There are no polling booths for war. But Israel voiced a nearly unanimous agreement that the punishing military offensive in Gaza was the right thing to do. Now as the real votes are counted in Israel’s national parliamentary election, it’s results ...Read More
The mists of history swirl around Pope Benedict XVI's hometown in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps in Germany. It was there that he came of age as Joseph Ratzinger and served in Hitler Youth during the rise of the Third ...Read More
With the first stroke of his presidential pen, President Barack Obama began to rewrite the book on how the US will confront terrorism going forward. He signed the executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center within a year ...Read More
Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America, and ascends to what is truly the first global presidency. And in one of the more powerful moments of the speech, he spoke directly to ...Read More
As Barack Hussein Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America, he will ascend to what is truly the first global presidency. And so today will mark the first truly global inauguration with an estimated ...Read More
This is another great day for GlobalPost getting out the word about who we are. We had a story promoted on the frontpage of the Wall Street Journal that broke news about our syndication partnership with the Daily News, New ...Read More
The hour is upon us. At the stroke of midnight, we officially launch. Welcome to GlobalPost. And welcome to GroundTruth. This blog is a place where you can come every day to be taken behind the scenes of GlobalPost and hear about what ...Read More
Posted by C.M. Sennott We're at nine months. And like any expecting father, I am sleep deprived, nervous, vigilant, thrilled, happy, worried and most of all just waiting for the delivery. Nine months. That's how long it's been since I walked out of ...Read More
NEW DELHI - I arrived late at night into the heat and chaos and filthy, crumbling infrastructure of the international airport here. It certainly stands in marked contrast to the air-conditioned and clean, sleekly modern architecture of Jakarta's new airport ...Read More
GroundTruth is written by Charles Sennott, the Executive Editor and co-founder of GlobalPost. The blog is a way for GlobalPost to let you know what our correspondents all over the world are covering every day. It is a place where Sennott highlights the best work in the field by a stellar team of correspondents . 