Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger dies aged 100
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, a pivotal and polarizing figure in US foreign policy during the Cold War, has passed away at the age of 100. Kissinger served as America's top diplomat and national security adviser during the Nixon and Ford administrations. Former US President George W. Bush led tributes, stating that the US had "lost one of the most dependable and distinctive voices on foreign affairs." Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair described Kissinger as an artist of diplomacy, motivated by "a genuine love of the free world and the need to protect it." Kissinger, born in Germany in 1923, first came to the US in 1938 when his family fled the Nazis. He became a US citizen in 1943, serving three years in the US Army and later in the Counter Intelligence Corps. After earning bachelor's and master's degrees and a Ph.D., he taught international relations at Harvard. In 1969, President Nixon appointed him national security adviser, giving h...