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Fumio Kishida set to become Japan’s next prime minister
Top of The World: Fumio Kishida, Japan’s former foreign minister, has won the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election, all but assuring he’ll become the country’s next prime minister. And, senators in Washington on Tuesday grilled top Pentagon officials over the chaotic and violent US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Also, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to ease concerns over fuel shortages in the country by placing army troops on standby to help distribute gasoline.
Trump is stacking top government posts with retired generals
Donald Trump named retired four-star Marine Gen. John Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security. If confirmed by the Senate, Kelly would join retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as defense secretary and retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as national security adviser.
Vladimir Putin would like you to know he too opposes fracking
Imagine the foes of fracking and you’d probably put Greenpeace at the top of the list. But add Vladimir Putin too — someone who rarely sees eye-to-eye with the environmentalists. But he has his own reasons, not tied to saving the Earth. Meanwhile, there’s tension over US military actions in Iraq. Those stories and more in today’s Global Scan.Imagine the foes of fracking and you’d probably put Greenpeace at the top of the list. But add Vladimir Putin too — someone who rarely sees eye-to-eye with the environmentalists. But he has his own reasons, not tied to saving the Earth. Meanwhile, there’s tension over US military actions in Iraq. Those stories and more in today’s Global Scan.
One former policy maker argues you can’t bomb Iraq without bombing Syria
The crisis in Iraq presents few good options to US policy makers. The President is consulting with Congress on the possibility of air strikes, which Iraq has now formally requested. But at least one former policy maker argues you can’t intervene in Iraq without intervening in Syria.
One former policy maker argues you can’t bomb Iraq without bombing Syria
The crisis in Iraq presents few good options to US policy makers. The President is consulting with Congress on the possibility of air strikes, which Iraq has now formally requested. But at least one former policy maker argues you can’t intervene in Iraq without intervening in Syria.