China’s government is likely to set this year’s economic growth target in a range between 4.5 per cent and 5 per cent, according to three sources briefed on the matter. Such a target would indicate a ...
Donald Trump has again doubled down on threats to seize the autonomous territory. Foreign ministers from Denmark and Greenland are in Washington DC for talks on easing the tensions over the Arctic isl...
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the settlement in Ukraine with US President Donald Trump’s envoys during marathon overnight talks, and the Kremlin insisted that the territorial issue needs ...
Seeking international legitimacy, Myanmar's ruling military junta claims elections this week are a return to democracy. But it will take more than the junta's word to convince the EU that the polls ar...
US president Donald Trump appears to have dialed back threats of an imminent strike on Iran. Despite the shift in rhetoric, the airspace over the Islamic Republic has closed to commercial flights. Sto...
With the last stage of Jimmy Lai's national security trial drawing to a close, Hong Kong's High Court is set to decide on the sentence for the pro-democracy tycoon. Will Lai get life in prison?...
Alain Orsoni, who led the separatist Corsican Movement for Self-Determination before becoming the president of Corsican football club AC Ajaccio, was killed by a long-range shot at his mother's funer...
With France’s local elections set for March, attention is turning to homelessness in the race for Paris city hall, as more than 3,500 people were living on the streets of the French capital last year,...
The president of Ukraine heads to Davos as NATO-backed Greenland deal takes center stage at The World Economic Forum. Meanwhile, the leaders of the EU’s 27 member states are set to gather in Brussels ...
"In politics as in business – a deal is a deal. And when friends shake hands, it must mean something.” Ursula von der Leyen's comments came amid growing tension between Europe and the US over Greenlan...
Iran will treat any attack "as an all-out war against us," a senior Iranian official said on Friday, ahead of the arrival of a U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the Middl...
François Picard is pleased to welcome independent journalist Laura Jadid sharing a piercing exposé of systemic dysfunction, ethical erosion, and authoritarianism blossoming in the US. In an era marked...
Alberta is a very cold place in winter, even by Canadian standards. And yet, in the past week, hundreds of Albertans formed long queues in freezing weather, in big cities and small towns, to sign a pe...
The BBC intends to ask a US federal court in Florida to dismiss a US$10 billion lawsuit brought by US President Donald Trump against the British broadcaster, according to newly filed court documents. ...
As the world flocks to Davos, the host country ponders a population cap...
Two of the defendants pleaded not guilty before the Hong Kong court, while the other pleaded guilty but pledged to keep working to end one-party rule in China. They're accused of "inciting subversion ...
Donald Trump's second term in the White House has tested China's tit-for-tat approach in response to the the US president's trade war. While stiff competition remains moving forward, there are signs o...
European Council President Antonio Costa said the EU was weighing a joint response to a new US tariff plan to impose levies of 10% on 8 European nations, including Germany, France and the UK. Follow t...
US, Russian and Ukrainian top teams are headed to Abu Dhabi, in the UAE, for talks on a peace plan. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said one of the main sticking points in getting a deal remains the issue of terr...
The president of the German Armed Forces' reservists says European troops should be sent to Greenland to block a US takeover of the territory. Meanwhile, heating bills are set to soar amid a harsh win...