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Austria’s far-right party signs pact with Putin’s party after meeting with Trump’s national security advisor
The leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party said his party had signed a friendly pact with the Russian government in Moscow on Monday and vowed to be “a neutral and reliable intermediary and partner in promoting peace” between the United States and Russia. FPO leader Heinz-Christian Strache also revealed in a statement that he’d...
Trump’s victory has Baltic countries even more worried about a Russian invasion
Estonia’s Defense Minister was worried about the threat Russia poses to its relatively tiny Baltic neighbor long before Donald Trump became America’s president-elect. But Trump’s surprise win hasn’t helped calm those fears. Estonia relies on NATO for protection, and the president-elect has not been so enthusiastic in his...
Who is Rex Tillerson?
This segment originally aired Dec. 8, 2016, on VICE News Tonight on HBO. Reports that ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson is Donald Trump’s favorite for secretary of state have everyone frantically googling to find out what they can about the American businessman. But, as VICE News Tonight correspondent Arielle Duhaime-Ross discovered, Tillerson...
What to know about François Fillon, the favorite to be France’s next president
In a matter of weeks, former Prime Minister François Fillon – a deeply Catholic conservative with aims to slash social programs and the man Nicolas Sarkozy liked to call “Mr Nobody” – has shot to the forefront of French politics. His surprise success introduces an increasingly likely presidential stand-off between two conservative extremes: the...
Trudeau defends Castro tribute, calls him a dictator
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood by the comments he made eulogizing Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro, but in the face of backlash acknowledged he was a dictator. Trudeau’s initial statement praised Castro, whose death at the age of 90 was announced on Friday, as a “legendary revolutionary” and a “remarkable leader.” “While a...
Russia is making a show of leaving the International Criminal Court
Vladimir Putin ordered on Wednesday that Russia withdraw its signature from the founding statue of the International Criminal Court. The move followed criticism from the court regarding the country’s annexation of Crimea, and called for an investigation into its airstrikes in Syria. Russia’s withdrawal comes just weeks after three...
Russia talks tough, but its navy is in disrepair
A Russian fighter jet crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Monday while trying to land on the country’s one remaining aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov. The incident was an embarrassment for the Kremlin, and despite recent muscular gestures is “further evidence of the limitations of the country’s naval power,” according to...
As Trump warms to Putin, Trudeau vows ‘we will not back off’
Hours after President-elect Donald Trump set his sights on a “strong and enduring relationship with Russia,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signalled he won’t tone down Canada’s criticism of the Kremlin — at least not when it comes to Ukraine. Speaking to reporters on Monday in Toronto, VICE News asked the prime minister whether...
Trump and Putin are already talking about Syria
President Elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed a “settlement for the crisis in Syria” over the phone Monday, according to a statement released by the Kremlin. The Kremlin also said that Putin and Trump agreed that current relations between their two countries was “unsatisfactory.” The call comes less than a week after...
What happened to the rest of the world while America voted
While the entire world may have seemed to stand still as Donald Trump claimed the most unlikely of victories to become the 45th president-elect of the United States, it didn’t. Here’s a few things that happened while the world turned its attention to Trump. ISIS human shields In Iraq, Islamic State militants are forcing 1,500 Iraqi...
