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Treasury officials: Musk ally ‘mistakenly’ had power to alter payments system
The disclosure, made in a series of court filings, undercuts the Trump administration’s repeated public claims that the…
February 12, 2025
Stephen Harper says Canada should ‘accept any level of damage’ to fight back against Donald Trump
“And if I was still prime minister, I would be prepared to impoverish the country and not be…
February 12, 2025
Trump administration ordered to restore public health websites
Doctors for America sued the federal government and the health agencies for the removal of the websites noting…
February 11, 2025
Democrats launch whistleblower site in bid to stymie Trump and Musk
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Gary Peters launched a new online…
February 11, 2025
Julian Assange on USAID
‘The received wisdom in advanced capitalist societies is that there still exists an organic “civil society sector” in…
February 11, 2025
Zelensky: Europe cannot guarantee Ukraine’s security without America
“There are voices which say that Europe could offer security guarantees without the Americans, and I always say…
February 11, 2025
After steel and aluminum, Trump threatening tariffs on Canadian cars up to 100 per cent
‘We don’t want their cars. We want to make the cars in Detroit,’ Trump told FOX News.
February 11, 2025
UK and US refuse to sign international AI declaration
The statement, signed by dozens of countries including France, China and India, pledges an “open”, “inclusive” and “ethical”…
February 11, 2025
‘We’ll all have to go vegan’: Wisconsin dairy farmers fret over Trump immigration crackdown
Business groups warn agriculture sector will collapse without foreign labour. “If there’s no immigrant labour, there’s no milk,…
February 11, 2025
Greenpeace sues US pipeline company Energy Transfer in first test of new EU freedom of speech law
Greenpeace International has filed a lawsuit against U.S. pipeline company Energy Transfer in a Dutch court, the environmental…
February 11, 2025
As Trump team overhauls government, a constitutional crisis looms
It’s not simply that the new administration has flouted a raft of federal statutes and prompted a flood…
February 11, 2025
Farmers report missing millions of dollars of funding despite Trump promising USDA freeze would not affect them
Farmers who signed contracts with the USDA under those programs paid up front to build fencing, plant new…
February 10, 2025
Trump’s invasion threats violate international law: Canadian ambassador Dion
In response to a question about Greenland, Dion said such threats are not normal and violate the UN…
February 10, 2025
Microsoft study finds reliance on AI weakens critical thinking skills
A new study published by researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University found that the more humans lean…
February 10, 2025
Canadian businesses already feeling the effects of Trump’s steel, aluminum tariff threat
The threat is already impacting his business, said Rahim Moloo, managing director and owner of Conquest Steel, a…
February 10, 2025
New Zealand concerns mount as Cook Islands PM plans to sign agreement with China
Cook Islanders have also questioned secrecy around the agreement. Tina Browne, leader of the opposition Democratic party told…
February 10, 2025
‘Mexico will survive’: What Mexicans are saying about Trump
“After hundreds of years of fighting with Spaniards, hundreds of years fighting with ourselves, the American invasion, the…
February 9, 2025
China’s trade-war strategy: Threaten U.S. tech companies
Chinese officials are building a list of U.S. technology companies that can be targeted with antitrust probes and…
February 9, 2025
China imposes retaliatory tariffs on $14bn worth of US goods
Compared with the blanket US tariffs, China’s measures — which target US exports of liquefied natural gas, coal,…
February 9, 2025
Trump promises 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports – including from Canada
“Any steel coming into the United States is going to have a 25 per cent tariff,” he told…
February 9, 2025