Why is Canada’s PM Carney not ruling out a possible war with the US
Trump’s annexation threats have prompted Carney to examine even remote risks to Canada’s sovereignty.
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Why Canada is not ruling out a possible war with the US
Trump’s annexation threats have prompted Carney to examine even remote risks to Canada’s sovereignty.
'Iran has dragged us into this conflict,' top Emirati diplomat Anwar Gargash says
In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Anwar Gargash, senior diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, said Iran "has dragged us into this conflict", after the UAE was "the target of 3,300 missiles and drones" fired by Iran. After US President Donald Trump said he could either negotiate with or "obliterate" Iran, Gargash warned that the "current situation of no ...
Macron says ‘military resources’ to be sent to Saudi Arabia
Speaking to broadcasters TF1 and France 2, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced that “military resources” will be sent to protect the Yanbu oil site in Saudi Arabia, integral to maintaining the kingdom’s fuel exports and increasingly threatened by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
The Trump-Xi summit exposes a US disadvantage in the Global South
Washington asks for alignment while Beijing offers strategic flexibility without military entanglement.
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Xi ends 3-day Trump visit with promise to meet again in November in China – as it happened
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Xi ends 3-day Trump visit with promise to meet again in November in China
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Xi confirms 2 more meetings with Trump this year at Apec, G20 summit
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Xi confirms two more meetings with Trump this year at Apec, G20 summit
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Last day of Xi’s US visit begins with Trump at White House tea
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Labour bans Declassified journalists from party conference for third year – UK politics live
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