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Trump official says president ready to meet Mexico, Canada 'in the middle'
Trump considers 'relinquishing leadership of NATO' and insist UK and France take more responsibility as Starmer plans return to DC WITH Zelensky to present 'united front' on peace plan
EXCLUSIVE: In line with the US's insistence that European allies take more responsibility for the security of the continent, it also expects a British or French general to take up this position.
China gains U.N. clout, filling void left by Trump's 'America First'
Contributions to top 20% while Chinese officials take senior roles at world body
Tesla electric car sales plunge again in Australia - Model 3 down more than 81 per cent
Ontario to place 25% export tariff on electricity, threatens total cutoff
Ontario supplies electricity for 1.5 million American homes
U.S. is ‘appeasing’ Putin with pulling Ukraine military aid: Trudeau - National | Globalnews.ca
As the United States pauses military aid to Ukraine amid a deepening rift between the two nations, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reaffirmed Canada’s unwavering support for Kyiv.
France floats taxing the rich to fund military buildup
To raise money for an increase in defense spending, Paris is looking at tapping into “those with substantial savings.”
“It’s done, it’s gone”: Ontario Premier Doug Ford cancels $100-million Starlink contract in tariff response
Contracts won't be awarded to those who "encourage economic attacks" on Canada, Ford said.
Veteran backlash at 'shameful' JD Vance as he denies calling Britain 'a random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 years' when asked about Keir Starmer's plan for Ukraine peacekeepers
The US Vice President desperately attempted to clarify his comments after he sparked a furious backlash among military veterans and MPs from all parties.
Calls for boycotting US products spread in northern Europe
While tens of thousands of people have joined Facebook groups in Sweden and Denmark calling for no longer buying American, Norwegian company Haltbakk Bunkers has announced that it will stop supplying US military vessels with fuel.
Trudeau tells “Donald”: tariffs are a very dumb thing to do.
Justin Trudeau said Canada "will not back down" as a trade war with the US began. In a televised address, he assailed Donald Trump's "very dumb" tariffs.
Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico begin US stock crash
The stock market plummeted after President Donald Trump confirmed tariffs would go into effect at midnight.
Twenty thousand troops from 'some random country' won't bring peace to Ukraine, says JD Vance
The US Vice President has dismissed the idea of sending 20,000 British and French troops to Ukraine as a peacekeeping force, saying that a military presence from ‘some random country’ won’t be enough.
US deliberately orchestrated Zelensky-Trump Oval Office clash, Friedrich Merz says
"It was not a spontaneous reaction to interventions by Zelensky, but obviously a manufactured escalation in this meeting in the Oval Office," Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor, said.
JD Vance accused of 'deeply disrespectful' comment about British troops | Politics News
Donald Trump's vice president, JD Vance, has responded to criticism from a host of British MPs over comments he made about a peacekeeping force in Ukraine. One former minister called him a "clown".
China hits back at Trump with reciprocal tariffs between 10% to 15%, sanctions of US firms
US agriculture and defence-linked tech hit with import duties, export restrictions as China responds to US President Donald Trump’s tariff increase.
Trump and Zelenskyy’s White House clash a ‘deliberate escalation’ by US, says Germany’s Merz
U.S. president’s rage was pre-planned, likely next chancellor says.