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France’s sole carrier Charles de Gaulle is positioned in the eastern Mediterranean.

The French pocket super-carrier that could help shield Hormuz

France has deployed its sole aircraft carrier in an “unprecedented” naval build-up that could be used to protect cargo vessels from Iranian drones.

  • Michele Kambas, John Irish and Staff reporter

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Ching Chiat Kwong wants to set a new luxury benchmark.

‘I’ve waited 10 years for the truth’: The billionaire, the French president and the satellite that crashed to Earth

NewSat investor Ching Chiat Kwong has returned to Australia to mete out retribution over the company’s 2015 failure via a case brought by liquidators that could drag in Emmanuel Macron.

  • Sarah Danckert
Louvre director Laurence des Cars (right) appears at a French Senate hearing three days after the theft last October.

Louvre boss quits four months after $146m heist

Laurence Des Cars had been blamed for security failings that allowed thieves to break in and steal France’s crown jewels.

  • Lily Shanagher
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the CDU federal party conference in Stuttgart, Germany.

Germany joins growing ranks of countries considering social media bans

Germany’s ruling conservatives have passed a motion to ban social media use for under 14s.

  • Andreas Rinke
French police enter the water at Gravelines to try to stop migrants boarding small boats in June.

Immigration freeze on table as deep rift splits Europe

Sharply different policies in neighbouring countries highlight the division over immigration and the potential for it to shape some of the continent’s biggest elections.

  • David Crowe
Donald Trump speaks at Davos.

Please, world leaders, don’t appease Trump’s America

If Trump were systematically trying to shore up the Kremlin and undermine the United States’ position in the world, he could hardly do better than he has over the past year.

  • Nicholas Kristof
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US President Donald Trump speaks during the 56th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Trump retreats on Greenland threats as ‘framework for a future deal’ discussed

The US president dramatically cancelled his threat to impose sweeping tariffs on eight nations that oppose his plan to take control of Greenland.

  • David Crowe
French President Emmanuel Macron during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday.

‘No new imperialism’: Macron throws shade at Trump in rebuke over Greenland

The French president was talking tough on Greenland, but it was the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s blistering speech that grabbed attention at Davos.

  • David Crowe
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said Greenland’s status is not up for discussion.

‘Europe will not be blackmailed’: Sweeping retaliation on the cards after Trump’s Greenland threats

Top European leaders say they won’t back down in the face of the US president’s tariff threats as the row over the Arctic territory deepens.

  • David Crowe
Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on European nations starting February 1.

‘Blackmail’: Europe lashes out at Trump over latest move to get Greenland

A 10 per cent tariff would start on February 1, the US president said, as he targeted Denmark and seven other countries that sent troops to the Danish territory.

  • Michael Koziol