Anti-ICE violence escalates in Minneapolis with federal officers attacked and vehicles vandalized as President Donald Trump weighs military deployment options under Insurrection Act.

‘Hands off Greenland’ rallies have been organised in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense and Nuuk

Demonstrators have begun gathering in front of City Hall in Copenhagen as part of a series of actions planned throughout Denmark and Greenland in protest of Donald Trump and his plans to take control of Greenland.

The plan in Copenhagen is march to the US embassy in the Danish capital. Other rallies are set to begin later Saturday in Greenland and in other parts of Denmark.

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The nationwide demonstrations that have roiled Iran for weeks appear to have been largely quelled after a brutal government crackdown.

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U.S. NATO ambassador Matthew Whitaker defends American focus on Greenland amid European backlash, calling Arctic security crucial for continental defense.

Strong media presence in Minneapolis has ensured Renee Good’s shooting, and its fallout, has received wide coverage

After a federal immigration agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with grisly videos quickly going viral on social media, news organizations from around the state, country and world dispatched correspondents and anchors to the scene.

In the days since, that media presence has ebbed and flowed – though a well-resourced local news corps and many national journalists have remained, including reporters for the Guardian, covering additional clashes between police and protesters.

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History tells us what happens when American presidents focus on foreign policy and neglect domestic economic policy

Donald Trump’s blitzkrieg since his 3 January seizure of the Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has been guided by his triumph of the will, as he told the New York Times. “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me … I don’t need international law.”

Trump treats the spectacle as a reality TV show in which he is both the executive producer and the host who ultimately declares himself the winner. At his 3 January press conference on the day of Maduro’s seizure, Trump mentioned “oil” 27 times, “money” 13 times and “democracy” not once. He trashed the democratic opposition as lacking “respect” and “support”. The capture of Maduro was a decapitation, not regime change. Indeed, Trump served as a convenient agent of an internal coup of the existing powers, whom he declared “an ally”. “We have to fix the country first,” he said. “You can’t have an election.”

Sidney Blumenthal, former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, has published three books of a projected five-volume political life of Abraham Lincoln: A Self-Made Man, Wrestling With His Angel and All the Powers of Earth. He is a Guardian US columnist

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The first veto of the president’s second term killed legislation that would have brought clean water to some of the most conservative parts of the state. Residents wonder why.

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President Trump stopped Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba, and experts say disaster looms. Oil fuels its electric grid and without alternative supplies the country will plunge into extended darkness.

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Six years after the financial industry pledged to use trillions to fight climate change and reshape finance, its efforts have largely collapsed.

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Virginia Senate approves constitutional amendment which would allow the legislature to redraw congressional maps, potentially adding four Democratic seats for upcoming elections.

L’Amérique du Nord pourrait bientôt voir circuler davantage de véhicules électriques chinois, mais par une porte détournée. Ottawa vient d’annoncer une inflexion notable de sa politique commerciale, ouvrant un nouveau corridor aux constructeurs asiatiques. Cette décision intervient alors que les équilibres mondiaux du secteur automobile évoluent rapidement, sous l’effet conjugué des stratégies industrielles chinoises et ... Lire plus

L'article Les véhicules électriques chinois se rapprochent du marché américain via le Canada est apparu en premier sur Fredzone.

L’Amérique du Nord pourrait bientôt voir circuler davantage de véhicules électriques chinois, mais par une porte détournée. Ottawa vient d’annoncer une inflexion notable de sa politique commerciale, ouvrant un nouveau corridor aux constructeurs asiatiques. Cette décision intervient alors que les équilibres mondiaux du secteur automobile évoluent rapidement, sous l’effet conjugué des stratégies industrielles chinoises et ... Lire plus

L'article Les véhicules électriques chinois se rapprochent du marché américain via le Canada est apparu en premier sur Fredzone.

Colvin, who died this week, made a stand on an Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. When we met, her message about the struggle was clear

“In life, there’s the beginning and the end,” John Carlos, the African American sprinter who raised his fist in a black power salute from the podium of the 1968 Olympics, once told me. “The beginning don’t matter. The end don’t matter. All that matters is what you do in between – whether you’re prepared to do what it takes to make change. There has to be physical and material sacrifice. When all the dust settles and we’re getting ready to play down for the ninth inning, the greatest reward is to know that you did your job when you were here on the planet.”

Claudette Colvin, who died earlier this week in a hospice in Texas, did her job while she was here on the planet, although it was several decades before her physical and material sacrifice was acknowledged. On 2 March 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, aged just 15, Colvin took a stand and refused to give up her bus seat to a white woman.

Gary Younge is a professor of sociology at the University of Manchester

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IRS ruling ensures military personnel keep every dollar of their $1,776 'Warrior Dividend' as payments reach active duty and reserve forces nationwide.

Michael Cohen alleges New York prosecutors pressured him to provide testimony aimed at securing convictions against President Donald Trump in high-profile cases.

Obama's former ICE Director, Sarah Saldaña, condemned Trump's immigration raids, saying requiring people to prove citizenship infringes on their civil rights.

The Education Department has temporarily paused a plan to seize tax refunds and begin garnishing the wages of borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans.

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The Justice Department’s investigation is a major escalation in the state-federal battle over the conduct of immigration agents in Minneapolis.

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BEIJING AND OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will accept a role on U.S. President Donald Trump's newly formed Gaza "Board of Peace," according to a senior Canadian government official. Read More

The president also tapped a U.S. general to lead an international peacekeeping force that will be deployed to disarm Hamas and occupy Gaza.

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After the institution’s board declared it the Trump Kennedy Center, a lot of signage around the building is in the midst of a makeover.

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President Trump has María Corina Machado’s medal, but he is not recognized as the prize laureate. Ms. Machado did not win Mr. Trump’s endorsement to become Venezuela’s president.

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The review looked at more than three dozen studies and found no evidence that acetaminophen increased the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children.

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