Katrin Bennhold

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Katrin Bennhold

"Orban is playing special relations - special relations with the Russia, special relations with Trump, special relations with the Chinese," said Ivan Krastev, chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies. "He's trying to create a story of Hungary being the member of the European Union that can do what they want. ""So if somebody wants to invest in a country in the EU, go with Hungary," Mr. Krastev said. "Because they can do what they want. They can veto sanctions.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Katrin Bennhold

As the United States deserts Ukraine, and Europe with it, leaders on the continent are closing ranks and arming up to defend their democracies against Russia. In Britain, Prime Minister Keir Starmer elicits comparisons to Winston Churchill. In France, President Emmanuel Macron is channeling Charles de Gaulle's argument for independence from Washington. Germany changed its strict budget rules to spend more on defense.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Katrin Bennhold |Steven Lee Myers

Last week, Stephan Protschka, a member of Parliament for the far-right party Alternative for Germany, took to Facebook and Telegram to share a sensationalist article. The country's Green Party, it claimed, was conspiring with the Ukrainian government to recruit migrants to stage terrorist attacks - and blame his party. As intended, the post enraged Mr. Protschka's followers. "People wake up," one of them replied on Facebook.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Katrin Bennhold |Amanda Taub

3 hours agoThe Trump Move That Went Too Far for Even This Senior RepublicanEven Senator Chuck Grassley is pushing back against Donald Trump. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley and his Democratic colleague Dick Durbin are …3 hours agoTrump is sentencing 26 million people to death — and countingThe Trump administration cruelly and abruptly stopped the distribution of live-saving antiretroviral drugs to almost 26 million people worldwide.

2 months ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Katrin Bennhold

Entonces, ¿fue un saludo a Hitler o no? Al hablar en el acto de investidura del presidente Donald Trump esta semana, Elon Musk se llevó la mano derecha al pecho antes de disparar el brazo en diagonal hacia arriba, con la palma hacia abajo. Lo hizo dos veces. Se parecía mucho al saludo utilizado en la Alemania nazi y la Italia fascista. Pero, casi de inmediato empezaron a circular un sorprendente número de interpretaciones diferentes. Algunos comentaristas lo llamaron “saludo romano”.