US & World

Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline.  First government shutdown in more than 6 years could see thousands of federal workers furloughed …

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was slapping 10% tariffs on imported timber and lumber and 25% duties on kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and upholstered furniture, continuing his tariff assault on global trading partners.  No carve-outs for CUSMA-compliant goods, according to senior government source. U.S. President Donald Trump …

In the days since U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Ore., lawmakers, business leaders and residents have been pushing back. A court hearing on a temporary restraining order to block the deployment is scheduled for Friday. Lawmakers have filed a lawsuit, business leaders …

Donald Trump is trying to sell Israel and Hamas a 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza. Despite the horrible devastation Israel is inflicting on the Palestinian territory, it may be hard for Hamas’s leaders to say yes.  U.S. president is offering Netanyahu most of what he wanted. The …

U.S. President Donald Trump has called the expansion of federal immigration agents and National Guard troops into Chicago, Memphis, Tenn., and Portland, Ore., necessary, blasting Democrats for crime and lax immigration policies. Here’s the latest from on the ground in the three cities expecting to see more federal law enforcement …

Some of the world’s biggest comedians, including Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K., Pete Davidson and Kevin Hart, are performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival — but not everyone is laughing. Some other comics and the non-profit group Human Rights Watch, have criticized those performing, noting the country’s record of human rights …

At least three students were killed, with many others injured and dozens were presumed buried in the unstable concrete rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia early Tuesday. Students had been performing prayers in a building undergoing an unauthorized expansion when it collapsed. Rescuers ran oxygen and water to …

Namibia has sent more than 500 soldiers to help battle a huge wildfire that has burned across 30 per cent of the country’s best-known national park, home to hundreds of species including the critically endangered black rhino. Fire has consumed 7,700 square kilometres in the wildlife sanctuary. Namibia has sent …

A shutdown of the U.S. government is looking all but inevitable and there’s growing concern the Trump administration is poised to use it as an opportunity to launch mass firings of federal employees. White House warns of mass firings, raising fears federal workforce could be further gutted. A shutdown of …

More than 3,000 kilometres north of the nation’s capital, soldiers, ships and aircraft of Canada’s Armed Forces gathered this week in one of the most remote areas of the country to answer one question: How would they board a foreign vessel that neither wanted to be seen, nor stopped. Beijing …