EARTH EXPORT CONTROLS. Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato (right) and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent meet in Washington on Wednesday (Oct. 16, 2025). Kato said the Group of Seven major countries should unite in responding to China’s tighter rare earth export controls. (Courtesy of Japan’s Finance Ministry) WASHINGTON – The Group of Seven …
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Image of the United Nations headquarters in New York, United States. (Courtesy: UN Official Website) United Nations, United States—Nearly 80 percent of the world’s poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a “double and deeply unequal burden,” the United Nations warned …
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Riding high on acclaim for his role in brokering a ceasefire in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages, U.S. President Donald Trump is turning his attention to the conflict he long boasted he would end on his first day back in office: Russia’s war with Ukraine. U.S. president meets …
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The United Nations humanitarian relief chief is urging Israel to open up all entrances to Gaza to allow a surge of aid into the territory. Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief spoke to CBC News from El-Arish, Egypt after visiting the Rafah Crossing between Egypt and …
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Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo entered Thursday evening’s first New York mayoral debate trying to blunt Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani’s momentum. Instead he spent much of the contentious faceoff on defence, batting away criticisms over his long tenure in office from Mamdani and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani attacks former New York …
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Forensic experts in Gaza are working to identify dozens of dead Palestinians released by Israel Wednesday that they say show signs of physical abuse after Israel said one of the four bodies handed over by Hamas a day earlier was not one of the hostages held in the territory. Israel …
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A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from young climate activists seeking to block U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels and discouraging renewable energy. Ruling concludes it is beyond the power of the judiciary to create environmental policies. A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit …
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Rain and wind were forecast Wednesday along the Alaska coast where two villages were devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong and officials were scrambling to find shelter for more than 1,500 people driven from their homes. ‘It’s catastrophic in Kipnuk. Let’s not paint any other picture,’ said one state …
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A Scottish jury has convicted a man of killing his Canadian girlfriend in the remote Shetland Islands of Scotland. Aren Pearson, 41, was found guilty Wednesday of assault and murder in the death of 24-year-old Claire Leveque, who had been living and working in Edmonton. Claire Leveque, 24, died of …
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One day after the U.S. President Donald Trump’s bold proclamation of a “historic dawn of a new Middle East,” the much-vaunted ceasefire deal came under strain as Israel and Hamas accused each other of violating the fragile agreement. Israel says it is curtailing aid in an effort to force Hamas …
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