, 2019 at 9:35 a.m.

The wide-margin victory of Lori Lightfoot in the runoff election for Chicago mayor is no surprise, and neither is the reaction of many news outlets. In contemporary politics and society,...

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