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The Canadian government has announced that it will impose retaliatory tariffs of up to 50% on around 700 American products, after US President Donald Trump hit Canada with a round of tariffs and threatened further increases.
At the start of the year, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called on the world’s middle powers to band together against Donald Trump. But a new trade war with the U.S. came before they were ready.
Public diplomacy activist Yoseph Haddad announced on Tuesday that he was joining Ofer Winter's Amcha Yisrael party as its number two after extensive public speculation if he’d be entering the political sphere.
A United States federal judge has rejected the bid from Ghislaine Maxwell, former girlfriend and longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, to throw out her five felony convictions, calling the claims “meritless” and “frivolous”.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s efforts to quell concerns over his government’s handling of the migration crisis in Ceuta fell flat on Tuesday after two of his top ministers publicly clashed over whether vital intelligence warnings were ignored.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the "evacuation" of a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) facility in the occupied West Bank carried out by Israeli forces on Tuesday was "in accordance with my directive and following the law we passed".
Government resilience campaign aims to ensure people can cope in a national disaster, in order to free resources for most vulnerable
South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham staved off a challenge from Rep. Ralph Norman in the state's Senate primary runoff election, and with the help of President Donald Trump's endorsement will advance to November's general election.
Egypt faces a region erupting in crisis, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has said, as Cairo works to mediate between the US and Iran, contain the war in Gaza and protect its share of the Nile waters.
Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell gets to rot in prison until 2037 after a judge on Tuesday denied her bid to overturn her sex trafficking conviction and hold a new trial.
The National Guard and other uniformed members of law enforcement from federal, state, and local agencies patrol as New Year’s Eve revelers walk on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)
ARCHIVO – Un agente federal porta una placa del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) en Nueva York, el 10 de junio de 2025. (AP Foto/Yuki Iwamura, Archivo)
Polish prosecutors charged far-right leader and European Parliament member Grzegorz Braun with denying Nazi crimes Tuesday over comments in which he called the gas chambers at Auschwitz “fake.”
The Spanish government has declared the situation in Ceuta a “national security interest” and has announced the creation of a certified body gathering several authorities for a more coordinated response to ensure the safe passage of migrants back to Morocco.
Syria condemned a visit by Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday to troops in the country's south where he vowed to keep forces while "threats" persisted.
Days after the US hit Canada with a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods amid a collapse in trade talks - and a Monday threat to include cars, trucks, auto parts and steel, Canada hit back on Tuesday - announcing retaliatory tariffs as high as 50% on $20 billion worth of American products.
The move came after the Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs over the weekend on Canadian goods following the collapse of trade negotiations. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accused Washington of trying to subordinate Canada.
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SEN. Bam Aquino called for the immediate passage of Senate Bill (SB) 2390, or the Comprehensive School Safety Act, which aims to establish a nationwide framework for preventing and responding to violence and other threats in schools.
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Tanzania’s Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi has resigned from office and announced his retirement from politics, saying he had become convinced that President Samia Suluhu Hassan wanted a different deputy. His departure, effective September 4, comes amid growing questions over political divisions and media freedom.
OUR barangay (village) elections got another jolt. First, it was oil prices from the Middle East war. Now it’s a Senate bill resetting the polls to 2028 and stretching barangay terms to five years over the objection of election watchdogs, including the National Citizens Movement for Free Elections. Commission on Ele…
Montreal city council adopted an amended motion regarding the Middle East conflict on Monday. The final version of the motion passed during a council session by a 54-6 vote, stripping out initial opposition proposals that called on the city to sever institutional ties with Israel or accuse the state of apartheid and…
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Ofer Winter officially launched his new party on Tuesday ahead of the upcoming October election.
Manchester United full-back Luke Shaw started all 38 Premier League games in the 2025-26 season
BANGKOK — An amnesty for political offenses committed in Thailand over the past two decades took effect on Monday, but the law excludes some of the more serious cases, including those involving lese majeste, or defaming the monarchy.
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THERE are 12 Senate seats up for election in 2028. But ask Filipino voters today to fill them, and the average ballot stops at seven names.
A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
The Trump administration plans to charge employers a fee of $103,265 for H-1B skilled foreign workers, according to a proposed regulation posted on Monday. Revenue from the fee would be used to offset the costs of running the federal immigration system - including courts and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I…
O Ministério Federal das Finanças da Alemanha apresentou os primeiros planos concretos para o imposto sobre bebidas açucaradas acordado pela coalizão governamental, segundo reportagem do Bild. A cobrança adicional deverá variar entre 26 e 38 centavos de euro (R$1,56 a R$2,28) por litro e será calculada de acordo com…
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Regulations will require new sites to avoid pushing up power prices by building renewable energy plants and minimising water use
The Albanese government approved a proposal allowing the park to create carbon credits worth hundreds of millions of dollars, sparking a schism among environmentalists
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Multicultural Business Coalition sues New York City mayor, alleging plan for city-run stores will harm smaller grocers
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Wonder why they’re posting flirty photos and wearing tight T-shirts? It’s a thirst trap strategy in motion
The CEO of Trump-linked World Liberty Financial said the company offers real utility and operates independently of political influence, refuting allegations of potential conflicts of interest.
The Likud on Tuesday petitioned the election committee to punish Democrats Party leader Yair Golan, calling for the removal of a video he posted, claiming the video constituted prohibited electioneering.
New York: Claims by Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell that her sex trafficking conviction was a “complete miscarriage of justice” were rejected on Tuesday by a US federal judge who said her assertions were based on “speculation, distortions, and/or outright falsehoods”.
President Donald Trump drew fresh attention to a long-running controversy on Sunday when he reposted a Just the News article on Truth Social headlined "ICE refuses to disclose records on Ilhan Omar fraud probe, cites ongoing 'enforcement proceedings.'" His decision to amplify the report, without comment, renewed scr…
Zambia's top courts were closed on Monday for what authorities called security reasons, preventing access on the final day for the opposition to challenge President Hakainde Hichilema's election victory.
Speaking at a prominent Jewish conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in West Jerusalem in June, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined what he described as a shift in the country’s security doctrine.
MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday called for stronger safeguards for victims and taxpayers as the Senate moves to establish clearer rules on liability and compensation for nuclear energy damage.
A coalition of progressive rabbis is recruiting fellow Jewish clergy to endorse H.R. 3565 - Block the Bombs Act, which calls for a partial arms embargo on Israel.
Oklahoma grassroots activist N’kiyla Jasmine Thomas is facing off on Tuesday against centrist Jim Priest in a Democratic Senate race that has become the latest litmus test for progressive politics in a conservative stronghold.
[DAMASCUS] Four years after signing a judicial agreement with Russia, the stated purpose of which was to strengthen cooperation in pursuing criminal offenders and extraditing wanted individuals, former Syrian President Bashar Assad now finds himself at the center of an unprecedented legal and political test: Can Dam…
Muslim Brotherhood-aligned networks in Canada are not operating as isolated groups, but as part of a coordinated strategy to gain influence across government, civil society and higher education, the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) claimed in its new report.