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Jan 21, 2026 - World

US president singles out Mark Carney day after prime minister warned world is undergoing geopolitical ‘rupture’Trump news at a glance: at Davos, president rambles, backs down and touts ‘future deal’ on GreenlandDonald Trump has said Canada should be “grateful” for the “freebies” it gets from the US, a day after its prime minister, Mark Carney, warned the world was undergoing a geopolitical “rupture”.Speaking those attending the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Switzerland, the US president singled out Carney’s speech that was sharply critical of US foreign policy. Continue reading...

Jan 21, 2026 - World

US military says it has transported ‘IS fighters’ to Iraq after Kurdish-controlled prisons and camps changed handsConcerned western officials said they were closely monitoring the deteriorating security situation in north-east Syria amid fears that Islamic State militants could re-emerge after the Kurdish defeat at the hands of the Damascus government.The US military said it had transported “150 IS fighters” from a frontline prison in Hasakah province across the border to Iraq, and said it was willing to move up to 7,000 to prevent what it warned could be a dangerous breakout. Continue reading...

Jan 21, 2026 - World

President’s anti-Somalia tirade and insults to European leaders were in line with aide Stephen Miller’s worldviewDonald Trump turned up in Davos wielding an insult bazooka. He mocked Emmanuel Macron’s aviator sunglasses, chided Mark Carney (“Canada lives because of the United States”), asserted that the Swiss are “only good because of us” and had a dig at Denmark for losing Greenland “in six hours” during the second world war.But beyond the fractious rhetoric, the US president brought a deeper message on Wednesday that sought to unify the west rather than divide it. It was his most dark, insidious and sinister project of all. Continue reading...

Jan 21, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump's ambition for the "Board of Peace" to play a role in global conflicts beyond Gaza appears to be the latest U.S. attempt to sidestep the U.N. Security Council, raising new questions about the relevance of the 80-year-old world body and uncertainty about its future as a primary force in brokering peace worldwide.

Jan 21, 2026 - World

Brazilians hoping to move to the U.S. are frustrated by the suspension of immigrant visas