Stephen Collinson
WASHINGTON: The most powerful man in the world is getting frustrated he can’t get big things done.President Barack...
Published 18 May, 2014 06:10am
WASHINGTON: Five years after re-fashioning US foreign policy to emphasise Asia, President Barack Obama will face...
Published 22 Apr, 2014 05:57am
WASHINGTON: The United States admits the situation in “crumbling” Syria is an “apocalyptic disaster” —...
Published 14 Feb, 2014 07:47am
WASHINGTON: You win no points in modern US politics by cozying up to France. Yet President Barack Obama is breaking...
Published 12 Feb, 2014 07:26am
WASHINGTON: Rarely has modern politics produced a leader with the eloquence of Barack Obama, when he sets out to...
Published 19 Jan, 2014 07:57am
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: Nelson Mandela loomed large for each of the four US presidents who honoured him on Tuesday: as...
Published 12 Dec, 2013 07:30am
SOWETO (South Africa): US President Barack Obama on Tuesday shook hands with Raul Castro, leader of long-time Cold...
Published 11 Dec, 2013 07:22am
WASHINGTON: Almost no one will limp off the scorched earth of Washington’s latest political debacle boasting of a...
Updated 19 Oct, 2013 08:00am
WASHINGTON: To hear him tell it, no one is more tired of war than Barack Obama — yet the US president is warning...
Published 01 Sep, 2013 07:27am
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has little to show so far for a second term stifled by political inertia at home...
Updated 15 Jul, 2013 07:55am
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Monday saluted Myanmar President Thein Sein for his leadership in pushing...
Published 21 May, 2013 07:57am
WASHINGTON: The United States and Britain on Monday pledged to forge ahead with diplomatic efforts to end the civil...
Published 14 May, 2013 08:19am
PHNOM PENH: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday defied Chinese protests and raised concerns at a summit about territorial disputes that have sent diplomatic and trade shockwaves across the region
Published 20 Nov, 2012 08:45pm
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama confounded political logic by triumphing over a sluggish economy to win a second term in office.
Published 08 Nov, 2012 12:09am
WASHINGTON US President Barack Obama quipped it was time to cut off Cold War-era emergency hotlines at a summit on...
Published 26 Jun, 2010 12:00am
WASHINGTON Barack Obama now has a political triumph for the ages to burnish an already historic legacy, as the first...
Published 23 Mar, 2010 12:00am
OSLO He came to Oslo to get a prize for peace, but with trademark audacity, Barack Obama made a moral, pragmatic ...
Published 11 Dec, 2009 12:00am
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama faces a test of tone and political dexterity on Thursday, when he accepts the ...
Published 09 Dec, 2009 12:00am
BEIJING US President Barack Obama made few breakthroughs but left Beijing on Wednesday hoping he had nurtured a bond...
Published 19 Nov, 2009 12:00am
SHANGHAI US President Barack Obama on Monday pushed for an unshackled Internet and expanded political freedoms,...
Published 17 Nov, 2009 12:00am
