While many leaders act like stunned victims in the face of Trump’s threats, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney acknowledged in his World Economic Forum speech that international order has collapsed – and offered a pragmatic, optimistic path…
Category: 4. World
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The anti-Trump: Canada's PM came to Davos with a plan. Will the world listen?
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Kurds in the Middle East: Struggle for a homeland
Syrian transitional government troops and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had been fighting for weeks in northern Syria. On Tuesday evening, the announcement of a four-day ceasefire restored a measure of calm.
SDF fighters were close…
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Activists arrested over Minnesota church protest
Federal agents arrested two Minnesota civil rights activists who led a protest inside a church whose pastor they say has a leadership role with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal agency carrying out aggressive raids in the…
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EU can work with Peace Board if focus on Gaza
If US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is narrowed down to focus on Gaza, European leaders can work with the plan, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday.”We want to work for peace in the Middle East, and we want this board…
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How CENTCOM is preparing for US showdown with Iran
As American forces continue to build up in the Middle East, and with the memory of the June 2025 war still fresh, Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), may be approaching the defining moment of his career – and perhaps of…
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Davos onlookers notice Trump’s ‘board of peace’ logo resembles UN emblem | Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s newly launched “board of peace” already has a logo – and perceptive eyes have noted its close resemblance to the United Nations emblem, except reworked in Trump fashion: all in gold, and focused squarely on the US.
Launched…
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Three films about the Gaza war, Israeli hostages nominated for Oscars
‘Butcher’s Stain,’ ‘Children No More: “Were and are Gone”‘ and ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ received nominations for the Academy Awards. ‘The Sea,’ an Israeli hopeful that launched Israel’s culture minister’s alternative to the local Oscars, did not…
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Spanish judge shelves investigation against Israeli Pegasus
A Spanish judge shelved the investigation into the alleged use of Pegasus spyware to hack the telephones of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and several of his ministers after claiming a “lack of collaboration from Israeli authorities,”…
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UK in risk due to decade-old Houthi shell companies
The Houthis have run a shell company in London for a decade now, raising concerns about sanctions evasion, intelligence collection, and national security, an investigation first published by The National and later confirmed by The Jerusalem Post…
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Trump’s posturing over Greenland has changed the transatlantic alliance forever, European officials say
President Donald Trump’s posturing over Greenland has irrevocably changed the transatlantic relationship, even after he backed away Wednesday from his threats of a US takeover of the Danish autonomous…
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