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Canada will soon have a new prime minister in Mark Carney as the country grapples with a trade war launched by U.S. President Donald Trump. Carney, a former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor, was selected to replace outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the leader of the Liberal Party on Sunday night. He is expected to be sworn in over the coming days.The economist and banker will have his work cut out for him, though, as he takes over the helm at a time of trade uncertainty with Canada’s closest ally.The U.S. has already imposed a sweeping…

Users of the X social media platform have reported several outages.Complaints about outages spiked during the early hours of Tuesday AEDT, with more than 40,000 users reporting no access to the platform, according to the tracking website Downdetector.com.Outage reports spiked again several hours afterwards and the latest appears to be ongoing.Downdetector.com said that 56 per cent of problems were reported for the X app while 33 per cent were reported for the website.X did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment.In March 2023 the social media platform then known as Twitter was hit with a bevy of glitches for…

The South Korean military has said the joint drills aim to strengthen the readiness of the alliance for threats such as North Korea. “This is a dangerous provocative act of leading the acute situation on the Korean peninsula, which may spark off a physical conflict between the two sides by means of an accidental single shot, to the extreme point,” North Korea’s foreign ministry said, according to state media outlet KCNA. The drills will harm US security, the ministry added. Lee Young-su, chief of South Korea’s Air Force, bowed in apology on Monday over the “unprecedented” accident last week in…

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was losing popularity at home for months, seen by many as a thin-skinned leader who had concentrated power around him. Political opponents saw an opening to win a future election against him. His former top general in the war against Russia had a higher approval rating.Enter President Trump. In recent weeks, he has echoed Moscow’s talking points on the war and called Mr. Zelensky a “dictator without elections” who “has done a terrible job.” Mr. Trump and his allies have demanded new presidential elections in Ukraine, despite the war, and humiliated Mr. Zelensky at a…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said early Monday that 83% of programs funded by U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, are being canceled, in the latest for the beleaguered agency that provides humanitarian aid overseas and has become the target for the Elon Musk-helmed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Rubio said on his personal X account that the cancellations come after a six-week review, and that “the 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States.”Rubio…

Ahead of the opening day of the new Congress, Representative Chip Roy, who was refusing to commit to voting for Speaker Mike Johnson’s re-election, took an intense phone call from President-elect Donald J. Trump.Mr. Trump was blunt with Mr. Roy, the ultraconservative Texas Republican who had recently defied him and voted against his desired spending and debt deal: He would pull back on the abuse he had unspooled online, including a threat to recruit a primary opponent to unseat him, if Mr. Roy would fall in line behind Mr. Johnson — and generally get on board with the Trump agenda.“I…

By Tara Deschamps The Canadian Press Posted March 10, 2025 12:18 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The parent company of 7-Eleven appears to be warming to a possible sale to Quebec-based convenience store owner Alimentation Couche-Tard. In a letter to shareholders, a special committee convened by Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. confirmed Couche-Tard’s last week news that both sides are working together to map out potential buyers for convenience stores that could be sold to satisfy U.S. antitrust regulators.The divestment exploration was one of three options the committee put forward to advance talks.…

The Virginia high school track and field runner who was seen violently smashing her baton into an opponent’s head during a relay race has spoken out about the backlash she’s received, while claiming the incident was an accident.I.C. Norcom High School senior Alaila Everett gave opponent Brookville junior Kaelen Tucker a concussion and possible skull fracture when she beat her head with the baton at an event on Tuesday. Everett claims the attack occurred because she lost her balance and her baton got “stuck” behind her opponent’s back.”After a couple times of hitting her, my baton got stuck behind her…

Australia is confident of retaining its superpower status at next year’s Commonwealth Games, while ruling out a bid to host the 2030 edition.

SHORING UP SLOWING ECONOMY But some analysts believe that could soon change, with many more people to be added to India’s consumer base over the coming decade. “If we look at discretionary spending in India, of course it’s been small, it’s been low, because the per capita income in India has still not been a very large number,” said Naveen Kulkarni, chief investment officer at stock broker Axis Securities.  “But the government is doing a lot of things – manufacturing, which will create more jobs, taxation structures (and) direct benefit transfers, which will help wealth distribution,” he added. “In the…