President Trump has repeated claims that taking control of Greenland is essential for US national security – as Vice-President JD Vance and his wife Usha visit a US space base there on Friday.
The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at what…
Category: 2. World
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How will Australia choose its next prime minister?
Hannah RitchieBBC News, Sydney
Getty ImagesIt is compulsory for Australians to vote on election day – and many will queue for a customary sausage in bread On 3 May Australians will head to the polls to vote in their first federal election since…
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Canada PM Mark Carney says old relationship with US ‘is over’
Jessica Murphy & Bernd DebusmannBBC News
Reporting fromToronto and Washington DCCanada: Retaliatory trade action to have “maximum impact” on US Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Canada’s old relationship with the United States, “based…
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Australia to hold federal election on 3 May
Australia will head to the polls for a federal election on 3 May.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose Labor Party will be defending a three-seat majority, announced the date after visiting the Governor General in the capital, Canberra, on…
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CIPCC facilitates rare opportunity for foreign journalists to interview Bangladeshi chief adviser
HAINAN – A delegation of foreign journalists has been provided with a unique chance to meet with Bangladeshi interim government’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus in the southern Chinese province of Hainan.
Professor Yunus, a global pioneer in social…
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Six people dead after tourist submarine sinks in Egypt
Cachella Smith and Lana LamBBC News
David McArthur MBE/ReutersSindbad submarine vessels seen off the coast of Hurghada in August 2022. Six people have died after a tourist submarine sank in Egypt’s Red Sea.
Local officials say 39 others were…
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Yemenis developing own weapons, not taking orders from any side
The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has hailed Yemen’s retaliatory operations in support of Palestinians, emphasizing that the country’s forces are developing their own weapons and not…
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un inspects AI ‘suicide attack drones’
KCNANorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been pictured inspecting new suicide drones, which state media say have been equipped with artificial intelligence (AI).
The undated images released by the secretive state’s official Korean Central News…
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EU warns citizens they need 3 days’ supplies amid war risks
Max Civili
Press TV, RomeThe EU has recommended that every home in the continent should have a three-day crisis survival kit, in case of wars or natural disasters.
The…
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Iran holds massive naval parade in support of Palestine ahead of intl. Qods day
Fatemeh Masoumi
Press TV, BabolsarAcross Iran’s territorial waters, a powerful display of maritime solidarity has unfolded.
One day prior to International Quds Day, the…
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