US-Canada trade war sparks chaos as both sides escalate threats
White House walks back doubling of steel and aluminum tariffs as Ontario relents on electricity levy after tit-for-tat day US politics – live updates The...
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Canada’s designated PM Mark Carney meets Trudeau as Trump threat looms
Former central banker won landslide victory in Liberal party race as trade war with US hastens transfer of power Canada’s incoming prime minister, Mark Carney,...
US suspends aid to South Africa after Trump order
President’s decree claims white South Africans being unjustly discriminated against and orders end to foreign aid The state department has ordered an immediate pause on...
Refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma camp clash with police after food supplies cut
Teargas fired during protest at reduced rations after US aid freeze wipes out half of World Food Programme budget Thousands of refugees clashed with police...
US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’
USAid cuts to clinics dispensing antiretroviral drugs will be ‘death sentence for mothers and children’, expert warns Sweeping notices of termination of funding have been...
Oh, Canada! Can Trump just take it? – podcast
On the first day of his second term in office, Donald Trump suggested he wanted the US to ‘expand’ its territory. Few thought he could...
What Trump’s assault on USAid means for the world – podcast
What will the world look like without US foreign assistance? Nesrine Malik reports “My community, living here in the refugee camp, is already vulnerable,” Sahat...
Canada and Mexico tariffs risk inflating US housing crisis, Trump is warned
Exclusive: Dozens of congressional Democrats urge president to reconsider threatened import duties on US’s two largest trading partners Pressing ahead with steep tariffs on Canada...
Why Trump blinked before imposing his ‘beautiful’ tariffs on Canada and Mexico
Trump has teased two of the US’s biggest trading partners with levies but has moved the goalpost at least three times in two weeks Donald...
US-Panama relationship was ‘very strong’. Then Trump upended the diplomatic playing board
US had made inroads against Chinese influence in Panama, but Trump’s demands could help Beijing expand its regional power When Panama’s then president Juan Carlos...
