World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, Feb. 14, 2024 | By Pat Byrnes First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, Feb. 12, 2024 | By Dave Granlund First published in Der Spiegel, Germany, Feb. 10, 2024 | By Chappatte First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, Feb. 14, 2024 | By Plop and KanKr First published in NZZ am Sonntag, Switzerland, Feb. 15, … Read more

Putin says Biden would be better for Russia as president than Trump – POLITICO

Putin used Wednesday’s interview to downplay speculation about Biden’s cognitive health, recalling when the two met in Switzerland in June 2021, less than a year before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “When I met with Biden in Switzerland — it was, indeed, a few years ago, three years — even then there were talks about … Read more

With Trump looming, NATO defense chiefs gather to talk Ukraine – POLITICO

Russia, of course, remains the biggest problem for most NATO countries. Not only is Ukraine in need of more Western ammunition to sustain an existential fight against invading Russian forces, but Moscow has also significantly escalated its threat to NATO. On Tuesday it designated Prime Minister Kaja Kallas of Estonia, a frontline NATO state, a … Read more

World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

First published on caglecartoons.com, Bulgaria, Feb. 8, 2024 | By Christo Komarnitski First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, Germany, Feb. 7, 2024 | By Rainer Hachfeld First published on caglecartoons.com, Austria, Feb. 7, 2024 | By Marian Kamensky First published in Le Temps, Switzerland, Feb. 9, 2024 | By Patrick Chappatte First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, Germany, Feb. … Read more

Republicans ‘shameful’ for blocking Ukraine aid, says Australia’s Tony Abbott – POLITICO

Senate Republicans this week blocked a $118 billion package which would have sent foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, while also allocating more money to shore up the country’s southern border. Abbott won election in 2013 on a platform centered largely on stopping illegal migration and reversing measures aimed at cutting carbon emissions. He … Read more

Obama to visit Flanders – POLITICO

Former U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Belgium in March. He will take the stage on March 17 near Antwerp for a moderated debate “An Evening with President Barack Obama” focusing on his vision of the future and the challenges the world is facing. The debate is linked to the technology festival FTI SuperNova taking … Read more

Biden mixes up Macron with Mitterrand (who died in 1996) – POLITICO

U.S. President Joe Biden confused Emmanuel Macron, the current French president, with François Mitterrand, who led France from 1981 to 1995 and died in 1996. In a speech at a campaign rally in Las Vegas, while telling a story about the G7 summit that took place in England in June 2021 and which Macron attended, … Read more

World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, Jan. 31, 2024 | By Plop and KanKr First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, Canada, Jan. 30, 2024 | By Dave Whamond First published in the Boston Globe, U.S., Feb. 2, 2024 | By Christopher Weyant First published on caglecartoons.com, Costa Rica, Jan. 30, 2024 | By Arcadio Esquivel Read original article here … Read more

World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

First published in Latvijas Avize, Latvia, January 24, 2024 | By Gatis Sluka First published on Der Spiegel, Germany, January 25, 2024 | By Patrick Chappatte First published in Columbia Missourian, January 25, 2024 | By John Darkow First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, January 22, 2024 | By Guy Parsons First published in U.T. Independent, India, … Read more

EU slams Alabama for nitrogen gas execution – POLITICO

It was the first time in the history of the U.S. that nitrogen gas was used in an execution and the first time in more than 30 years that a new execution method was introduced in the country. In the weeks leading up to the execution, Smith’s attorneys, human rights organizations and experts had expressed … Read more