24/03/2025 11:20
The Guardian
Experts say US president’s expansionism is threatening rules-based global order in place since 1945. Plus, measles cases already higher than in all of 2024Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Greenland’s prime minister has accused Washington of interfering in its political affairs with the planned visit of an American delegation this week to the Arctic island coveted by Donald Trump.What do Greenlanders think of Trump’s desire for the territory? A January opinion poll found 85% do not want to join the US, 6% do, and 9% are undecided, according to Verian.Here’s how the rules-based order is under threat: Article two of the UN charter of 1945 states that “all members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state”. But with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Trump’s comments about acquiring Greenland, Canada, the Panama canal and Gaza, the cover story of Foreign Affairs magazine recently said: “Conquest is back.”How do medics describe the horrors of last week? “There was just wave after wave,” said Tanya Haj-Hassan, a paediatric intensive care doctor at Nasser hospital. “As soon as patients had died or been sent elsewhere and we cleared some space, more would come in. It was chaos. One doctor stepped on a corpse on the ground as he tried to do a life-saving procedure on a child.” Continue reading...
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