India, Canada preparing to take ties to 'higher level': Jaishankar
Amid discussions in India regarding diversification of its energy sources, Jaishankar also met Venezuela Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia Gonzalez on the UNGA sidelines
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Amid discussions in India regarding diversification of its energy sources, Jaishankar also met Venezuela Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia Gonzalez on the UNGA sidelines
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Friday, 25 September 2026 The Capitol in Washington. The Senate refused by fifty votes to forty-nine to order the fighting in Iran stopped, with four Republicans crossing and one Democrat… The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Friday, September 25, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Canada pledges 100 million Canadian dollars ($71m) for Palestinians as UK and France urge action on Israeli settlements.
President Emmanuel Macron arrived in the French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon for talks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday, weeks after President Donald Trump posted an image showing the islands covered by the US flag. Macron’s visit to the archipelago off Canada’s Atlantic coast is the first there by a French president since 2014 and comes as Canada seeks closer ties with the European Union amid an increasingly acrimonious trade war with the United States. Saint Pierre...
President Emmanuel Macron embarks on a rare and symbolic visit to a remote French territory in the North Atlantic on Saturday, hosting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at a time of growing tensions with Washington. This comes after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU’s first associate member. Analysis by Guillaume Lavoie, associate member of the Raoul-Dandurand chair in strategic and diplomatic studies.
This is the latest step in Canada's bid to move closer to Europe amid bitter trade war with the US.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said a Canada-EU alliance would create a "beacon for other democracies".
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday welcomed a proposal for Canada to become the European Union’s first associate member, but said he did not mean for a closer alliance to create a new bloc that would rival the world’s great powers. The remarks came after US President Donald Trump suggested the proposed arrangement could be a “hostile act” and threatened heavy tariffs on Europe if he judged its intentions to be unfriendly. Trump also called the idea “laughable”. “We welcome this...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses the European Parliament on Thursday, a day after US President Donald Trump called Canada's bid to become an associate EU member a "hostile act". Trump threatened to "stop trading" with Europe and impose "very serious tariffs" if the bid succeeds. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
US President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to cut trade with the European Union after the bloc proposed to make Canada its first-ever associate member. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen raised the prospect a day before Canadian leader Mark Carney was due to address the European Parliament. Her pitch comes as both Canada and the European Union seek to pivot away from an aggressive US under Trump’s leadership. “I think it’s laughable,” Trump told reporters when asked about the plan. “If they do...
With a US president who talks of making Canada the 51st state, its leader in Europe where it’s not quite the EU's 28th state on offer, but something the president of the European Commission is calling ‘associate membership’. We’ll ask what that means, how it differs from the close status afforded to the likes of Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the UK which Carney’s also visiting ahead of his own Strasbourg speech Thursday before the European Parliament.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed making Canada the European Union's first associate member, a striking overture as U.S. President Donald Trump's threats drive Ottawa closer to Europe. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke of a "unique alliance with the EU".
Andy Burnham was for years a staunch opponent of Brexit and a vocal supporter of rejoining the European Union. When he became Britain’s new prime minister in July, this seemed to augur well for UK-EU relations – but instead, Brussels is looking past its neighbour and cosying up to Canada. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed Canada could become the first associate member of the EU, creating a tailor-made title in a bid for the trading bloc to expand its...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday she wanted to open the door for Canada to become the European Union's first "associate member". France 24's Douglas Herbert tells us more.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday she wanted to open the door for Canada to become the European Union's first "associate member". Earlier this week, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney — who was in Strasbourg to listen to von der Leyen's annual State of the Union address — said Canada was seeking a "unique alliance" with the EU, but not membership. We discuss this with our guest, Gerardo Fortuna, author of Brussels Playbook.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said earlier this week that Canada was seeking a 'unique alliance' with the European Union.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is seeking a 'unique alliance' with Europe as transatlantic relations sour.
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Monday, September 14, 2026 Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday 13 September that Canada wants a “unique alliance” with the European Union, and not membership of… The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Monday, September 14, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney wants a closer relationship with the European Union and is exploring whether his country could become an “associate member” of the bloc, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The EU, which has not been flexible about membership rules in the past, is open to the idea of granting Canada a yet-to-be-created status of associate membership, the newspaper reported, citing unnamed officials both from the EU and Canada. Canada’s embassy in Brussels and...
For anyone who has spent time living in Canada, the country’s default posture towards its southern neighbour has long felt almost hard-coded: polite, deferential, almost allergic to confrontation. I saw this first-hand as a visiting scholar in the country in the early 1980s, when I met locals who embodied the national stereotype of moderation in all things. Canadians preferred compromise even when they had a right to push back, treating their far larger ally as a partner to be accommodated, not...
Christopher Cooter says this period in which ties are being rebuilt is the one that works best for the two countries and in 80 years of diplomatic relations, there has never been an environment that has drawn them together in the same way; he adds the security dialogue on the Nijjar killing case has made progress and that steps such as declaring the Lawrence Bishnoi gang a terrorist organisation have improved the atmosphere
Israel said on Tuesday it was closing Britain's consulate in East Jerusalem in response to plans by the UK, France and Canada to block imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Julie Norman, Associate Fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House and Director of UCL’s Israel-Palestine Initiative.
China and Canada’s armed forces held their first round of talks in eight years on Friday in the face of growing tensions with the United States. The Chinese defence ministry said there had been a candid and in-depth exchange of views on international and regional issues of common concern. “[Both sides] expressed willingness to strengthen practical exchanges and cooperation between the two militaries, and enhanced mutual understanding and trust,” the ministry added. It was the first meeting...
The US Defence Secretary is facing criticism for his apparent online mocking of members of Canada's cadet programme.