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By Matt Piscina Global News Posted March 26, 2025 3:40 pm Updated March 26, 2025 5:57 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 71-year-old woman and 82-year-old man are in the hospital recovering from injuries following an armed assault in Montreal’s Saint-Leonard borough Tuesday night. Police say they were called to Descartes Street around 9:30 p.m. after multiple reports of gunshots. When police arrived at the scene, they discovered the couple had been attacked just steps from their front door. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up…

President Trump said on Wednesday that he would impose a 25 percent tariff on cars and car parts that were imported into the United States, a move that is likely to raise prices for American consumers and throw supply chains into disarray as the president seeks to bolster U.S. manufacturing.The tariffs will go into effect on April 3 and apply both to finished cars and trucks that are shipped into the United States and to imported parts that are assembled into cars at American auto plants. Those tariffs will hit foreign brands as well as American ones, like Ford Motor…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Chinese financial authorities have told some companies and advisers that they can begin the process of launching mainland initial public offerings once more, in an early sign of a rebound in listings in the world’s second-largest economy.Authorities have informed groups in the technology, advanced manufacturing and consumer sectors in the past few weeks that they can file IPO paperwork, according to investors and advisers familiar with the mainland listings regime.The move appears to mark a shift in the government’s approach to listings,…

Lender is taking a tougher approach to costs under new chief executive Georges Elhedery

Jake Trbojevic is committed to leading Manly into a new era as the club’s messy break-up with captain Daly Cherry-Evans continues.

The wildfires that originated in Uiseong have been moving rapidly eastward, spreading almost to the coast, carried by gusty winds and with dry conditions aggravating the situation. While the meteorological agency has forecast some rain for the southwest, precipitation is expected to be under five millimetres for most of the affected areas. “The amount of rain is going to be small so it doesn’t look like it’ll be a big help in trying to extinguish the fire,” Korea Forest Service Minister Lim Sang-seop said at a briefing. Experts have said the Uiseong fire showed extremely unusual spread in terms of…

Frustrated and angry over the collapse of a cease-fire with Israel, Palestinians took to the streets of northern Gaza to protest against the war. Many chanted anti-Hamas slogans, calling for the group to “get out.”

Members of President Trump’s cabinet insisted at a House committee hearing on Wednesday that there was nothing wrong with using a consumer messaging app to discuss U.S. military plans to strike Houthi targets in Yemen.On Tuesday, the spy chiefs told the Senate that they did not believe any of their material, nor classified “intelligence,” had been exposed in the chat, where senior officials discussed the timing, advisability and possible targets of the administration’s planned airstrikes on Houthis in Yemen.Their answer at least left open the idea that some of the Pentagon plans shared in the chat might have been classified.But…

Every spring, well-known and accomplished figures deliver commencement addresses at college campuses around the country, offering graduates advice, wisdom and inspiration as they embark on their next chapter.At the University of Maryland, graduates are likely to receive words of encouragement on May 21, 2025, as the university announced on Wednesday that their commencement speaker would be none other than the world’s most famous amphibian: Kermit the Frog.“I am thrilled that our graduates and their families will experience the optimism and insight of the world-renowned Kermit the Frog at such a meaningful time in their lives,” Darryll J. Pines, president of…

Malachi Corley recently spent some time in Florida, and, during his visit, he became the latest NFL player to make claims about a UFO sighting.The New York Jets wide receiver shared some details Wednesday about his bizarre experience with the public.According to Corley’s post to X, he spotted the unidentified object floating in the sky for more than 30 minutes. Malachi Corley of the New York Jets walks off of the field during a game against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium Sept. 15, 2024, in Nashville. (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)The 23-year-old then claimed the object vanished without a trace. A…