Frank Langfitt
Stories
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The world's most interesting elections of 2024 and what’s to come
Voters in 76 countries are going to the polls this year – including the five largest democracies. And this surge of voting comes as democracy has been in decline.
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After years of decline, countries across the world are voting for democracy in 2024
Millions of voters around the world have gone to the polls in recent weeks to elect their leaders. What are some key takeaways and what might they mean for elections still to come?
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Pence Delivers Inflammatory Speech Against Chinese Government
Vice President Mike Pence gave an aggressive speech against the Chinese government this past week.
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How The Chinese Government Works To Censor Debate In Western Democracies
China's leaders try to muzzle free expression beyond their borders, inside liberal democracies, when speech contradicts the Communist Party line on issues like the status of Tibet and Taiwan.
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Britain's Theresa May Is Pressured To Come Up With A New Brexit Plan
Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday addresses her ruling Conservative Party as she faces intense pressure from her political rivals over her plan to take the U.K. out of the European Union.
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Debate Over How The U.K. Should Leave The E.U. Continues 2 Years After Vote
British Prime Minister Theresa May is due to address her Conservative Party conference on Wednesday. There's no sign of an agreement between the U.K. and the E.U. over Brexit, with the deadline for a deal just two weeks away.
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Experts Say Trump's Hostility To The WTO Could Cripple It
The World Trade Organization is rarely in the headlines — but the Trump administration's hostility and the issues connected with Brexit and the U.S.-China trade dispute has pushed the WTO to the fore.
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News Brief: Kavanaugh Latest, Brexit, Koreas Summit
We have the latest developments on the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. Also, European leaders are meeting to discuss Brexit, while leaders of North and South Korea also met.
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British Government Names 2 Russian Men Charged In Nerve Agent Attack
The British government has named and issued photographs of two men it says are Russian military intelligence officers who carried out a nerve agent attack in England.
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U.K. Charges 2 Russians In Poison Attack On Former Spy
Scotland Yard says it has sufficient evidence to charge Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov in absentia with attempted murder over the poisonings in the city of Salisbury in March.
