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Elon Musk speaking at the symposium about antisemitism, organized by the European Jewish Association, in Krakow, Poland, on January 22, 2024 (Photo from STR/NurPhoto via AP).

Outgoing Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a briefing conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico (Sipa photo by Carlos Santiago via AP Images).

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin sit for photos at the beginning of a one-on-one meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018 (AP photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais).

U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Ministers Anthony Albanese, Fumio Kishida and Narendra Modi, of Australia, Japan and India respectively, stand for a group photo at the Quad leaders summit, in Claymont, Del., Sept. 21, 2024 (AP photo by Mark Schiefelbein)

A weak government let Hezbollah to rise to power and turned Lebanon into a failed state. Israel’s war there could be the final nail in the coffin.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to a town affected by Hurricane Helene, in Valdosta, Ga., Sept. 30, 2024 (AP photo/ by Evan Vucci).

Opposition supporters hold up Georgian and EU flags during a protest near the Parliament building, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Oct. 29, 2024 (Kommersant photo by Evgeniy Razumniy for Sipa via AP Images).

Donald Trump has more to gain by working with Mexico than by trying to intimidate it into submission. President Sheinbaum needs to show him that.

As a new global reality takes shape during Trump’s second term, Europe’s politics could be shaped by three lesser-known leaders.

Israeli soldiers walk near armored vehicles parked along the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, Dec. 8, 2024 (AP photo by Matias Delacroix).