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Will Trump's 'board of peace' in Gaza really rival the UN?

While in Davos, Donald Trump is expected to elaborate on his newly proposed "board of peace," reportedly established to oversee the US-brokered ceasefire in Israel's conflict with Hamas. The initiativ...

8hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Mercosur delayed by two years as MEPs refer it to top EU court

European Union lawmakers on January 21 to hold up ratification of a major free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries over concerns about the legality of the deal. The dea...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Trump heads for frosty welcome in Davos amid tension with European allies

The US President Donald Trump is on his way to the Davos World Economic Forum. He is not expecting a warm reception from many of his European allies who are in attendance, who are opposing his attempt...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Chinese rivals to Musk’s Starlink wrestle with rocket constraints

Four Chinese groups are racing to build global satellite communications infrastructure to challenge the considerable head start made by US tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink. The two leaders for Ch...

1dSouth China Morning PostTechnologyImpact

As Trump threatens more tariff rises, China uses low duties to secure resources

As US President Donald Trump’s tariff increases have roiled global markets and strained America’s alliances in recent months, China has been pursuing the opposite strategy: keeping import duties low a...

2dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

The world's most powerful passports in 2026, ranked

Singapore passport holders have the most flexibility for travel worldwide. inigolai-Photography/Shutterstock The Henley Passport Index ranks the world's most powerful passports for visa-free travel. S...

2dBusiness InsiderlifestyleImpact

Trump in Davos: 'He's just like Putin, something European leaders never fully understood'

Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Larry Sabato, Director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. Mr. Sabato dissects Trump’s combative unpredictable foreign policy and strained transatla...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Syria: The man behind the mission to heal decade-old wounds in the Sunni majority

Since Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December 2024, one of the huge challenges the new government has faced is that of division. Syrian society is made up of different sectarian and ethnic groups -- t...

Jan 15France 24Politics

Trump’s audacious imperialism will only propel China’s rise

US President Donald Trump’s abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been held up as an example of American military power. As Venezuela is not a producer of fentanyl – despite the United ...

Jan 13South China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Trump agrees Greenland framework after Nato blow-up

US President Donald Trump announced a framework for a Greenland agreement and ditched threats to invade the Arctic island after a row with Nato allies partly over how to respond to growing Chinese and...

9hSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Trump’s freewheeling Davos speech draws unease from allies and critics alike

There was moderate relief after US President Donald Trump walked back his threat to take Greenland by force on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, but also concern among critics and ...

21hSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Seoul warns North Korea’s nuclear weapons will soon go ‘abroad’, posing ‘global danger’

North Korea is producing enough nuclear material a year for up to 20 weapons, South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday. “Even now, nuclear materials sufficient to produce 10 to 20 nucle...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

China’s coal-fired export ban was cheered by the West. Then came the massive blackouts

In 2021, when Beijing finally pledged to stop building and financing new coal power plants overseas, Western governments and climate advocates rejoiced. John Kerry, US climate envoy at the time, said ...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Trump links Greenland ambitions to Nobel Peace Prize snub

US President Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt “an obligatio...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

'What will Trump and Board of Peace do to empower Palestinian technocratic committee?'

The announcement of the ceasefire's second phase marked a significant step forward but left many questions unanswered. Those include the makeup of a proposed, apolitical governing committee of Palesti...

Jan 15France 24PoliticsImpact

Corsican separatist's assassination sparks shock on French island

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, January 13: A Corsican separatist leader is gunned down while attending his mother's funeral. Also, a famous Italian anti-mafia writer pens an opinion piece, questioning the Co...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

A leading European AI startup says its edge over Silicon Valley isn't better tech — it's not being American

Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch says its edge over Silicon Valley isn't smarter models, but being a European alternative built for control, sovereignty, and trust. LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Ar...

6dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's son sheds light on Nigeria's quality of care

An investigation has been ordered into the circumstance under which the toddler son of the award-winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie died at a leading hospital in Lagos. The writer has b...

Jan 13France 24HealthImpact

Photos show how Air Force One has changed through the years

Air Force One Rebecca Blackwell/AP Any Air Force plane carrying a US president is called Air Force One. President John F. Kennedy was the first to use a jet designed specifically for a US president. P...

1dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

A new Ukrainian way of intercepting drones midair looks like a fishing rod in the sky

The 46th Separate Air Mobile Brigade showcased a clip of a drone with a fishing rod-style device trying to take down enemy quadcopters. Red annotation by Business Insider. 46th Separate Air Mobile Bri...

Jan 13Business InsiderTechnologyImpact
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