The administration was in a race to control the narrative around the killing of Alex Pretti, even as videos emerged that contradicted the government’s account.

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Marion Maréchal soutient Donald Trump et minimise les décès liés à la police à Minneapolis, les qualifiant d'« accidents malheureux » causés par des militants d’extrême gauche.

Marion Maréchal soutient Donald Trump et minimise les décès liés à la police à Minneapolis, les qualifiant d'« accidents malheureux » causés par des militants d’extrême gauche.

Mark Carney and other custodians of the order are right to contemplate its death, but are they really willing to unpick the the entire system?

When precisely did the rules-based order die? Mark Carney’s speech last week at Davos was the first time a western head of state has said outright what has been hanging over political proceedings for some time. The rules-based order is “fading”, in the middle of a “rupture” and there’s no going back. But outside Davos, the G7 and Nato, that is old news – many believed the rules-based order had expired long ago, depending on what moment you take as your watershed.

There were several components to the order, which of course was a layered, complex thing. The first is structural, that is, the agreement between powerful and prosperous countries that there would be certain mechanisms and protocols to maintain political stability, contain the outbreak of wars and promote their mutual economic interests. All the bodies that direct international traffic – the EU, Nato, the UN, the WTO, the IMF – make up that top layer of organisation.

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Energy secretary Ed Miliband says clean energy project is part of efforts to leave ‘the fossil fuel rollercoaster’

The UK and nine other European countries have agreed to build an offshore wind power grid in the North Sea in a landmark pact to turn the ageing oil basin into a “clean energy reservoir”.

The countries will build windfarms at sea that directly connect to multiple nations through high-voltage subsea cables, under plans that are expected to provide 100GW of offshore wind power, or enough electricity capacity to power 143m homes.

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The president’s approach is not just chaos or an updated version of 19th-century great-power competition.

Tension over Greenland has prompted worries that the Trump administration could turn the U.S. oil and gas industry into a way to pressure Europe.

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Bookings to the island increased last year, and there are plans for two new airports. Threats from President Trump may change that.

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President Trump told the Wall Street Journal his administration is “reviewing everything” after the Minneapolis shooting that killed nurse Alex Pretti, as questions swirl.

USS Abraham Lincoln strike group approaches Middle East amid warnings that Iranian drone capabilities worth "tens of millions of dollars" threaten U.S. naval vessels.

Former President Bill Clinton said federal immigration agents are engaging in "increasingly aggressive and antagonistic tactics" after another fatal shooting in Minnesota.

The administration was in a race to control the narrative around the killing of Alex Pretti, even as videos emerged that contradicted the government’s account.

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Even as the second death of a protester in Minnesota brought demands for accountability, the president, insulated from dissenting voices, stuck to his pattern of reflexively blaming opponents.

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Gov. Tim Walz likened Minnesota immigration enforcement to the Holocaust and Anne Frank after a fatal Minneapolis shooting that killed VA nurse Alex Pretti, saying children now fear leaving home.

Jennifer Mnookin has led the flagship campus of the state university system since 2022. She takes the helm at Columbia after a tumultuous period.

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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt disagrees with President Donald Trump's immigration policies after the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday.

Netanyahu agrees to reopen Gaza's Rafah crossing under President Trump's 20-point peace plan, pending the recovery of the final Israeli hostage.

In a coffee shop in Greenland's capital Nuuk, Lykke Lynge looked fondly at her four kids as they sipped their hot chocolate, seemingly oblivious to the world's convulsions. Read More

Former CNN host Don Lemon said he expected to see continued legal pressure from Trump administration after federal judge rejected the the DOJ's charges over protest coverage.

The head of the UN's health agency on Saturday pushed back against Washington's stated reasons for withdrawing from the World Health Organization, dismissing U.S. criticism of the WHO as "untrue." Read More

The Trump administration is once again engaged in a perversion of justice.

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The Trump team has advanced one-sided narratives to justify each of the killings, even when bystander video shows something else entirely.

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