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U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland, this week as he continues to challenge the established world order with a series of geopolitical victories and the promise of more to come.

Advocates of hardball negotiations over Greenland in Europe have suggested stalling the ratification of the trade deal with the United States after President Donald Trump announced that America will impose tariffs on eight countries for opposing the United States acquiring the arctic island.

The European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries formally signed a long-sought landmark free trade agreement on Saturday, capping more than a quarter-century of torturous negotiations to strengthen commercial ties in the face of rising protectionism and trade tensions around the world.

Thousands of people demonstrated in the capital of Greenland on Saturday against President Donald Trump’s plans for the US to annex the Danish autonomous territory.

US President Donald Trump on Friday gave a key role in post-war Gaza to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and appointed a US officer to lead a nascent security force.

A Ukrainian delegation arrived in the United States for talks Saturday on a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war as Russian attacks again took aim at Ukraine’s power grid, cutting electricity and heating in freezing temperatures.

Chief Constable walks away with pension amid a roaring scandal over Israeli football fans, A.I. hallucinations, and Islamic extremism.

Five families from the UK are pursuing legal action against TikTok in a Delaware court, marking the first time British families have sued the social media company in American courts over the deaths of their children.

The number of deaths outpaced the number of births in France for the first time since the Second World War and ten years before the official French national statistics bureau had projected.

MADRID — Grammy-winning singer Julio Iglesias on Friday denied allegations that he sexually assaulted two former employees, calling the accusations “absolutely untrue.”

Russia claims there will be “serious consequences” from militarising Greenland, as it asserts both innocence and interest in the matter.

Fighting for her political life, National Rally leader Marine Le Pen appeared before a Paris court this week as she appeals an embezzlement case, which has seen her barred from standing in any election for five years.

Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot will no longer allow users to sexualize images of real people by portraying their targets in revealing clothing, the company announced Wednesday evening, following global criticism over the tool’s usage as a “nudify” app to portray women and even children in sexual situations.

Nigel Farage topped off a day of Westminster intrigue by unveiling the defection of Robert Jenrick, purged from the Tories this morning.

Dutch political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek revealed that the left-wing British government has barred her from entering the United Kingdom.

Tory leader removes greatest internal rival, Robert Jenrick as she alleges “irrefutable evidence” that he was planning to defect to Reform. 

European nations piling troops into Greenland to prove it can be defended, with the UK sending one soldier and Norway two.

New powers making it easier to mobilise tens of thousands of former UK armed forces personnel to prepare for war are expected to be announced soon by the Starmer government, reports indicate.

Japan has kicked off its bid to host the Rugby World Cup again in 2035 following in the footsteps of the next two hosts – Australia next year and then the USA in 2031.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday evening that Paris will deploy troops to Greenland in an apparent show of solidarity with Copenhagen as the Trump administration pushes for American control of the Arctic island.

The European Broadcast Union (EBU) announced that tickets for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest have sold out in record time.

Armed Forces underfunded, unprepared for war, and doesn’t even have a plan in place should one come, the Chief of the Defence Staff said.

The Danish government has reportedly deployed military “reinforcements” to Greenland ahead of a high-stakes White House meeting to discuss the future of the territory on Wednesday.

YouTube has more viewers than all BBC channels combined, industry figures reveal, yet Britain’s TV tax -seems unlikely to be abolished.

Non-European Union (E.U.)  visitors to the Louvre Museum in Paris will be charged 45 percent more than Europeans for entry from Wednesday in a bid to raise money for renovations at the beleaguered French landmark. 

Italian citizens Alberto Trentini and Mario Burlò recounted their harrowing experiences after spending over a year as political prisoners of the Venezuelan socialist regime.

In the latest worrying signal for UK Prime Minsiter Sir Keir Starmer, a petition calling for a general election has received over a million signatures from British voters.

Left-wing govt performs another about-face, this time on mandatory digital I.D., but Farage makes clear there is still more work to be done.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday elbowed its way into the debate over President Donald Trump’s effort to acquire Greenland, slamming the U.S. for “using other countries as an excuse for pursuing its own selfish interests.”

An upcoming documentary has revealed that Raphaël Glucksmann, a leading left-wing candidate for the 2027 French presidential election, is the grandson of a communist spy who worked on behalf of Joseph Stalin’s totalitarian regime.

The chairs of a dozen European central banks responded to Powell’s declaration of war on the U.S. President by declaring “full solidarity”.

French farmers gathered in their tractors in a blockade around the National Assembly in Paris to protest against the Mercosur trade deal between the European Union and several South American nations.

Denmark provided U.S. forces support as they intercepted an oil tanker for violations of sanctions, a Danish government official confirmed.

A senior State Department diplomatic official has indicated that Washington may take retaliatory action if British regulators move forward with potential plans to ban Elon Musk’s social media platform X.

Create “European Security Council” because the “Pax Americana” is over and it would build “European Independence”, says commissioner.