SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lauded his nation’s improving economy and regional standing as he opened the country’s most important political event, where he is expected to set his domestic and foreign policy agenda for the next five years and further entrench his family’s authoritarian rule.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Saudi Arabia could have some form of uranium enrichment within the kingdom under a proposed nuclear deal with the United States, congressional documents and an arms control group suggest, raising proliferation concerns as an atomic standoff between Iran and America continues.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump still has options to keep taxing imports aggressively even after the Supreme Court struck down the tariffs he imposed last year on nearly every country on earth. The Justices didn’t buy the president’s sweeping claims of authority to impose tariffs as he sees fit. But Trump can re-use tariff powers he deployed in his first term.
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
Iran held annual military drills with Russia on Thursday while a second U.S. aircraft carrier drew closer to the Middle East, as both nations signal they are prepared for war if talks on Tehran’s nuclear program fizzle out.
President Donald Trump has long spread conspiracy theories about voting designed to explain away his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Now that he’s president again, Trump has stocked his administration with those who have promoted his falsehoods and in some cases helped him try to overturn his loss.
Today is Friday, Feb. 20, the 51st day of 2026. There are 314 days left in the year. On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, circling the globe three times aboard Project Mercury’s Friendship 7 spacecraft in a flight lasting 4 hours and 55 minutes before splashing down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
WARSAW (AP) – Five European nations have announced a new program to produce low-cost air defense systems and autonomous drones using Ukrainian expertise hard-won against Russia. Friday’s initiative of the E5 nations – France, Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy – comes as one of many European efforts to bolster defense along their borders.
BERLIN (AP) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will make his first visit to China next week since taking the helm of Europe’s biggest economy, as he tries to position the country to a world in which assertive great powers play an increasingly dominant role. Merz will be received in Beijing on Wednesday by Premier Li Qiang and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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