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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s highly anticipated meeting with Donald Trump has been cancelled after the US President decided to leave the G7 summit a day early because of the escalating conflict in the Middle East.The White House announced the President’s early departure minutes after Mr Albanese spoke to media in Canada about how his preparations for the planned 20-minute meeting were going.“Much was accomplished, but because of what’s going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State,” Mr Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on social media.Both leaders are expected to…

The prominent legal organisation has called the US president’s executive orders against law firms unconstitutional.The American Bar Association (ABA) has sued the administration of US President Donald Trump, seeking an order that would prevent the White House from pursuing what it called a campaign of intimidation against major law firms. The lawsuit, filed on Monday in a federal court in Washington, DC, alleged that the administration violated the United States Constitution by issuing a series of executive orders targeting law firms over their past clients and employees. According to the complaint, those executive orders were used to “to coerce lawyers…

Israel-Iran conflict looming over G7 summit Israel-Iran conflict looming large over G7 summit 10:49 President Trump will cut short his trip to Canada for a meeting with world leaders and fly back to Washington late Monday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, citing “what’s going on in the Middle East.”Mr. Trump arrived in Canada on Sunday for the annual G7 summit, and met with the leaders of Canada and the United Kingdom earlier Monday. But Leavitt said on X Monday night that the president would leave early, seeming to refer to the Israel-Iran conflict.”Much was accomplished, but because of what’s going…

By Nicole Healey Global News Posted June 16, 2025 7:22 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Saskatchewan NDP says according to public flight logs, the recently-purchased Conair Dash 8-Q400AT Airtanker has been sitting at the La Ronge airport since May 30, 2025, and no pilots have been trained to fly it. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says they had pilots in training, but because of the intense fire season, they needed…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Millennium Management, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, is in talks about selling a minority stake to external investors at a $14bn valuation, as it presses ahead with plans to open up its ownership for the first time.People familiar with the discussions said that Millennium was working with Goldman Sachs’ Petershill Partners to identify potential buyers for a 10-15 per cent equity stake in Millennium’s management company. It is the first time a formal valuation has been put on the hedge…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.A London tribunal has ruled that Metro Bank’s former top two executives were responsible for a £900mn accounting error at the UK high street lender.Craig Donaldson, Metro’s ex-chief executive, and David Arden, former chief financial officer, had challenged fines handed to them by the Financial Conduct Authority in 2022 for allegedly misclassifying a large number of commercial loans.The Upper Tribunal, which deals with appeals against the UK financial regulator’s decisions, found the two men were “knowingly concerned” in Metro’s breach of FCA…

A doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the months leading up to the Friends star’s overdose has agreed to plead guilty.

Leaders are also torn on a statement calling for de-escalation between Iran and IsraelWorld leaders assembled at this week’s Group of Seven summit in Canada will try to push United States President Donald Trump to back away from his punishing trade war, which experts say poses a risk to global economic stability. Most countries represented at the G7 are already subject to Trump’s 10 percent baseline tariff with threats of more to come. European countries and Japan face additional levies on cars and steel and aluminium. The G7 consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the US.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says an illegal immigrant with a past robbery conviction, and who was previously arrested on murder and assault charges, was arrested after spitting on an agent last Tuesday.Omar Pulido Bastida, 41, is facing a federal assault charge for allegedly spitting on an ICE agent while they were trying to arrest him for illegally returning to the United States, as he’s been deported before.”Despite the Los Angeles riots, ICE law enforcement officers arrested Omar Pulido-Bastida. This criminal illegal alien has been convicted of robbery and has arrests for…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! University of Arkansas baseball star Gage Wood pitched just the third no-hitter in College World Series history and first in 65 years on Monday, striking out a record 19 against Murray State to protect his team’s 3-0 victory.Wood joined Jim Ehrler of Texas in 1950 and Jim Wixson of Oklahoma State in 1960 as the only pitchers to throw CWS no-hitters. Arkansas Razorbacks starting pitcher Gage Wood (14) celebrates with infielder Gabe Fraser (6) after throwing a no hitter against the Murray State Racers at Charles Schwab Field.  (Steven Branscombe-Imagn Images)The junior…