US & World

A weekend telephone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen gave ‘new impetus’ to trade talks, the EU said on Monday, after Trump dropped his threat to impose 50 per cent tariffs on imports from the European Union next month.  Softened stance another temporary …

British police were holding a 53-year-old man on Tuesday over a collision that turned a joyous soccer celebration in Liverpool to tragedy and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals, four of them in very serious condition.  Suspect acted alone, police say. British police were holding a 53-year-old man …

Thousands of international students at Harvard University say they’re in a confused, anxious limbo as they watch a legal battle unfold between their school and the Trump administration. Here’s a recap of what’s happening.  Thousands of students in limbo as conflict works its way through U.S. District Court. After six …

Russia has attacked Ukraine for a third night in a row, Ukrainian regional officials and emergency services said, a day after the biggest aerial attack of the war so far killed at least 12 people and drew condemnation from U.S. President Donald Trump. The air raid alert lasted six hours …

The head of a U.S.-backed foundation set to supply aid in Gaza quit unexpectedly on Sunday, a day before the group was due to begin operations, as an Israeli airstrike on a school building killed dozens of Palestinians sheltering inside. Head of U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation quits, says group not …

Less than three years after the brutal crackdown on the protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody, a growing number of women in Tehran are daring to bare their heads in public. ‘We young people have decided to live the way we like.’ Iranian women’s …

JAKARTA — Chinese Premier Li Qiang warned on Sunday that the rise of “unilateralism and protectionism” could threaten the global economic and trade order, as he reaffirmed Beijing’s ties with Jakarta on Sunday during his visit to Indonesia ahead of a regional summit in Kuala Lumpur. Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto …

Officials say a massive Russian attack of drones and missiles targeted the Ukrainian capital and other regions early Sunday in the country for a second consecutive night, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens.  Scale of the onslaught was stunning following attacks in previous days. Officials say a massive …

The Trudeau government started out in 2015 by continuing the strongly pro-Israel policies it inherited from Stephen Harper. From 2019 on, though, the growing extremism of Israeli politics began to strain ties. But it was Israel’s conduct of the current war in Gaza that broke the relationship.  Close ties were …

A few hours before the buses were expected to pull up carrying more than 300 Ukrainian soldiers who had just been released from Russian prison, dozens of women arrived clutching photos and holding posters in a desperate bid for information.  Ukraine, Russia believed to have thousands of prisoners of war, …