Mark Carney has been sworn in as the prime minister of Canada, assuming office as US President Donald Trump imposes tariffs and is pledging to make Canada the “51st state”.
When a new kidney could save your life, every minute counts. When Jazmin Evans discovered she could have received a kidney four years earlier, she was shocked. When she found out the delay was due to a racially biased testing process, she tried to warn others. In this episode: Jazmin Evans – Kidney transplant patient,…
United States stock markets plummeted on Monday amid fears that President Donald Trump’s tariff policies might drive the world’s largest economy into recession. After years of impressive growth, America’s economic exceptionalism has been called into question. Concern over an economic downturn has driven a stock market rout that wiped $1.7 trillion from the S&P 500…
The head of the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has warned that an impending Israeli ban on the organisation would cripple humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip and undermine the Israel-Hamas ceasefire there. Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the UNRWA, told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the ban, due to come into…
United States President Donald Trump has signalled he intends to move forward with plans to dismantle the Department of Education, despite mixed signals from his administration. “Well, I want to just do it. I mean, we’re starting the process,” Trump said at a signing ceremony in the Oval Office on Thursday. Recommended Stories list of…
By John T Psaropoulos Published On 27 Feb 202527 Feb 2025
Every December, Google publishes its Year in Search, a revealing capsule of the most searched topics reflecting the collective curiosity of the world and what they typed into the famous search bar. In 2024, key news events, such as global elections as well as the greatest cultural hits of the year, were behind the highest…
