Nick Wadhams

In the space of an hour, President-elect Donald Trump called for absorbing Canada, declined to rule out using military force to seize the Panama Canal and Greenland, demanded NATO allies spend 5% of GDP on defense and vowed “all hell would break loose” in the Middle East if Hamas doesn’t release Israeli hostages before he takes office.

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(Bloomberg) -- In the space of an hour, President-elect Donald Trump called for absorbing Canada, declined to rule out using military force to seize

En el espacio de una hora, el presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, instó a absorber Canadá, no descartó utilizar la fuerza militar para apoderarse del canal de Panamá y Groenlandia, exigió a los aliados de la OTAN que gasten el 5% del PIB en defensa y prometió que “se desatará el infierno” en Medio Oriente si Hamás no libera a los rehenes israelíes antes de que él tome posesión.

The US imposed sweeping new sanctions on Russia’s oil industry as the Biden administration looks for last-minute ways to boost Ukraine’s leverage in possible peace negotiations after Donald Trump takes office.

Senator Marco Rubio will say China has lied and cheated its way to superpower status at the expense of the US, according to remarks he’s set to deliver at his confirmation hearing for secretary of state on Wednesday.

Senator Marco Rubio will say China has lied and cheated its way to superpower status at the expense of the US, according to remarks he's set to

Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are crafting a wide-ranging sanctions strategy to facilitate a Russia-Ukraine diplomatic accord in the coming months while at the same time squeezing Iran and Venezuela, people familiar with the matter said.

(Bloomberg) -- Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are crafting a wide-ranging sanctions strategy to facilitate a Russia-Ukraine diplomatic

Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are crafting a wide-ranging sanctions strategy to facilitate a Russia-Ukraine diplomatic accord in the