2 h. ago California governor says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — President Donald Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon after a judge temporarily blocked his administration from deploying that state’s guard to Portland, California’s governor said Sunday.  Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged Sunday to fight the move in court.  There was no official announcement from Washington that the California National […]

Politics

4 h. ago Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Chicago, but details remain unclear

President Donald Trump moved to deploy the National Guard in another city Saturday by authorizing 300 troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago, where the government said Border Patrol agents shot and injured a woman while firing at someone who tried to run them over. White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson confirmed that the […]

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3 d. ago Alberta ‘on notice’ Coastal B.C. nations opposed to pipeline proposal

The head of a group representing First Nations along British Columbia’s coast says they will not support a new pipeline proposed by Alberta and nothing can be done to change that. Marilyn Slett, chief councillor of the Heiltsuk Tribal Council and president of the Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative, says First Nations fought for decades […]

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9 d. ago Canada Post workers on strike and here's what you need to know

Canada Post workers are now on strike following the government's announcement of major cost-cutting measures.The Canada Post strike is in protest of the government's decision to implement sweeping changes to the Crown corporation. Minister Joël Lightbound outlined these changes during a press conference on Sept. 25.On the same day, Jan Simpson, national president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), released a statement saying that Lightbound gave "no indication" that he would announce these changes after meeting with the union last week."The minister said he had the 'utmost respect' for postal workers. This is no way to show it," said Simpson.Changes coming to Canada PostLightbound stated that to cut costs, Canada Post will be transitioning to community mailboxes by converting four million addresses and closing rural post offices. Canada Post will also be able to adjust its delivery standards and raise stamp rates more freque...

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1 week ago Trump says China’s Xi has approved of proposed deal putting TikTok under U.S. ownership

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the United States will be a qualified sale that meets national security concerns laid out by the law. President Joe Biden signed legislation last year calling for China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok’s assets to […]

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1 week ago Park Service removes statue of Trump and Epstein from National Mall

The National Park Service removed a statue of President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands from the National Mall early Wednesday morning, a day after it was placed there. “The statue was removed because it was not compliant with the permit issued,” Interior Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Peace said in an email. She did not […]

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1 week ago Belarusian opposition leader warns Trump to beware of nation’s president

UNITED NATIONS — The Belarusian president, whose iron-fisted rule earned him the nickname of “Europe’s Last Dictator,” wants to fool President Donald Trump with gestures like prisoner releases, the exiled leader of Belarus’ opposition told The Associated Press on Wednesday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. Trump warmed U.S. relations with President Alexander […]

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1 week ago Ukraine’s president says world in ‘most destructive arms race in human history’

UNITED NATIONS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told global leaders Wednesday that the world is in “the most destructive arms race in human history” and urged the international community to act against Russia now, asserting that Vladimir Putin wants to expand his war in Europe. In a bleak view of today’s world, he told the […]

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1 week ago Indonesian president signs trade deal, defence pact with Canada

OTTAWA — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has signed a trade agreement with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Parliament Hill. The trade deal is comprehensive, meaning it opens up trade in multiple industries with the world’s fourth most populous country. Last November both countries announced they had finished trade negotiations that started in 2021. Indonesia is […]

Economics

1 week ago Carney sees possibilities for Canada as he wraps up trip to UN General Assembly

UNITED NATIONS — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada can find opportunities in crisis after attending this week’s United Nations General Assembly in New York — where U.S. President Donald Trump used his podium time to express his skepticism of multilateralism and question the institution’s purpose. “In every moment where there’s a crack, where there’s […]

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1 week ago Trump’s Amped Up Second Term on Full Display in Fiery UN Speech

President Donald Trump had barely arrived at the United Nations Tuesday when the mishaps began. First an escalator ground to a halt right as First Lady Melania Trump stepped onto it. Then, as the president took the stage to address delegates at the UN headquarters, he complained his teleprompter broke.

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1 week ago Trump Blasts UN Over Immigration, Climate in Combative Speech

President Donald Trump assailed the United Nations and other countries in a grievance-laden speech that accused the world body of offering nothing but “empty words,” labeled climate change a “con job” and warned open borders risked destroying nations.

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2 w. ago UN votes to let Palestinian leader address General Assembly by video after U.S. visa denial

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations General Assembly on Friday voted to allow Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address its annual meeting of world leaders by video after the United States revoked his visa last month. The motion passed by a vote of 145-5, with six abstentions. Abbas had hoped to attend a meeting next […]

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2 w. ago Samsung, SK, Hyundai Plan Hiring Spree to Boost Korea Youth Jobs

Samsung Group, SK Group and Hyundai Motor Group announced plans to hire thousands of workers this year, signaling South Korea’s top conglomerates are responding to President Lee Jae Myung’s call to tackle the nation’s declining youth employment.

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2 w. ago Axis Insurance Announces Appointment of Kevan Thompson as National Senior Vice President, Construction, Contractors and Real Estate

Ontario — Axis Insurance Managers Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevan Thompson as National Senior Vice President of the Construction, Contractors & Real Estate (CCRE) practice group. Kevan will lead Axis’s national CCRE practice, guiding strategy and delivery of specialized risk management, insurance, and performance security solutions to clients across Canada’s construction […]

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2 w. ago Ukraine Claims Overnight Strike on Russia’s Saratov Oil Refinery

Ukraine attacked the Saratov crude-oil refinery in Russia’s Volga region overnight as Western nations seek to push President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.

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2 w. ago Trump deploys National Guard to Memphis, calling it ’replica’ of Washington crackdown

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an order Monday sending the National Guard into Memphis to combat crime, offering another major test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities. With Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee visiting the Oval Office, Trump said troops would be deployed and join a special […]

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3 w. ago Weary Malawians look to this week’s presidential election as nation grapples with an economic crisis

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi is holding a presidential election this week as one of Africa’s poorer countries grapples with an economic crisis, food and fuel shortages — and memories of a vote six years ago that was canceled and a redo ordered because of widespread irregularities. Incumbent President Lazarus Chakwera, a former theology instructor […]

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3 w. ago Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis, escalating his use of troops in U.S. cities

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — President Donald Trump said Friday he’ll send the National Guard to address crime concerns in Memphis with support from the mayor and Tennessee’s governor, making it his latest expansion of military forces into American cities that has tested the limits of presidential power and drawn sharp criticism from local leaders. Speaking on […]

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4 w. ago EV targets should reflect market demand, says GM Canada president who welcomes mandate pause, review

Kristian Aquilina says Canada's EV policy shouldn't be 'a forced outcome'

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