Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Greenland’s future is for Denmark and Greenland to decide, and that he’ll reiterate that message to President Donald Trump if they speak about it. Read More

Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace for Gaza is beginning to take shape, even as Israel voiced rare objections to parts of the U.S. president’s plan to build on the fragile ceasefire in the region. Read More

The Trump administration is asking countries that want a permanent spot on his new Board of Peace to contribute at least $1 billion. Read More

With the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump actively pledging to annex Greenland from Denmark, it would be an understandable question to ask why Greenland is Danish in the first place. Scandinavia was never known for its colonial empire, which never amounted to much more than a handful of trading posts or tropical islands. And yet, one of the world's largest islands remains in the hands of a tiny European nation of just six million people.  Read More

If you're one of the millions of daily Wordle players and sometimes have trouble figuring out the correct five-letter answer, or maybe even have to ask for help, you should know you're not alone. Read More

I’m not sure what I expected from the Ottawa crowd this week when François Legault announced he would step down as premier of Quebec, as the first and only leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), and as the most socially corrosive premier of any province in modern Canadian history. I would have expected to find federal politicians’ reactions, shall we say, excessively polite. But I did not expect the seemingly co-ordinated encomiums that gushed forth from senior Liberals. Read More

The eyes of the world are on Iran, wondering if 2026 might be the Persian equivalent of the Slavic 1989, when the nations of eastern Europe — first Poland and then its neighbours — threw off the Soviet empire and tore down the Berlin Wall. Read More

Canada and China have had a difficult relationship for years. Many Canadians have a real lack of faith and trust when it comes to China’s role as an honest broker and reliable trade partner — and understandably so. Read More

Iran has entered yet another wave of nationwide protests. To outside observers, the images may seem familiar: crowds in the streets, security forces deployed, warnings issued by the state. But these similarities risk obscuring what is genuinely new about this moment. Read More

Re: The Arctic cold war depends on Greenland — and Trump knows it — Jesse Kline, Jan. 8; and Mark Carney's dalliance with dictators — Jesse Kline, Jan. 14 Read More