Global dignitaries comment on the life, legacy and global impact of Henry Kissinger, the former Secretary of State whose influence crossed the globe in the 1970s and the decades since.
Henry Kissinger -- a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany who was the public face of U.S. diplomacy under two U.S. presidents, defused tensions with the Soviet Union, opened up China and negotiated an end to the Vietnam War -- died Wednesday evening. He was 100.
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100.
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Thursday dismissed U.S. calls for a return to diplomacy and lambasted condemnations of the North's recent spy satellite launch, vowing more launches in violation of U.N. bans.