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Winter hasn’t been kind to Gaza. Freezing rain has lashed the coast, and brisk Mediterranean winds have blown down tents that house many of Gaza’s population of close to two million homeless Palestinians. There is neither peace nor reconstruction. The two-year war eased with a ceasefire three months ago, but …
Read More »Countries have gotten results after enriching the Trumps. Could Canada do the same?
Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado was the latest foreign leader to enter the Oval Office with a golden gift on Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump was happy to take her Nobel Peace Prize, and even though it’s not clear she’ll receive anything in return, Machado had reason to believe …
Read More »Trade trumps diplomatic tensions in B.C. premier’s India visit
Before landing in India for a six-day trade mission, B.C. Premier David Eby’s main objective was to pack in as many meetings and garner as much interest in his province’s resources as possible. Less than a year ago, that would have seemed virtually impossible to achieve in a country that …
Read More »U.S. congressional delegation seeks to reassure Denmark, Greenland after Trump’s threats
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation on Saturday sought to reassure Denmark and Greenland of their support …
Read More »Vance, most Republicans block Senate resolution to curb Trump’s Venezuela efforts
U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a resolution on Wednesday that would have barred U.S. President Donald Trump from further military action in Venezuela without authorization from Congress, after the Republican president pressured party members who had supported it. The vote was 51-50 for a Republican point of order to dismiss the …
Read More »What is ICE and how has it changed during Trump’s 2nd term?
The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday was the second such incident in four months involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. It’s arguably also the biggest flashpoint yet as Donald Trump’s second administration has called on ICE and other agencies to pursue an aggressive deportation …
Read More »Military ‘always an option’ to achieve Trump’s goal of controlling Greenland, White House says
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The White House said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump is discussing options for acquiring …
Read More »Venezuela’s collapse, Trump’s military buildup and Maduro’s capture: How did we get here?
It was the largest U.S. military intervention in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama, and its most assertive action to achieve regime change since its 2003 invasion of Iraq. On Saturday, the U.S. hit Venezuela with what it described as a “large-scale strike” and captured Venezuelan president Nicolás …
Read More »Trump’s Greenland annexation threats overshadow Ukraine security conference
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The catchphrase going into Tuesday’s coalition of the willing meeting on Ukraine in Paris appears to …
Read More »Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ diplomat recall sparks concerns over politicization of foreign service
Since the founding of the modern American Foreign Service in 1924, there has never been anything like the recent move by the United States to recall 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts, says the president of the American Foreign Service Association. “This is entirely unprecedented,” said …
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