Canada’s next prime minister, former central banker Mark Carney, pledged to beat the US in the emerging trade war after he was confirmed as the winner of the ruling Liberal Party’s leadership contest.
Washington, DC – Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Donald Trump have announced a month-long pause to the sweeping US tariffs that were threatened for exports from Mexico and Canada. The leaders confirmed the agreement delaying the tariffs in social media posts on Monday, a day before the measures…
‘Zero containment’: Tens of thousands flee wildfires in Los Angeles
By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 3 Jan 20253 Jan 2025
As wildfires have swept through Los Angeles, devastating the Pacific Palisades and surrounding neighbourhoods, many people have taken to the internet to blame the destruction on the mayor and budget cuts. The critics included the Los Angeles Times owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong. “Fires in LA are sadly no surprise,” Soon-Shiong wrote on January 8 on X,…
Mike Casey says he has never seen anything like it. In fact, the former States Department official — who served as a deputy political counsellor at the United States Office of Palestinian Affairs — described his experience as a diplomat in Jerusalem as a humiliation. “It’s frankly embarrassing … to see just the way we…
Quotable Trump “concedes” to Russia before Ukraine peace talks begin Robert Hamilton analyses the US-Ukraine fallout—are Russia talks taking a dangerous turn for Europe and Ukraine? Read more Robert Hamilton, at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, breaks down the US-Ukraine fallout — are the negotiations with Russia taking a dangerous turn for Europe and Ukraine?…
