US & World

Ottawa has been speaking with like-minded countries about recognizing a Palestinian state, a government official told a committee of parliamentarians studying the quickest path toward such a declaration Thursday afternoon.  Government lawyer tells parliamentarians no legal impediment to recognition. Ottawa has been speaking with like-minded countries about recognizing a Palestinian …

Transport Canada quietly changed air cargo importation rules for 55 mostly European countries in September, throwing the system into chaos — all in response to an alleged Russian plot to place firebombs on planes destined for North America. Harsh new regulations for 55 countries after discovery of incendiary devices. ‘Unacceptable’: …

Ottawa is finalizing its long-awaited Arctic foreign policy with Inuit leaders for release before the end of the year, as Canada braces for a second Trump presidency and increasing threats to its sovereignty from China and Russia. It’s not clear if Arctic strategy will be enough to relieve pressure from …

Transgender Americans are bracing for attacks from the White House and in their own neighbourhoods after Donald Trump’s U.S. election victory Tuesday, following a presidential campaign that promoted anti-trans rhetoric.  Trump’s campaign focused on transgender issues in speeches and TV ads. Transgender Americans are bracing for attacks from the White …

The U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Thursday. Policymakers took note of a job market that has “generally eased,” while inflation continues to move toward the central bank’s two per cent target. Trump re-election means different economic landscape for central bank to …

As Jeff Purdy retraced the steps of his great-great-grandfather, Sam Glode, in Belgium during the First World War, he marvelled at the depth of the tunnels dug by his own flesh and blood beneath German lines. National ceremony on Friday will honour the approximately 4,000 Indigenous soldiers. As Jeff Purdy …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered two rescue planes be sent to the Netherlands on Friday after violence targeting Israeli football fans broke out in Amsterdam overnight.  Social media videos show violent street clashes and riot police intervening. Israel sent two planes to bring back fans of an Israeli soccer …

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald Trump’s crushing presidential victory heralded a new era of uncertainty in the United States and the world Wednesday, as defeated Kamala Harris gave a defiant concession speech while vowing to help his transition to power. An emotional Vice President Harris told tearful supporters in a speech …

Among the first world leaders to publicly react to Donald Trump’s latest electoral victory was Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who praised his win and applauded what he described as Trump’s commitment to achieving “peace through strength.” But Ukrainian officials are almost certainly concerned about what a Trump presidency could mean …

A video circulating on social media captured an unsettling coincidence for a young Lebanese woman who came upon footage on Instagram of IDF soldiers playing her old piano and walking around in the bombed-out wreckage of her family home. When Julia Ali, who lives in London, U.K., came across the …