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Trump’s Greenland deal: US to control parts of country by designating them as sovereign base areas
Telegraph: Per the draft framework which mimics Britain’s agreement with Cyprus, American bases would be considered US territory…
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Nobel irony: Norway’s moral authority meets age of Trump
Euractiv: In a letter to Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, the US president complained that Norway had failed to award him the Peace Prize for…
MI5 to move cables away from China mega-embassy over spy fears
Times: MI5 warned that it was unrealistic to “eliminate every potential risk” posed by the new site following the decision by ministers to…
Epstein files: House Oversight Committee votes to hold Clintons in contempt of Congress
Washington Post: The House Oversight Committee voted in support of holding former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary…
Hal Brands: World hedging its bets
Hal Brands: If Washington tires of alliance commitments while energizing its efforts to take territory from other states, expect a more…
Wall Street chiefs lay low to avoid Trump’s trolling
Bloomberg: Germany’s biggest bank provided the latest high-profile glimpse into that precariousness. As attendees arrived at the World…
ICE officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says
CNN: The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone…
Chinese EVs blow past Tesla and tariffs en route to global reign
Wall Street Journal: BYD hopes to have 2,000 dealers in Europe by the end of 2026, up from 284 at the end of 2024. It raised $5.6 billion from…
Trump plans signing ceremony for Board of Peace in Davos despite reservations from key allies
ABC: President Donald Trump is expected to host a signing ceremony for his Board of Peace on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in…
Who wants to join Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’?
Financial Times: Six monarchs, three ex-Soviet apparatchiks, two military-backed regimes and a leader sought by the International Criminal…
U.S. actively seeking regime change in Cuba by end of year
Wall Street Journal: Emboldened by the U.S. ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration is searching for Cuban…
Trouble with maps: Greenland’s allure for Trump is based on illusion
Financial Times: Who dares tell the US president the Arctic island he covets is not as big as it seems?…
Russia, Ukraine and race for Chinese drone components
Financial Times: As both sides scramble to source vital parts, some experts are convinced Russian buyers are being favoured by Beijing…
Trump cancels tariff threat over Greenland, says NATO agreed to ‘framework’ of future Arctic deal. Says ‘Canada lives because of the United States.’
PBS: The abrupt about-face emerged hours after Trump had insisted that he wants to “get Greenland, including right, title and…
EU suspends approval of US trade deal
BBC: That agreement set US levies on most European goods at 15%, down from the 30% Trump had initially threatened as part of his…
Photos leaked to BBC show faces of hundreds killed in Iran’s brutal protest crackdown
BBC: Many of the victims were too disfigured to be identified, and 69 people had been labelled in Persian as John or Jane Doe, suggesting…
Howard Lutnick’s Davos speech ends in chaos after heckling, ‘walkouts’
The Independent: European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde reportedly walked out of a high-profile dinner at the World Economic Forum…
In Davos, von der Leyen pitches ‘European independence’ versus Trump’s worldview
Euronews: “That geopolitical shocks can – and must – serve as an opportunity for Europe. And in my view, the seismic change we are going…
DOGE shared Social Security data to unauthorized server, according to court filing
CNN: The Social Security Administration is still unable to determine what information was shared through a third-party server that’s not…
Tech titans lined up for Trump’s second inauguration. Now they’re even richer
Financial Times: Companies that had fraught relationships with Trump have simultaneously begun to benefit from regulatory relief, favourable…
Trump seeks ‘decisive’ options for Iran as assets move into Middle East
Wall Street Journal: After pulling back from strikes on Iran last week, President Trump is still pressing aides for what he terms “decisive”…
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