Laura Bicker,Beijing , Suranjana Tewari,Singapore , Koh Ewe,Singaporeand Jessica Murphy,Toronto Reuters Mark Carney’s visit to China is the first by a Canadian leader in nearly a decade Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Canadian PM Mark Carney have announced lower tariffs, signalling a reset in their countries’ relationship after a key meeting in Beijing. China is […]
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People expressed concern and surprise in Copenhagen and the ‘Danish Capital of America’, Solvang, California, as Trump doubled down on his bid to bring Greenland under US control. Denmark and Greenland’s foreign ministers travelled to Washington for a meeting with US Vice-President JD Vance on Wednesday. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said while the […]
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A British owned, Canadian-made whisky is at the centre of a spat between two provinces that is testing a unified “Team Canada” approach in the face of US tariffs. It started after the whisky maker, Diageo, said it will shut down a bottling plant in Ontario to move some of it closer to US consumers. […]
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Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter Getty Images US President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell A political leader demanding questionable policy from the central bank and testing the legal limits to get it – to Martin Redrado, sitting in Argentina, Donald Trump’s stand-off with the Federal Reserve feels surprisingly familiar. Redrado was fired as head […]
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In the politically pivotal state of Michigan, residents of Waterford Township, a suburb north of Detroit, are taking stock of the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term. The BBC spoke to supporters about what they think are Trump’s biggest successes and failures so far this term. Video by Eloise Alanna source
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US President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the rarely used Insurrection Act to quell unrest over federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. He threatened to send in troops following a night of protests and vandalism in the Minnesota city after an agent shot a man in the leg. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]
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Paul AdamsDiplomatic Correspondent AFP via Getty Images For almost two weeks, Donald Trump has seemed on the verge of intervening in Iran. From his 2 January threat to come to the “rescue” of protesters if the Iranian authorities used violence against them, to his promise this week that “help is on its way,” the US […]
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Watch: Protesters clash with authorities in Minneapolis after ICE shoot man in leg A federal officer has shot a man in the leg in the US city of Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel as he tried to make an arrest, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says. In a statement on X, the […]
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Getty Images President Donald Trump has again threatened to invoke a rarely used 19th Century law, this time to deploy the military to Minneapolis, Minnesota where thousands continue to protest against the large presence of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. The demonstrations have intensified after an ICE officer fatally shot a protester, Renee […]
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Watch: Trump says the “killing has stopped” in Iran Donald Trump has said he has been told “the killing in Iran has stopped”, but the US president has not ruled out military action against the country over its violent crackdown on anti-government protesters. According to human rights groups, more than 2,400 people have been killed […]
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