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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly gave a closing news conference at the G7 summit she hosted in Charlevoix, Que., Friday, saying her European Union counterparts initially thought U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to Canadian sovereignty were a “joke.” Canada hosted the two-day gathering of G7 foreign ministers in the resort town of La Malbaie, Que., where delegates focused largely on the war in Ukraine and efforts to secure a ceasefire deal.But U.S. tariffs and Trump’s repeated pledge to make Canada the 51st state loomed large, despite not being on the official agenda.“The reaction of my colleagues coming from Europe about…

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz says he had secured the crucial backing of the Greens for a massive increase in state borrowing, clearing the way for the outgoing parliament to approve it next week.Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats, who are in negotiations to form a government after an election last month, had proposed a 500 billion euro ($A862 billion) fund for infrastructure and sweeping changes to borrowing rules to bolster defence and revive growth in Europe’s largest economy.With the Greens, they now have the two thirds majority necessary to pass constitutional amendments, with a vote scheduled for next week.Merz has…

Steph Curry continued to etch his name in the NBA’s history books during the Golden State Warriors’ 130-104 win over the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night. Curry became the first player in NBA history to make 4,000 3-pointers in the win. Curry achieved the feat with 8:19 left in the third quarter. The star point guard received a pass from Moses Moody, pump-faked and then took a quick dribble before rising up and nailing the contested shot.  Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) reacts after making a 3-point basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento…

“KILL ALL OF YOU” As he landed in The Hague, the former leader appeared to accept responsibility for his actions, saying in a Facebook video: “I have been telling the police, the military, that it was my job and I am responsible”. In his application for arrest, the prosecutor quotes from some of Duterte’s more colourful pronouncements when he was running for president. He is cited as saying the number of criminal suspects killed “will become 100,000 … I will kill all of you” and the fish in Manila Bay “will become fat because that’s where I will throw you”. Duterte…

India international Axar Patel is the last IPL 2025 captain to be named as Delhi Capitals make belated announcement.India’s spin-bowling all-rounder Axar Patel has been named Delhi Capitals captain in the run-up to the new Indian Premier League season, the team said. The 31-year-old is the team’s longest-serving player, having joined in 2019. He has scored 967 runs and picked up 62 wickets at an economy rate of 7.09 in 82 appearances with the Capitals. Axar, who was named India’s Twenty20 International vice-captain in January, takes the Delhi captaincy from Rishabh Pant after his move to Lucknow Super Giants. “It…

President Donald Trump is blaming former President Joe Biden for getting the U.S. into “a real mess with Russia,” but said he would get the U.S. out of it. He called on Russia to commit to the U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire that Ukraine agreed to earlier this week.”Millions of people are needlessly dead, never to be seen again… and there will be many more to follow if we don’t get the ceasefire and final agreement with Russia completed and signed,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “There would have been NO WAR if I were president. It just, 100%,…

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The European Union’s foreign policy chief says tariffs between Western countries only serve China’s interests and is calling for higher defence spending to keep Russia in check. “If the United States is having a trade war with Canada, Mexico or the European Union, then who is really benefiting from this is China,” Kaja Kallas said in an interview Thursday with The Canadian Press.Kallas, the former prime minister of Estonia, is overseeing the EU’s approach to an alarming new geopolitical climate — one where the U.S. hints at scaling back its commitment to defending NATO allies and pursues a trade war…

Hamas has agreed to release an American-Israeli dual national, believed to be the last living American hostage held in Gaza, after receiving a proposal from mediators to continue negotiations on the second phase of a ceasefire deal.Hamas said in a statement on Friday that it responded “positively” to the proposal that was presented on Thursday to resume negotiations. It will also release the bodies of four other dual nationality hostages, it said without giving further details.There was no immediate comment from Israel.Two Hamas officials told Reuters their agreement to release the American-Israeli hostage and the four bodies was conditional on…

A contracting firm called Leidos took in more than $16 billion in revenue last year, most of it through contracts with federal agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs.So when the Trump administration’s budget cutters took aim at the V.A. last month, it seemed like bad news not just for the department’s employees but also for Leidos and dozens of other private-sector firms.“No more paying consultants to do things like make Power Point slides and write meeting minutes!” the department’s secretary, Doug Collins, wrote on X. Overall, the department said, it was canceling more than 850 contracts worth nearly $2…