How world leaders are reacting to Jimmy Carter’s death
World leaders have offered their condolences following the death of former US President Jimmy Carter who passed away Sunday at the age of 100. The 39th American president led consequential foreign policy initiatives that still endure today, including a Middle East peace deal between Israel and Egypt, the normalization of relations with China…
Jimmy Carter, a one-term president who became a globe-trotting elder statesman, dies at 100
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, speaks in Elk City, Oklahoma, in 1979 Former President Jimmy Carter, a Georgia peanut farmer who vowed to restore morality and truth to politics after an era of White House scandal and who redefined post-presidential service, died Sunday at the age of 100. The Carter…
From Biden to Clinton: Jimmy Carter’s relationships with his modern successors
Former President Jimmy Carter’s active post-presidency extended to relationships with his seven successors in the White House. Some of them leaned on his experience and advice, as well as his diplomatic abilities. Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, also used his platform to speak out against some presidents — when he felt it…
Carter’s presidency holds foreign policy lessons for Trump
Donald Trump once called Jimmy Carter a “nice man” but a “terrible president.” The president-elect, speaking in 2019, was adopting a dominant narrative about Carter that took root after he reinvented the concept of the post-presidency with his Nobel Prize-winning global humanitarianism, peace-making and democracy promotion. There’s an element of truth to all caricatures….
Severe weather threat moves east after tornado-spawning storms pummel Texas and Mississippi, leaving at least 2 dead.
The severe weather threat is moving to the Southeast and East Coast after fierce tornado-spawning storms pummeled Texas and Mississippi, tearing through homes and leaving at least two people dead. A high school student in Natchez, Mississippi, died after a tree fell onto a home, Adams County emergency officials said Saturday. Another person died in northern…
Putin apologizes over ‘tragic’ Azerbaijan Airlines crash, without admitting responsibility
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologized for the fact that an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed after entering Russian airspace in Grozny, Chechnya, on Wednesday, but did not say that Russia was responsible. Putin said Saturday that Russia’s air defense systems were active when the plane attempted to land in Grozny, according to the Kremlin. Unable to reach…
Swiss Air flight diverts with smoke on board; crew member, 10 passengers hospitalized
One crew member was airlifted and 10 passengers are seeking medical attention after a Swiss International Air Lines flight made an emergency landing in Graz, Austria, due to engine issues and smoke in the cabin and cockpit, according to a statement from the company. Flight LX1885 from Bucharest, Romania, to Zurich, Switzerland, made an emergency…
