Obama and Putin: Time for Diplomacy on Syria

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 5, 2013 "Never has the use of violence brought peace in its wake. War begets war, violence begets violence." So said Pope Francis, addressing the crowd on Sunday in the Vatican City's St. Peter's Square. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Cancels Meeting With Putin

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2013 The White House announced Wednesday that President Obama had canceled a scheduled visit to Moscow next month for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The decision follows the country's decision to grant NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden temporary asylum for a year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Decides to Talk to Russia Despite Massive Pouting

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Aug 7, 2013 Sorry to take the hard news edge off the story, but this is so high school. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S., Britain Spied on Diplomats at Global Summits, Report Says

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 17, 2013 After its recent revelation that the National Security Agency is monitoring the phone records and Internet activity of millions of Americans, The Guardian reported Sunday that the U.S. and Britain monitored and intercepted the digital communications of foreign officials during two international conferences in London. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Confiscation Scheme Planned for U.S. and U.K. Depositors

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Mar 28, 2013 Confiscating customer deposits in Cyprus banks was not a one-off, desperate idea of a few eurozone “troika” officials scrambling to salvage their balance sheets. A joint paper by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Bank of England, dated Dec. 10, 2012, shows these plans have been long in the making. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Sarkozy to Obama: Netanyahu Is a ‘Liar’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 8, 2011 In a hot mic moment now heard around the world, French President Nicolas Sarkozy was reportedly caught gossiping to President Barack Obama about Israeli Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu at last week's G-20 summit in Cannes, proving that not even heads of state (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More on the Greek Crisis

Patrick Chappatte, Cagle Cartoons, NZZ am Sonntag Nov 6, 2011 Dig deeper

G-20 Plagued by Timidity

Steven Borowiec / Truthdig Nov 15, 2010 The potentially explosive G-20 meeting in Seoul was smothered before anything spectacular could happen. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: The McChrystal Affair; Financial Regulation Redux

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2010 On this week's show, Robert Scheer opines that the current financial regulation bill favors big banks -- here we go again -- and doesn't do much to help consumers. Meanwhile, Gen. Stanley McChrystal is free to explore other career options. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Power to the Police at G-20

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2010 Canada's Ontario province, possibly inspired by the decade-long assault on civil liberties in the U.S., has secretly passed a regulation allowing Toronto police to arrest anyone near the security zone for the upcoming G-20 financial summit who declines to identify himself or herself or submit to a search. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Don’t Count on Us

Staff / Truthdig Jun 5, 2010 In the face of the stereotypical image of Americans as free-spending consumers, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has told his international finance colleagues that G20 countries should not rely on American buyers for their products as they travel the road to economy recovery. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Watch What You Tweet

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Oct 7, 2009 A social worker from New York City was arrested last week while in Pittsburgh to participate in the G-20 protests, then subjected to an FBI raid this week at his home -- all for using Twitter. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )