Today's short and grim speech reinforces and reveals how Donald Trump will govern as the 45th US president, and it won't serve his people well
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World News Brief, Wednesday March 11
White House criticises senators' letter about Iran; police and students clash in Burma; China reportedly building second aircraft carrier; Ivory Coast's former First Lady jailed for election violence; Venezuela hit with fresh sanctions over human rights violations; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday August 26
Hollande dissolves French government; Thailand's junta leader sworn in as prime minister; South Korea, China and Japan to hold free trade talks; fighting intensifies in Gaza; White House officials to attend funeral of unarmed youth killed in Missouri; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday July 25
White House lobbies to keep National Security Agency programme amid Snowden fallout; China bans construction of new government buildings; Beijing closes visa office in Manila after South China Sea protests; South Sudan president sacks entire cabinet; UN in Syria to investigate chemical weapons claims; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday June 29
Greek workers strike ahead of parliament's decision on austerity (+ analysis: no easy solutions); International court issues warrant for Qaddafi and son; Afghan central banker flees after exposing embezzlement; Obama confident debt deal is close; Japanese PM promises to resign; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday June 17
Greek PM seeks to overhaul government amidst Euro bailout debate; World markets fall sharply; Fighting intensifies in Burma forcing refugees into China; US says Libya 'war' is legal; Al-Zawahiri takes over al-Qaeda reins; Ba'asyir sentenced to 15 years in Indonesia; and more
Read MoreNetanyahu the non-negotiator slaps down Obama...again
Israel's PrimeMinister has unilaterally laid waste to years of Middle East Peace negotiations by blatantly ruling out issues that have long been on the table, and in so doing has once again humiliated President Obama's albeit pathetic attempts to resolve the ongoing crisis. Meanwhile the Palestinians are getting on with business.
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday July 21
Afghan president Hamid Karzai gets support for plan to take lead on Afghan security; US and Korea plan major naval exercise; British PM David Cameron to make first White House visit; EU considers tougher Iran sanctions; and more
Read MoreKim Jong-Il plays with the Americans. Again
By demanding that none other than Bill Clinton come to resuce the imprisoned US journalists, the reclusive Kim Jong-Il has added to Barack Obama's foreign policy headache
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday November 12
US car-makers could follow banks into bankruptcy; Wall St bailout plan at risk; Chinese inflation falls; Zimbabwe unity government deadlocked; and more
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