Usha Vance, the wife of US vice-president JD Vance, will travel to Greenland this week as President Donald Trump clings to the idea of a US annexation of the strategic, semi-autonomous Danish territory. Vance will visit Greenland on Thursday with […]
Anger in Greenland over visits this week by Usha Vance and Mike Waltz | Greenland Read More »
Mark Carney will run for election in the Ottawa riding of Nepean as the new Canadian prime minister seeks to join parliament for the first time, his Liberal party has announced. Carney on Sunday is predicted to trigger an early
A federal judge on Thursday blocked Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) from accessing social security records as part of its hunt under Donald Trump for fraud and waste, calling the effort a “fishing expedition”. Judge Ellen Hollander
Judge blocks Elon Musk’s Doge from accessing social security records | Elon Musk Read More »
The University of California has imposed a system-wide hiring freeze and made additional cuts, its president said on Wednesday, as part of efforts to mitigate the expected impact of sharp cuts in federal funding under the Trump administration. In a
University of California imposes hiring freeze in response to Trump cuts | California Read More »
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD has unveiled a new charging system that it said could make it possible for EVs to charge as quickly as it takes to refill with petrol and announced for the first time that it
US President Donald Trump said he plans to discuss ending the war in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and that negotiators had already discussed “dividing up certain assets”. “I’ll be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday. A
Portions of Pennsylvania, New York, and mid-Atlantic and south-east states were still under a National Weather Service watch for damaging wind and tornadoes, as the death toll from weekend storms rose to 36 people across six states. In a White
The EU has announced it will impose trade “countermeasures” on €26bn (£22bn) worth of US goods, in retaliation to Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, escalating a global trade war. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von
EU retaliates against Trump tariffs with €26bn ‘countermeasures’ | Trump tariffs Read More »
Ukraine targeted Moscow early on Tuesday in possibly its largest ever drone attack on the Russian capital, reportedly killing at least one person. The attack sparked fires and forced the suspension of flights and train travel, authorities said. The Russian
One killed in largest Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow, authorities say | Russia Read More »
Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has said his government is working on a plan to prepare large-scale military training for every adult male in response to the changing security situation in Europe. He said there was a need for an
