Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday evening vowed to “fight” the new round of tariffs announced by President Donald Trump, and said he would turn to other international partners to get through the rocky times ahead. “President Trump has just announced a series of measures that are going to …
Read More »Canadian conservative says Ottawa should remove all tariffs
OTTAWA – As Canadians brace themselves for President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” of reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday, one political leader in Canada believes it could spark the start of a new era of Canada-U.S. relations free of cross-border taxes. Maxime Bernier, who served as foreign affairs minister in former Prime …
Read More »Canada braces for Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariff fight
Canada is bracing for the fallout of President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war, with economists warning of spiking grocery prices, major job losses and even a potential recession if threatened U.S. tariffs take effect. The United States is Canada’s largest trading partner, accounting for nearly two-thirds of Canadian imports and …
Read More »Prosecutors suspect ‘terrorist motive’ in Amsterdam stabbing that injured 2 Americans
A man who stabbed five people in Amsterdam last week, including two Americans, likely had a “terrorist motive,” Dutch prosecutors announced Tuesday. The suspect, identified by police as a 30-year-old Ukrainian from the Donetsk region, according to Reuters, was taken into custody Thursday after a bystander reportedly overpowered him. “The man …
Read More »Netanyahu accuses Israel police of carrying out a political witch hunt in Qatargate
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Israeli police of trying to “topple” his government over what he believes is a “political witch hunt.” In a video statement released on Monday, Netanyahu claimed the police had no evidence against the two aides who were arrested. Netanyahu was summoned on Monday to testify …
Read More »Shock in France as court bars Marine Le Pen from presidential Race: Political ‘earthquake’
Aftershocks are still being felt in France from what one political analyst told Fox News was a “political earthquake” there this week. Popular right-wing politician Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement by a French court and barred from running for office for five years. Speaking to her followers on Tuesday, Le …
Read More »Russia’s largest draft in 14 years amid Ukraine conflict tensions
Russia has initiated its largest military draft in 14 years as reports indicate Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing a spring assault on Ukraine despite ongoing peace negotiations to end the three-year war. Putin has called up 160,000 men as part of the country’s bi-annual conscription drive as Russia seeks …
Read More »Musk says French leader Le Pen’s conviction will ‘backfire’ like Trump’s legal rulings
JERUSALEM — The stunning court conviction of popular right-wing politician Marine Le Pen on Monday for embezzlement sparked outrage from President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency head, Elon Musk, who compared her fate to Trump’s legal troubles. Musk said after the verdict that, “This will backfire, like the legal attacks …
Read More »Finnish president calls on Trump to demand Ukraine ceasefire agreement from Putin within 3 weeks
The president of Finland is urging President Trump to impose a deadline on Vladimir Putin of April 20 to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine. Speaking to Fox News in London following a weekend visit with Trump in Florida, Alexander Stubb praised Trump’s negotiating efforts, saying Trump is “probably the only …
Read More »Greenland’s prime minister says US ‘will not get’ the Atlantic island
Greenland’s prime minister said Sunday that the U.S. “will not get” the resource-rich island in the Atlantic. President Donald Trump wants to annex the self-governing territory of Denmark, a NATO ally of the United States, claiming it is needed for national security purposes. “President Trump says that the United States …
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