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U.S. and Chinese military officials have met for their first working-level talks since U.S. President Donald Trump took office for the second time, with the two sides sharing their respective concerns over military safety on the seas. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement that the talks, held Wednesday and Thursday in the eastern … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs could apply to eggs being imported to ease a supply shortage, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Thursday, a move that industry experts said could boost prices just as they have started to decline from record highs. Rollins said in a Fox news interview that tariffs on egg imports were possible and negotiations with affected countries … Read more
Some of the world’s least inhabited islands and territories have been hit by U.S. President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs on all foreign trading partners — and some appear to have more penguins and polar bears than trade agreements with the U.S. Tiny tropical islands and remote outposts in the Antarctic and far North were included … Read more
The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen. The review will also look at other defense officials’ use of the publicly available encrypted app, which is not able to handle … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Cuban national was arrested in mid-March after attempting to enter Canada illegally by running across the Fort Erie International Railway Bridge from the United States. Authorities responded quickly and apprehended the individual under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the RCMP said Thursday. The man was … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump announced the range of reciprocal tariffs he is imposing against nearly 200 global trading partners, saying the U.S. has been “looted” and “pillaged” by other nations and needs to respond. The list of countries and territories, laid out across eight pages of documents, includes a baseline 10 per cent tariff on … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A norovirus outbreak aboard a luxury cruise ship has struck passengers and crew members hard, with more than 240 people falling sick on the Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said in an outbreak report that 224 of the ship’s 2,538 passengers … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday that Israel is establishing a new security corridor across Gaza as the country said it planned to seize large areas of the Palestinian territory and launched a wave of strikes that Palestinian health officials said killed more than 40 people. In a statement, Netanyahu described the new corridor as … Read more
The possibility of “city-killing” asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth is no longer a threat, but it could strike the moon, according to scientists. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) made the discovery after completing the first of two planned observations of asteroid 2024 YR4. “While an Earth impact by 2024 YR4 on December 22, 2032 has now … Read more
Canadian air travellers have started losing interest in trips south of the border, and now air carriers are pulling flights altogether. Travel expert Claire Newell explains all four major Canadian airlines are making adjustments to flights to the U.S. “Air Canada, WestJet, Porter and Flair have changed their schedule, at least for the summer. They’re … Read more