The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States has announced the elimination of more than two dozen air and water protections. In a statement on social media, administrator Lee Zeldin said that the EPA would slash protections regulating areas such as tailpipe pollution, waterway protections and power plant emissions. Recommended Stories…
Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the United States’ offer to hold talks on its nuclear programme is an attempt to deceive global public opinion, as a letter arrived from US President Donald Trump urging negotiations. Trump said last week that he had sent a letter to the Iranian leadership seeking negotiations over a new deal…
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NewsFeed Mahmoud Khalil’s wife demands release of ‘kidnapped’ husband The wife of detained pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released a statement calling for her husband’s immediate release, saying he was “kidnapped” by US immigration authorities. Published On 12 Mar 202512 Mar 2025
Montreal, Canada – In his first speech as Canada’s prime minister-designate, Mark Carney delivered what observers have described as a stunning statement. “I know that these are dark days,” Carney told a room full of supporters on Sunday after he won the race to lead the governing Liberal Party. “Dark days brought on by a country…
Counting the Cost With an ailing economy, is China a stable global player? Chinese leaders have unveiled their plans to revive the economy during the National People’s Congress. Read more Confidence in the economy and projecting China as a stable global player, despite serious economic problems, were the messages delivered by the nation’s top leaders…
The Bank of Canada has trimmed its key policy rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 percent and raised concerns about inflationary pressures and weaker growth stemming from trade uncertainty and President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The bank on Wednesday also said it would “proceed carefully with any further changes” to rates given the need to…
When I arrived to study in the United States, the terrifying spectre of deportation was the last thing on my mind. As a Brit – a citizen of “the First World” – I was supposedly the beneficiary of the “special relationship” between the US and the United Kingdom. As awful as it was, deportation happened…
The captain of a cargo ship that hit a US tanker in the North Sea is a Russian national, the owners of the vessel said, as police continued their inquiries into the incident. The Solong container ship on Monday crashed into the Stena Immaculate, a tanker carrying jet fuel for the US military, causing an…
In April 2024, students across the United States were mobilising to demand an end to their universities’ complicity in the genocide in Gaza, I wrote an article explaining why I saw the emergence of these protests, and especially those at Columbia University’s New York City campus, as a turning point in the global movement for…
