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U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick takes a swipe at Canada's trade strategy ahead of renegotiations
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Friday criticized the current iteration of North America’s free trade agreement as a bad deal, taking a swipe at Canada’s trade strategy ahead of upcoming negotiations. Source link
Calls grow for Starmer to resign, as the shadow of Epstein still looms large over 10 Downing St.
Calls are growing for Keir Starmer to resign after it was revealed that Peter Mandelson, who was a close friend to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, failed a security vetting process but was appointed as the U.K’s ambassador to the U. S. anyway. Source link
Acting ICE director to leave as controversies, funding questions continue to swirl around agency
Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is planning to depart at the end of next month. Lyons’s boss Markwayne Mullin at the Department of Homeland Security says he hopes that the Trump administration can carry out deportations “in a more quiet way,” after several deaths and a drumbeat of negative […]
10-day ceasefire in Lebanon takes effect as Trump predicts war with Iran to end 'pretty soon'
A 10-day truce appeared to be holding in Lebanon early Friday, promising a pause in fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group and possibly clearing one major obstacle to a deal between Iran and the United States and Israel to end weeks of devastating war. Source link
Canadian firm ignored worker complaints over drug cartel-management links at Mexican gold mine, sources say
Several workers for a Canadian-owned Mexican gold mine received no response after making complaints to the company’s workplace ethics hotline saying that local management was working with a prominent organized crime group to force out the existing union, according to two former local union members. Source link
Oil and gas emissions rising as other sectors mostly flat, federal data shows
Progress on cutting carbon emissions has stalled somewhat in Canada, according to the federal government annual reporting to the UN. Oil and gas emissions have continued to rise since the pandemic. Source link
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen reflects on his mission — its challenges and its joy
Jeremy Hansen sat down with CBC News to share some of his insights, like how he felt during lift-off, the joy the mission brought him, and that one time he accidentally let a water bag explode in the capsule. Source link
Trump rails against latest court decision on stalled White House ballroom project
U.S. President Donald Trump railed against a federal judge’s decision on Thursday that continues to block above-ground construction of a $400-million US White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground work on a bunker and other “national security facilities” at the site. Source link
Trump expected to OK resolution to lift mining ban on Minnesota wilderness area near Canadian border
Congressional Republicans have sent U.S. President Donald Trump a resolution that would lift a federal ban on mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, about 160 kilometres southwest of Thunder Bay, Ont. Source link
Israel, Lebanon agree to 10-day ceasefire, Trump says
A 10-day ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon was announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, six weeks into a renewed war with Hezbollah that has killed more than 2,000 people, caused widespread destruction and driven more than a million residents from their homes. Source link