Mark Carney has told Donald Trump that Canada “is not for sale” as the president raised the prospect of the country becoming the 51st US state while welcoming the prime minister to the White House. Carney won election last month promising to “stand up” to Trump, who has imposed tariffs on some Canadian products and...
Israel’s Security Council approved a plan this week to indefinitely occupy and destroy what’s left of Gaza. A top Israeli minister has vowed that Israel’s military will “conquer” Gaza and flatten everything that’s left, regardless of whether or not that plan endangers the lives of the remaining Israeli captives being held in the Strip —...
Anyone remember back in 2008 when the housing market collapsed and the stock market crashed, with many tens of millions of Americans seeing their lifetime savings nearly wiped out? Apparently the politicians in Washington are suffering amnesia — even though it was the worst crash since the...
BBC News correspondent Maryam Moshiri explains why the late Pope Francis won’t be buried in the Vatican, breaking a 100-year-old tradition. Instead, on Saturday he will be buried at one of Rome’s four major basilicas and one of the oldest in the city – the church of Santa Maria Maggiore. Read full article at source...
14 minutes ago ShareSave ShareSave The UK is likely to abandon plans to send thousands of troops to Ukraine as the risks are “too high”, the Times reports. The newspaper says it is hoped a change by Britain and the EU in military support for Ukraine could result in Moscow moving its red lines to...
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor Getty Images Vladimir Putin initially denied having anything to do with Russia’s capture of Crimea in February 2014, when mysterious masked commandos in unidentified green uniforms seized the local parliament and fanned out across the peninsula. Those “little green men” marked the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine, which culminated...
Verstappen’s radio messages during the race clearly indicated he did not approve of the penalty he was given, but he was warned to keep his thoughts to himself. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said he felt the penalty was “very harsh” and asked rhetorically: “Whatever happened to ‘let them race on the first lap?’...
Emma Lynch/BBC “Be mindful about what you’re sharing, because once it’s online, it’s online forever,” says Lilly Sabri. The fitness influencer, who has six million followers on YouTube, has urged fans to heed her words as she plans to return to Instagram after a long absence. Two years ago she was living her dream, running...
Getty Images Nayib Bukele has been praised by Trump for imprisoning American deportees alleged to have been gang members El Salvador will not return Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadoran national who the US government mistakenly deported to his home country where he is being held in a notorious mega-prison. President Nayib Bukele made the comments...
United declined to comment publicly on the chants but have privately acknowledged they are unacceptable. “Clubs have the power to act,” said Varney. “Whether through bans, fines or education, action can and should be taken. “Without it, the lack of accountability continues to damage trust. “Our recent research found that 85% of women who had...
Part of the Series Challenging the Corporate University In 2023-2024, students in solidarity with Palestine launched the largest campus movement in the U.S. since the anti-Vietnam War protests, and chapters of Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine and Educators for Justice in Palestine sprang up to support them. The Palestine solidarity movement has continued...
The right-wing talking point that Black poverty is the result, not of historic injustice, but of “Black culture” — and particularly the effect of Great Society welfare programs on Black culture — dates almost as far back as the Great Society itself. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, among other things a major early figure of neoconservatism, in...
Columbia University has caved into a broad set of demands from Donald Trump in an attempt to restore $400 million in federal funding withheld by his administration. Katrina Armstrong, the university’s interim president, announced on Friday that masks would be banned on campus (barring health or religious reasons), policing would be expanded, and curriculum related...