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Canada’s incoming prime minister warns the US president’s tariffs threaten the ‘greatest crisis of our generation’When Mark Carney becomes Canada’s prime minister later this week, a list of simmering crises across the country will demand his attention:…
Surviving aid to be administered by state department in radical narrowing of definition of US national interestUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has taken an axe to US foreign aid, eliminating 83% of programs run by the US Agenc…
Projects to detect, treat and research new ways to fight TB among those disrupted by sudden funding freeze Dangerous new forms of tuberculosis (TB) for which there is no treatment could emerge as a result of US aid cuts, a top doctor has warned.Dr Luci…
Former prosecutors criticize Pam Bondi’s decision to halt enforcement of bribery laws as short-sighted and dangerousA radical makeover at the US department of justice has seen key drives to fight corruption hamstrung in ways that could benefit US busin…
Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and SerbiaThe United States has been added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which identifies countries that the global civil rights watchdog bel…
Former central banker will be only second prime minister in Canadian history without a seat in parliamentMark Carney, the former central banker who oversaw the response to financial crises in North America and the UK, will become the next prime ministe…
Commission president says ‘something fundamental’ has shifted and democracy and rule of law are under threat“Nothing is off the table” when it comes to raising money for defence, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has said, as s…
Since becoming president, Trump has upended the US approach to Ukraine and treated Moscow more as an allyIn just seven weeks since returning to the White House for a second term, Donald Trump has upended the US approach to the invasion of Ukraine and t…
With internal politics at their most unstable for years, the risk of escalation is risingThe letter the US president, Donald Trump, says he sent to Iran’s leadership offering to reopen talks on the country’s nuclear programme comes at a point when Iran…
US pushes to remove references to sanctions and Russia’s war in Ukraine from a Canadian draft statementThe US has rejected a Canadian proposal to establish a task force that would tackle Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, according to re…