Next Canadian PM may go for the “jugular” when negotiating with Trump

Next Canadian PM may go for the “jugular” when negotiating with Trump

Quotable Next Canadian PM may go for the “jugular” when negotiating with Trump Read more Julian Karaguesian, a professor at McGill University in Montreal, says Canada’s incoming prime minister, Mark Carney, has a skill set well-suited to countering President Trump. Published On 10 Mar 202510 Mar 2025

Rubio announces 83 percent of USAID contracts cancelled under Trump

Rubio announces 83 percent of USAID contracts cancelled under Trump

The United States has cancelled 83 percent of all the programmes at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) following a six-week review, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “The 5,200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed),…

Canada’s most consequential election is on the horizon

Canada’s most consequential election is on the horizon

The contest that saw Mark Carney emerge as Liberal Party leader and soon-to-be Canada’s prime minister has turned out to be a boring fait accompli. The drama that led inevitably, it seems, to Carney’s persuasive coronation on Sunday evening occurred late last December when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s once-reliable confidante and trusted deputy prime minister,…

Canada’s Liberals made Carney their new leader: What happens next?

Canada’s Liberals made Carney their new leader: What happens next?

Montreal, Canada – Canada’s governing Liberal Party has chosen Mark Carney to replace outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as its leader. The former governor of the Bank of Canada won the Liberal leadership vote on Sunday, about two months after Trudeau announced plans to resign amid pressure over an affordability crisis and threats of a…

Black-Palestinian solidarity: We need to talk about what happened

Black-Palestinian solidarity: We need to talk about what happened

More than a month into his second term, President Donald Trump has already made good on many of his dreadful campaign promises. He has ordered mass deportation of migrants and asylum seekers; cancelled federal Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) programmes; cut funding to underprivileged Black and Latino communities; and pledged to expel foreigners with legal residency…