Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Paul Waldie
Publication Date: May 27, 2025 - 07:19
King Charles’s Throne Speech will be watched for signals to Trump
May 27, 2025
When King Charles III delivers the Speech from the Throne on Monday to open Parliament, his words will be monitored closely in Britain for any comments he makes about the United States and how that might impact U.K.-U.S. relations. The British government regularly touts the country’s “special relationship” with the U.S. and Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been keen to exploit U.S. President Donald Trump‘s admiration for King Charles to curry favour with the President. Mr. Starmer has refrained from criticizing Mr. Trump’s trade war and invited him to London for a state dinner hosted by the King, making him the only U.S. President to be given that honour twice.
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June 9, 2025 - 10:37 | Angela Capobianco | Global News - Canada
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is pledging that Canada will achieve NATO’s spending target of two per cent of GDP on defence this year — five years ahead of
his prior commitment which promised to meet the mark by 2030
.
Carney, who is set to attend the NATO Summit later this month, made the announcement in a speech at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy in Toronto on Monday.
He said Canada’s strategy is focused on four pillars:...
June 9, 2025 - 10:35 | Catherine Lévesque | National Post
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada is too reliant on the United States for defence as he announced he will boost military spending to meet NATO’s 2-per-cent military expenditure target this fiscal year – five years ahead of schedule.But even as Mr. Carney detailed plans to meet the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s benchmark of spending 2 per cent of Gross Domestic Product on defence, he appeared to push back against a new campaign among NATO alliance members to raise that target to 3.5 per cent or 5 per cent.
June 9, 2025 - 10:23 | Steven Chase | The Globe and Mail
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