Donald Trump's address at the World Economic Forum made the headlines yesterday as the US president appeared to rule out using force to take over Greenland. But It was Tuesday's speech by Canadian prime minister Mark Carney that may be remembered in the long run.

Carney’s used his address to tell allies that the "rules-based international order" is over and that "middle powers" like Canada and the EU needed to band together to resist great powers like China and the US.

Carney's message came after recent overtures to China, resetting relations with the superpower as he seeks a less reliant relationship with Trump's erratic US next door.

But what exactly does Carney's message imply, and would the leaders he was addressing have the wherewithal to follow through on such a course of action?

Irish Times China correspondent Denis Staunton explains what Carney’s new vision for the world means and how Beijing views this growing distance between once close allies.

Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Declan Conlon and Suzanne Brennan.

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If anyone thinks that the rioters who caused mayhem and destruction on the streets of Dublin in November 23rd, 2023 were a well-organised group motivated by strongly-held ideology, think again.

Of the 99 people arrested in connection with the Dublin riots, 82 have been charged with offences which range from attacking a garda and setting fire to a bus to stealing cigarettes and trainers.

The unprecedented scenes of mayhem, damage and looting in and around O’Connell Street, was sparked by an attack earlier in the day of three young children and a care worker by Riad Bouchaker, an Algerian who has lived in Ireland for many years.

At the time, the riots were characterised as being anti-immigrant in motivation. But as Irish Times crime and security correspondent Conor Gallagher explains, the picture that emerges from court reports reveals that the majority of the guilty rioters had very different reasons to be there.

He also examines the sentencing of the rioters, and what it says about the attitude of the courts to the crimes committed on that night.

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US President Donald Trump is not giving up on Greenland.

On Saturday he announced tariffs on France, Germany, the UK and others, after those nations sent ⁠military personnel to the island at Denmark’s request.

On Monday UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer responded to the threat, describing it as “completely wrong”.

And how is the EU responding? Potentially, with tariffs of its own - and that could endanger the US-EU trade deal that was agreed last August.

But some countries are calling for caution. Like Ireland, which has a lot to lose from a trade war between Europe and the United States.

On today’s In the News, host John Casey speaks to Cliff Taylor of the Irish Times about the implications for Ireland if there is a tariff escalation and the US-EU trade deal is abandoned.

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