It was a defining image of the Merkel years: the German chancellor leaning across a table at the G7 summit in 2018, looming over Donald Trump as the rest of the world’s leaders looked on. Angela Merkel, the photo seemed to indicate, was the adult in the room.

President Donald Trump's second term is already bringing massive changes as global leaders, allies and adversaries alike, watch to see where they fall in the pecking order and vie for a seat at the table.

"He simply doesn't believe in win-win partnerships," the former German Chancellor Angela Merkel told me. She experienced Trump ... He's chosen to publicly lambast allies in Europe and Canada, rather than focus his ire on those he recognises as a strategic ...

It may be too extreme for Canada or Denmark to view the U.S. as an enemy in the wake of Trump annexation threats, but the line between enmity and amity is currently blurred.

Germany is witnessing an election campaign like none before it. With rare bouts of mud-slinging, a resurgent far right eyeing unprecedented gains, and war raging on the EU's doorstep - all set against the uncertain backdrop of a second Trump presidency - a nervous atmosphere permeates Europe's largest economy,

Following the Danish example and hoping that playing along will win us favours is unlikely to produce significant dividends. If Trump’s bluster and threats force Canadian leaders to realize this and to reconsider the nature of their relationship with our southern partner,

Conservative frontrunner to be country’s next chancellor aims to submit tough migration proposals to MPs next week

Claudia Sheinbaum’s efforts to blunt Donald Trump’s relentless targeting of Mexico are winning admirers in Brazil, inspiring one of her allies to consider mimicking her approach to the combative US leader.

Germany's opposition leader vowed Thursday to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if

President Donald Trump has issued a “full and unconditional pardon” to Washington, DC, police lieutenant Andrew Zabavsky and officer Terence Sutton for their roles in the death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown, a case that drew protests on the heels of the murder of George Floyd.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz has demanded fundamental changes to migration policy and a dramatic increase in deportations after the deadly stabbing in the southern city of Aschaffenburg.

La Rochefoucauld was one of the great satirists in literature. His Maximes, written in the 17th Century, secured his place as the master of the ‘aphorism’ – the short pithy phrase. He was a