foreign

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The Mexican foreign ministry quickly rejected the U.N. action, saying the government doesn’t “tolerate, permit or order forced disappearances.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

As U.S. foreign policy became more professionalized, some historians have argued, the role of overseeing and executing it became a better fit for capable administrators than aspiring presidents.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

“Everything’s now up in the air,” Chris Johnson, an American lawyer based in Riyadh who helps foreign companies doing business there, said four weeks into the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"Beijing's intention, in short, is to internalise the cross-strait issue, treating it as a domestic matter for China, with foreign intervention prohibited," Mainland Affairs Council spokesman Liang Wen-chieh said Thursday.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Besides, we were in a foreign country, and we needed help finding a place to stay for the night.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall