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With many Americans still recovering from multiple blasts of snow and unrelenting freezing temperatures in the nation’s northern tier, a new storm is set to emerge this weekend that could coat roads, trees and power lines with devastating ice across a wide expanse of the South. The storm arriving late this week and into the weekend…

Danish pension fund AkademikerPension said on Tuesday it would sell off its holding of U.S. Treasuries, worth some US$100 million, by the end of this month, blaming weak U.S. government finances. AkademikerPension said the decision was not intended as a political statement linked to the rift between Denmark and the United States over Greenland. Get…

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday the world will soon “find out” how far he’ll go to acquire Greenland as European leaders vowed to respond to his territorial threats and warned of a rupture to the western alliance. “How far are you willing to go to acquire Greenland?” a reporter asked Trump at a White…

The Canadian military has been working on a hypothetical scenario in which the US military attacks Canada, Globe and Mail reported adding that it is believed to be the first time in a century that the Canadian Armed Forces have created a military model that includes a conceptual and theoretical framework. Canada does not believe…

A giant replica of a birthday message allegedly written by U.S. President Donald Trump in 2003 to late convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein appeared on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The card first became public in September after it was released by the Democratic Party. This came after Trump threatened to sue the Wall Street…

Former prime minister Justin Trudeau was accompanied by international pop star Katy Perry as he spoke about the importance of “soft power” in geopolitics at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday. Perry sat in the front row as Trudeau spoke about Canada not interfering in other countries’ domestic policy to seize oil…

Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on the “new world order” and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together. The speech was delivered against a backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions between great powers like Russia, China and the United States, and…

Donald Trump dislikes being compared to other American presidents. The irritation is almost visceral. Once described as the third-best president after George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, he snapped back that they had not fought “eight, nine wars.” When contrasted with Barack Obama or Joe Biden, the verdict in his mind is even simpler. He is…

While Europe is pushing back publicly against U.S. President Donald Trump over Greenland, the language appears softer behind the scenes. Trump published a text message on Tuesday that he received from French President Emmanuel Macron, confirmed as genuine by Macron’s office. Starting with “My friend,” Macron’s tone was more deferential than the criticism that France…

Europe’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats will be “unflinching, united, and proportional,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a speech Tuesday, while expressing solidarity with Greenland and Denmark. On Saturday, Trump said he would impose a 10 per cent import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations…