Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin urged “open trade” in talks with China’s leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday, during a five-day visit aimed at strengthening economic ties with the world’s second-largest economy. Martin’s China trip, the first by an Irish Taoiseach since 2012, comes against the backdrop of trade tensions between China and the […]
Continue ReadingUkraine military says Russian strike on Kyiv kills civilian A Russian air attack on Kyiv killed one civilian, Ukraine’s military said this morning, in what appeared to be the first reported death in Russian strikes on the capital this year. “One person has been killed so far as a result of the attack. The attack […]
Continue ReadingDenmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen slammed the Trump administration’s latest comments about annexing Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory under Denmark. After US President Donald Trump said in an interview with The Atlantic published on Sunday that more countries could expect military intervention and that the US “absolutely needs Greenland,” Frederiksen responded in particularly forthright terms. Trump […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Denmark‘s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Sunday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to cease threats over Greenland, after he reiterated his desire to acquire it in The Atlantic magazine. […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch An undersea telecommunications cable in the Baltic Sea was damaged on Friday, with Latvian investigators boarding a ship on Sunday in connection with the incident, the country’s state police […]
Continue ReadingDonald Trump reiterated his threat to take control of Greenland in an interview with a US magazine on Sunday. Trump said in a phone call with a reporter from The Atlantic that what the invasion of Venezuela means for US policy in Greenland – a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark – was open to interpretation. He […]
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump said Washington will “run” Venezuela until a political transition can occur, hours after US bombs exploded over Caracas and the country’s President Nicolas Maduro was seized by the US military. “We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,” Trump told […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Up to 45,000 households in south-western Berlin could be without power until January 8 after a fire on a Teltow Canal bridge. Grid company Stromnetz Berlin confirmed the outage, […]
Continue ReadingUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy named military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov as the new head of his office on Friday, after his previous top aide resigned in November over a corruption scandal. Budanov has built up a legendary reputation in Ukraine, credited with a series of daring operations against Russia since it launched an all-out assault […]
Continue ReadingChina’s decision to impose new tariffs on beef imports from key partners such as Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay is increasing pressure on South American exporters and giving fresh momentum to the long-awaited EU-Mercosur trade deal. As of January 1st, Beijing is applying additional tariffs of 55% on beef imports exceeding a fixed quota for major […]
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