Global Economy: Challenges Of Rising Nationalism

The second-term governor and likely 2028 presidential candidate has taken his Donald Trump-bashing tour to the Munich Security Conference, weeks after he was in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum.

A German tabloid has described the connection as a romantic relationship, while a source close to Schmidt characterised it as a "close friendship."

Mark Carney's Liberal Party is enjoying a surge in polls after the Canadian prime minister earned praise from other world leaders for his Davos speech urging smaller countries to resist coercion by superpowers.