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Mandela’s prison key, sunglasses and shirt can be sold after daughter wins court battle
Mandela’s eldest daughter has the go-ahead to sell off personal items, including one of his iconic floral shirts. A South African court has dismissed an appeal by the country’s heritage body to stop the sale and export of various artefacts connected to anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela. The 70 personal items include a cell key from Robben Island, where Mandela was…
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UK’s Starmer slams Trump over ‘insulting’ Afghanistan comments
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has suggested that Donald Trump should apologise for his claims that European troops were not on the front lines in the war in Afghanistan. In a rare direct rebuke of the United States president, Starmer said on Friday that Trump’s earlier comments to US broadcaster Fox News that NATO allies stayed “a little off the…
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Harry says sacrifices by Nato troops in Afghanistan deserve ‘respect’
Prince Harry was deployed twice on active service in Afghanistan – including a ten-week period in Helmand province. The Duke of Sussex has called for the sacrifices of Nato troops to be “spoken about truthfully and with respect”, after the US president claimed allies stayed “a little back” from the front lines in Afghanistan. “I served there. I made lifelong…
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California Governor Newsom says White House blocked his Davos event
California Governor Gavin Newsom has said he was blocked from speaking at a World Economic Forum event in Davos and blamed the Trump administration. Newsom’s office said on X that USA House, the official US pavilion at the global event, denied his entry to speak there on Wednesday despite being invited as part of an event by media partner Fortune.…
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I will not yield to Trump’s pressure on Greenland, says PM
Sir Keir Starmer has said he “will not yield” to pressure from Donald Trump over the future of Greenland, after the US president attacked the UK’s Chagos Islands deal. Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Keir said the US president had criticised the Chagos deal after previously saying he supported it “for the express purpose of putting pressure on me…
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Trump says ‘framework of a future deal’ discussed on Greenland as he backs off tariffs threat
President Donald Trump says the US is exploring a potential deal on Greenland after talks with Nato as he backed off threats to tariff European allies that had opposed his plans for America to acquire the island. On social media, Trump offered few details about a discussion that both he and Nato described as “very productive”. After rattling the transatlantic…
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China tells Davos forum it never pursued trade surplus, vows to import more
China never deliberately pursued a trade surplus and is willing to be “the world’s market”, Vice Premier He Lifeng told the World Economic Forum on Tuesday, after the manufacturing giant logged a record surplus that will further unnerve its trade partners. China is willing to leverage its “mega-sized market” and “more vigorously” expand imports, He said at the WEF’s annual…
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Xiconomics: China’s vision for an open world economy in a turbulent era
In a world fracturing along economic faultlines, Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a clear compass. “Countries cannot thrive without an international environment of open cooperation, and no country can afford to retreat into self-imposed isolation,” he reminded global audiences. The 2026 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting opened on Monday in the snowy Swiss resort of Davos. As global leaders…
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Carney says old world order ‘is not coming back’
Prime Minister Mark Carney affirmed Canada’s commitment to Greenland and urged world leaders to reject economic coercion from “great powers”. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the “old order is not coming back” and urged fellow middle powers to come together in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “Middle powers must act together because if we’re…
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Trump doubles down on Greenland ahead of Davos visit, saying there is ‘no going back’
US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his threats to take control of Greenland, saying there is “no going back”. Asked at a news conference how far he was willing to go to acquire the semi-autonomous Danish territory, he replied: “You’ll find out.” It comes after French President Emmanuel Macron warned of a “shift towards a world without rules”,…
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