In a startling new revelation, former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has accused former President Donald Trump of making repeated positive comments about Nazi leader Adolf Hitler during his time in office. Speaking in interviews with The New York Times and The Atlantic, Kelly, who served as Trump’s chief of staff from 2017 to 2019, said Trump commented more than once that Hitler "did some good things, too," a sentiment Kelly vehemently pushed back on. These allegations come just two weeks before the U.S. presidential election, as Trump seeks a second term. . .
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The United Nations-based structures are fragile and in need of an urgent upgrade; we should consider this one at the U.N. Summit of the Future in September.
Next year will mark the 230th anniversary of Immanuel Kant’s celebrated essay on “Perpetual Peace” (1795). The great German philosopher put forward a set of guiding principles to achieve perpetual peace among the nations of his day. As we grapple with a world at war, and indeed at. . .
Russian-American Journalist Masha Gessen Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison
Kremlin's Crackdown on Critics Intensifies
In a move that underscores the Kremlin's escalating crackdown on dissent, a Russian court has sentenced Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen to eight years in prison for criticizing the Russian military. Gessen, a prominent opinion columnist for the New York Times and the author of several books on Russia, has been an outspoken critic of Moscow's war in Ukraine.
The sentencing is seen as part of a broader effort by the Russian government to silence opposition and stifle free speech. Gessen's harsh sentence reflects the. . .