Why Japan has fallen for its new prime minister
Sanae Takaichi hopes to convert personal popularity into solid electoral gains for ailing ruling party in expected snap vote...
1dFinancial TimesPolitics
'We choose Denmark' over the US, Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen
Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielson said the Arctic territory was facing a "geopolitical crisis" as Trump threatens to take it over. Denmark's Mette Frederiksen condemned "unacceptable pr...
2dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact
Venezuela: Machado presents Trump her Nobel Peace Prize
Sidelined by Trump, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado visited Washington, while interim President Delcy Rodriguez has called for "diplomacy" with the US, and aims to attract more oil i...
8hDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact
Venezuela’s opposition leader gives her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump
MarÃa Corina Machado leaves White House meeting without the US president’s backing to be her country’s next leader...
7hFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact
Japan’s Takaichi to call snap election
Prime minister hoping to consolidate grip on power by winning majority for ruling party...
1dFinancial TimesPolitics
Netanyahu says the announced start of Gaza ceasefire's next phase is a 'declarative move'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cast the U.S. announcement that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza would advance to its second phase as largely symbolic, raising questions about how its more ...
14hFrance 24PoliticsImpact
Hungary sets parliamentary election date
Hungary’s president announced on Tuesday that the next parliamentary election will be held on April 12th. Although the official campaign begins in a month, the race is already shaping up to be the mos...
1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact
Not ‘Trump-compatible’? China expert Rudd exits Australia’s US ambassador role
Australia’s former prime minister and a prominent China scholar, Kevin Rudd, will step down as ambassador to the United States a year ahead of schedule, a move some analysts say underscores a fundamen...
2dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact
China, Canada poised to reset trade ties after Trump’s tariffs force rethink
Canada and China appear ready to kick-start trade talks after years of strained relations, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Beijing this week coinciding with both countries question...
2dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact
4 years after his arrest in Russia, American David Barnes sent to remote penal colony
Four years after David Barnes was charged in Russia with abusing his children in Texas despite not being charged with a crime in the U.S., he is now in a penal colony....
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JD Vance, Rubio to meet Greenland officials
The Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers are set to visit the White House on Wednesday in a high-stakes effort to ease tensions over Greenland, after President Donald Trump said the territory “nee...
1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact
Can Europe rebuild its strength to trade with China without fear?
China and the European Union began 2026 with another trade clash. As the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism entered its definitive phase, Brussels tightened compliance and Beijing warned of count...
2dSouth China Morning Posteconomics
Protesters say 'unliveable to be a farmer in France today' as they condemn Mercosur deal
French farmers steered some 350 tractors on January 11 toward French Parliament to protest low incomes and an EU trade deal with South America that they fear threatens their livelihoods. They say thei...
2dFrance 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...
2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact
Trump wants to control Greenland. See inside its sole US military base.
Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. Ritzau Scanpix/Thomas Traasdahl via REUTERS Pituffik Space Base was established in 1951 as part of a defense treaty between the US and Denmark. Base operations includ...
16hBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact