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Shaun Tandon
State Department correspondent @AFP. Formerly covering Japan, India
Climate talks in last push to end fossil fuels
The summit leadership was expected to release a new draft text on Monday
Henry Kissinger, singular US diplomat, dead at 100
While Kissinger’s intellectual gifts were begrudgingly acknowledged, he remains deeply controversial for his ruthless philosophy of realpolitik
US warns African leaders of Russia, China ‘destabilisation’
The Biden administration woos the continent’s leaders at summit but believes it is futile to try to turn the tide on China’s massive infrastructure spending
Blinken heads to Nigeria facing calls to rethink ties
With 20% of sub-Saharan Africa’s population and its largest economy, Nigeria is critical for any continent-wide strategy and successive US administrations have courted Nigerian…
Trump moves to strangle Iran economy as nuclear deal withers
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday tightened the screws further on Iran with sanctions on its mining industry
US patience thins with Pakistan as India goes on offense
US policymakers have grown exasperated with Pakistan for not doing more against Islamist extremists
Trump vows to outspend Russia without new missile pact
The United States last week started the process of exiting the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Democrats seize US House but Trump averts ‘blue wave’
Tuesday’s contest saw several historic firsts in the Democratic camp
US slams ‘one of worst cover-ups’ in Khashoggi case
The move came as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Khashoggi’s killing inside the Saudis’ Istanbul consulate had been meticulously planned
After Khashoggi killing, Saudi Arabia’s PR machine shows cracks
After devoting well over $100-million to influencing Washington, the oil-rich state is facing a PR crisis it didn’t see coming
Nikki Haley resigns as Trump’s UN ambassador
Nikki Haley is the latest departure from President Donald Trump’s national security team
Femi Kuti, Beyonce headed to SA for Mandela festival
Global Citizen says it hopes that the run-up to the festival would raise commitments of $1 billion to help the world’s poorest
Beyoncé, Jay-Z release joint album on marriage and identity
The album came out late on Saturday exclusively on Jay-Z’s fledgling Tidal streaming service
Avicii death a coming-of-age in electronic music boom
The Swedish DJ’s death at age 28 marks a symbolic coming-of-age for a genre that remains resolutely youthful
Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington dead in apparent suicide
Chester Bennington overcame a troubled childhood to top the charts with an angry but melodic brand of metal