European powers have sought to join forces after US President Donald Trump roiled the transatlantic alliance by threatening to seize strategically-located and mineral-rich Greenland. France’s Emmanuel Macron, one of the staunchest defenders of a united European front, hosted the Greenlandic and Danish PMs in Paris to show that despite the threat of a US takeover […]
Continue ReadingAs Russia seeks to replenish its forces in nearly four years of war — and avoid an unpopular nationwide mobilization — it’s pulling out all the stops to find new troops to send into the battlefield. This includes duping foreign nationals from Kenya, South Africa, Iraq and South Asian countries into signing up to fight […]
Continue ReadingAfter nearly four years since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, the war has caused nearly two million military casualties — killed, wounded or missing — on both sides, according to a study published by a US think tank. Moscow’s forces have borne the brunt of the losses, suffering as many as 325,000 killed out […]
Continue ReadingUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced as “terrorism” a Russian drone strike on a train in northeastern Kharkiv region on January 27 and said four people had been killed. Meanwhile, a new report estimates Ukraine’s dead and wounded around 500,000, while Russia’s are twice as high. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg tells us more from Kherson.
Continue ReadingUK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is headed to China for a three day visit. He is seeking a diplomatic and commercial reset between the two countries after years of icy relations. The trip comes as a number of nations including the UK are seeking to reduce their dependency on the US – which has become […]
Continue ReadingFrench President Emmanuel Macron will be hosting the leaders of Denmark and Greenland on January 28 to reaffirm support for the territory’s sovereignty and their alliance. On a trip to Paris’s Sciences Po University, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen reiterated that “the best way forward is for Europe to stick together and to find a […]
Continue ReadingFrench President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday a standoff with the United States over Greenland was “a strategic wake-up call for all of Europe”, speaking alongside the prime ministers of Denmark and the Danish autonomous territory. Watch his joint press conference with Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen of Greenland.
Continue ReadingDelano D’Souza welcomes Dr Chietigj Bajpaee, Senior Research fellow for South Asia in the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House. The recently agreed EU–India trade deal represents a geopolitical and economic milestone. After 15 years of negotiations, the agreement aims to reduce tariffs on a wide array of goods, deepen economic ties, and broaden cooperation beyond […]
Continue ReadingDelano D’Souza welcomes Dr Chietigj Bajpaee, Senior Research fellow for South Asia in the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House. The EU–India trade deal represents a geopolitical and economic milestone. After years of negotiations, the agreement aims to reduce tariffs on a wide array of goods, deepen economic ties, and broaden cooperation. All the while, politically […]
Continue ReadingItalian politicians on Tuesday voiced outrage over the news that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will help with security at the Winter Olympics in Milan in February. US anger over the killing of two citizens in Minneapolis has spread worldwide, prompting Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala to describe ICE as a “militia that kills”, adding […]
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