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Canada PM hails strategic partnership with China to adapt to ‘new global realities’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-16T09:37:11+00:00

Mark Carney holds talks with Xi Jinping on rare Beijing trip as Canada seeks to diversify trade links away from USBusiness live – latest updatesCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has hailed a “new strategic partnership” with China as he held talks in Beijing with President Xi Jinping, the first visit by a Canadian leader in eight years.Addressing Xi in the Great Hall of the People, Carney said: “Together we can build on the best of what this relationship has been in the past to create a new one adapted to new global realities.” Continue reading...

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En Iran, le durcissement brutal du régime face à la rue

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-16T09:30:15+00:00

Alors qu’il avait relâché la pression sur la population depuis l’été, le régime a choisi la force brute face à un mouvement de contestation inédit. Pour survivre, le pouvoir, isolé par l’affaiblissement de « l’axe de la résistance », a opté pour une féroce répression.

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Canada PM hails ‘strategic partnership’ with China to adapt to ‘new global realities’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-16T09:29:00+00:00

Mark Carney held talks with Xi Jinping on rare Beijing trip as Canada seeks to diversify trade links away from USBusiness live – latest updatesCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has hailed a “new strategic partnership” with China as he held talks in Beijing with President Xi Jinping, the first visit there by a Canadian leader in eight years.Addressing Xi in the Great Hall of the People, Carney said: “Together we can build on the best of what this relationship has been in the past to create a new one adapted to new global realities.” Continue reading...

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White House claims ‘acquisition of Greenland’ is purpose of working group – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-16T09:24:39+00:00

Denmark’s foreign secretary has denied the assertion and since reiterated that discussion over territory is a red line.After meeting with the US vice-president JD Vance and state secretary Marco Rubio on Wednesday, the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers announced a new diplomatic channel to discuss their “fundamental” disagreements over Greenland: namely, a working group with the US.Well, it turns out the White House does not see it exactly in the same way. Continue reading...

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Shadow minister replacing Robert Jenrick says Tories ‘let down’ the country in government – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-16T09:02:45+00:00

The new shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy said he was ‘sorry’ for how the Conservatives ‘handled certain things in those last few years’ in powerHello and welcome to the UK politics live blog with me, Tom Ambrose.This morning we start with follow-up and reaction to Robert Jenrick’s dramatic sacking from the Tories and subsequent – if not depressingly unsurprising – defection to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.I’ve said as a Conservative I’m sorry for the way the party has handled certain things in those last few years and I’ve been very open about that since I was elected for the first time

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Police shoot dead man armed with bow and arrow in NSW

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-16T08:48:24+00:00

The incident at Gunnedah near Tamworth is the third fatality involving police in the state this yearGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man armed with a bow and arrow has been shot dead by police in New South Wales as they carried out a welfare check – the third fatality involving officers this year.Authorities attended the man’s house in Gunnedah near Tamworth on Friday at 1.40pm after receiving a call about concerns for his welfare. Continue reading...

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