New York TimesJanuary 23, 2009 Signaling his determination to use diplomacy to address the world’s toughest conflicts, President Obama went to the State Department on Thursday to install high-level emissaries to handle the Arab-Israeli issue and Pakistan and Afghanistan. more
New York Times January 23, 2009 The European Commission was preparing an appeal on Friday to wealthy countries — and to the United States in particular — to adopt carbon trading as one of the main mechanisms for curbing greenhouse gas emissions. more
Spiegel Online January 22, 2009 In the US, there is euphoria — but what about in Europe?. more
Associated Press January 22, 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision Thursday to shut secret CIA-run prisons abroad brought renewed calls for their locations to be disclosed as well a fresh denial from Poland, one of two eastern European countries most closely linked to the practice. more
Financial TimesJanuary 21, 2009 President Barack Obama has halted the military commissions at Guantánamo Bay, marking the first step towards keeping his campaign promise to shut the detention camp. more