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Back to the Monroe Doctrine?
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Back to the Monroe Doctrine?

Two weeks before taking office, the future US President Donald Trump signposts to the astonished public around the world in a confusing, Trump-like press conference what we have to prepare for. The time until the inauguration is proving to be anything but calm. The announcements sound dramatic, sometimes frightening. He mockingly refers to Canada’s outgoing...

Jimmy Carter briefly unites US as presidents attend funeral
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Jimmy Carter briefly unites US as presidents attend funeral

Jimmy Carter brought a fleeting moment of national unity to a divided America on Thursday as all five living US presidents gathered for his moving state funeral at Washington’s National Cathedral. At the rare gathering, just days before Donald Trump’s return to the White House, sitting President Joe Biden gave a eulogy describing “character” as...

Germany, France denounce Trump’s Greenland statements
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Germany, France denounce Trump’s Greenland statements

Germany has stated that borders must not be altered by force following US President-elect Donald Trump’s refusal to rule out military action to take control of Greenland. The vast Arctic island is an autonomous territory of EU and NATO member Denmark. German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit emphasized that “as always, the firm principle applies… that...