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Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers has praised Canadian PM Mark Carney for his speech in Davos.

‘Powerful point’: Chalmers lauds Canadian PM’s Trump attack

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has hailed a speech by Canada’s Prime Minister denouncing Donald Trump’s attacks on the global rules-based order as a ‘stunning’ and ‘thoughtful’ contribution.

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NATO boss Mark Rutte and US President Donald Trump.

Europe gets reprieve on Greenland but there’s still danger

LATIKA M BOURKE: Europe’s reprieve is well-earned. And while it is one that should never have even needed to be granted in the first place, there is a danger that Europeans will take the wrong lesson.

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President Donald Trump is visible on a video monitor as he addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Trump’s Greenland deal said to involve small tracts of land

US President Trump said on social media that he had reached a framework agreement over the future of the Danish territory.

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President Donald Trump speaks to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Everything (and everyone) Trump assailed in Davos

President Donald Trump took aim at many familiar targets, and some new ones, in a lengthy speech at the World Economic Forum, praising and threatening European allies while repeating demands for Greenland.

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Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskiy will meet to discuss the latest ceasefire plans. (AP PHOTO)

Trump to meet with Zelensky, deal 'reasonably close'

Ukraine and Russia are close to a deal and if their leaders don't come to an agreement soon ‘they're stupid’, US President Donald Trump says.

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President Donald Trump doubled down on his Greenland rhetoric as he addressed the WEF in Davos.

Trump drops tariff threat over Greenland after NATO talks

US President Donald Trump says he has ‘formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland’ after talks in Davos with NATO’s Secretary General.

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 It’s possible to achieve positive ends through Trumpian means, but the mechanism of that achievement requires constraints, and the ones we have now seem too weak for the purpose

Without restraints and internal checks, Trumpism is doomed

THE NEW YORK TIMES: It’s possible to achieve positive ends through Trumpian means, but the mechanism of that achievement requires constraints, and the ones we have now seem too weak for the purpose.

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Donald Trump’s plane to Switzerland has been forced to turn around.

Trump’s Air Force One turns back after tech issue

The US President was travelling to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland when his plane experienced an electrical problem.

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Trump is defying more than 100 years of US foreign policy with his brazen land grab for Greenland.

Trump’s hunger for conquest revives USA’s dark past

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump’s brazen land grab flies in the face of more than 100 years of American foreign policy of protecting the sovereignty of smaller nations.

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Donald Trump’s stance on Greenland has turned Davos into an emergency summit.

Trump jabs Euro leaders as Davos becomes emergency summit

In social media posts before the meetings, Trump bashed the UK and shared what appeared to be private messages from European officials.

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US President Donald Trump holds up a list of accomplishments.

Trump delivers ominous three-word warning on Greenland

US President Donald Trump has celebrated one year back in office by delivering a wild, near 95-minute press briefing in the White House — as well as an ominous three-word warning on Greenland. 

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JD and Usha Vance will welcome a fourth child in July. (AP PHOTO)

JD Vance and Usha Vance to welcome fourth child

US Vice President JD Vance and his wife, ‍Usha, have announced the couple will welcome another baby boy in ​July.

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French President Emmanuel Macron has hit out at ‘bullies’ as he called for US tariffs on European countries to be abolished.

Macron decries ‘bullies’ as he urges Trump to halt tariffs

French President Emmanuel Macron has hit out at ‘bullies’ as he called for US tariffs on European countries to be abolished.

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Federal agents detain a demonstrator outside of the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on January 17.

In Minneapolis, I glimpsed a civil war

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Despite increasing pressures from ICE, residents of Minnesota refuse to give in.

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Destroyed buildings on a wet day in Gaza City, December 11, 2025.

What to know about Trump’s ‘board of peace’ for Gaza

THE NEW YORK TIMES: As chair, Donald Trump would have considerable influence over the proposed board - but it’s still unclear how much financial control we can expect him to have.

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