75 m. ago ‘The powerful have their power. We have the capacity to stop pretending’: the Canadian PM’s call to action at Davos | Mark Carney

In a rousing speech, Mark Carney made the case for unity in the face of Donald Trump’s new world order. We reproduce it hereToday I will talk about a rupture in the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a harsh reality, where geopolitics – where the large, main power, geopolitics – is submitted to no limits, no constraints.On the other hand, I would like to tell you that the other countries, especially intermediate powers like Canada, are not powerless. They have the capacity to build a new order that encompasses our values, such as respect for human rights, sustainable development, solidarity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the various states. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago In full: Mark Carney’s Davos speech as he warns of ‘rupture’ in world order after Trump threat

Mr Carney said Canada ‘strongly opposes tariffs over Greenland’ and supports Denmark’s sovereignty

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6 h. ago Mark Carney’s Davos speech in full as he warns of ‘rupture’ in world order after Trump threat

Mr Carney said Canada ‘strongly opposes tariffs over Greenland’ and supports Denmark’s sovereignty

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9 h. ago ‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump

In a speech at Davos, written by Carney himself, the Canadian prime minister laid out his doctrine for a world of fractured international normsFor much of Mark Carney’s career as an economist and central banker, he existed at the nexus of global thinkers and multilateral institutions. The “rockstar banker” was a fixture at summits, where he spoke beside business leaders and the political elite, espousing the values of international cooperation and the need for open economies and shared rules.But after less than a year as prime minister of Canada, Carney offered a blunter assessment of the world on Tuesday: “the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.” Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Trump rules out using force over Greenland but calls for ‘immediate negotiations’

US president tells audience in Davos that a possible purchase should not be seen as a threat to Nato

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11 h. ago Mark Carney tells Davos the old world order is ‘not coming back’ as Trump heads to Switzerland

Carney warns US-led global system of governance is enduring ‘a rupture’ as US president flies in for showdown with European leaders over GreenlandCanadian prime minister Mark Carney has said that the US-led global system of governance is enduring “a rupture,” defined by great power competition and a “fading” rules-based order.His speech to political and financial elites at the World Economic Forum comes a day before US President Donald Trump was set to address the gathering in Davos, Switzerland. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Donald Trump’s ominous warning on scope of plans for Greenland: ‘You’ll find out’

Trump questioned whether Nato would come to the ‘rescue’ of the US

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18 h. ago Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration's immigration crackdown

Doctors say immigrant patients are missing key medical appointments, afraid to come to medical clinics amid the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown

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20 h. ago Canada PM Mark Carney gets standing ovation at Davos as he warns of world order ‘rupture’

He rebuked ‘great powers’ but did not mention Trump despite global outcry over the US’ aggressive moves on Greenland

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26 h. ago US supreme court set to release more rulings as Trump tariffs decision looms – live

Unclear if court will publish much-anticipated ruling on the legality of Trump’s tariffs as US president doubles down on Greenland threatsDonald Trump will head to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland later today.He’ll be joining several of the ally countries that he’s been lambasting, and threatening with tariffs, in recent days over his longstanding goal to annex Greenland. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Everything you need to know about the PM's address to the nation on Greenland

It comes after Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on the EU and UK

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51 h. ago Gold and silver soar to record highs amid Trump tariff threat

It comes after Donald Trump threatened 10 per cent tariffs on eight European countries in a bid to buy Greenland

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55 h. ago Greenland latest LIVE: Starmer to speak at Downing Street as Trump's Greenland tariffs threat plunges Nato into crisis

Starmer’s speech comes as Trump claims Denmark has failed to heed warnings to protect Greenland from the threat of Russia

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3 d. ago UK could become Trump’s ‘poodle’ if it fails to invest in defence, Badenoch warns

Her comments come after Trump threatened to slap fresh tariffs on the UK and Europe over their opposition to his threats to annex Greenland

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4 d. ago Mark Carney issues stark warning on Canada security in wake of Trump threats

Canada's Mark Carney made a major move away from the US and towards a rival, amid increasing hostility from the nation's closest ally - the US

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4 d. ago Mark Carney in China positions Canada for ‘the world as it is, not as we wish it’

PM’s visit to Beijing seen as a welcome reset to relations in a ‘new world order’ but critics worry what trade deal could mean for Canadian workersMark Carney’s trip to Beijing this week secured what he described as a “preliminary but landmark” trade deal and a recognition – welcomed by Beijing – that countries are operating in a “new world order”.Carney’s visit is the first time in nearly a decade that a Canadian prime minister has been welcomed in Beijing. It comes after years of a deep freeze in the relationship between Ottawa and Beijing that Carney wants to thaw, in order to reduce his country’s precarious reliance on the United States. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Janey Godley's daughter revives comedian's controversial Trump sign

Janey Godley's daughter, Ashley Storrie, posted a picture of her mum while participating in a social media trend.

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5 d. ago Mexican cartel boss hunted by US sends 'come on in' message to Donald Trump

A Mexican cartel leader has begged US President Donald Trump to 'eradicate corruption' in his country, as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum strongly opposes American intervention

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5 d. ago Canada’s Mark Carney refers to ‘new world order’ during historic visit to China

Carney arrived in Beijing for four-day visit designed to repair ties between the two nations as Canada hopes to firm up relations with countries other than the US

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5 d. ago Canada PM hails ‘strategic partnership’ with China to adapt to ‘new global realities’

Mark Carney held talks with Xi Jinping on rare Beijing trip as Canada seeks to diversify trade links away from USBusiness live – latest updatesCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has hailed a “new strategic partnership” with China as he held talks in Beijing with President Xi Jinping, the first visit there by a Canadian leader in eight years.Addressing Xi in the Great Hall of the People, Carney said: “Together we can build on the best of what this relationship has been in the past to create a new one adapted to new global realities.” Continue reading...

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