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With a licence plate and set of keys in hand, Jerry Chen gets into the new Toyota Highlander his family decided to purchase before U.S. President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs kicked into gear. Chen and his wife, who have two children, bought the vehicle from a Toyota dealership in Bloomfield Township,Continue Reading

Before Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday, tens of thousands of dignitaries, pilgrims and tourists will have had the chance to line up and pay their respects.  But in the moments before his casket is interred in a simple tomb at the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in Rome, it will be a group ofContinue Reading

World South Korean prosecutors indicted former liberal president Moon Jae-in on bribery charges on Thursday, saying that a budget airline gave his son-in-law a lucrative no-show job during Moon’s term in office. Moon, 72, faces indictment related to no-show job for former son-in-law during 2017-2022 presidencyThe Associated Press · Posted:Continue Reading

World Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more, in the biggest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year. ‘Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP!’ Trump says in social media post Thomson Reuters · Posted: Apr 24, 2025 7:03Continue Reading

Stocks? Down. The U.S. dollar? Same. Demand for U.S. bonds? Also sinking. This isn’t supposed to happen — not all three at once. But Barry Eichengreen sees a historic reaction where there’s really one common theme: a collapse in faith in the United States. “Global investors have concluded that thereContinue Reading

World A former U.S. army intelligence officer has been handed a seven-year prison sentence after selling “sensitive” defence information. Korbein Schultz pleaded guilty to passing documents to China-based contactCBC News · Posted: Apr 23, 2025 6:51 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 23 Sgt. Korbein Schultz, seen here in anContinue Reading

World Reaction from the autism community has been swift and damning after U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first press conference last week. And many are asking why we’re defining an autistic’s person’s worth at all. Rhetoric ‘steers us closer toward supremacy and eugenics,’ writes autistic authorContinue Reading

World President Donald Trump once again lashed out at Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, as talks between American, Ukraine and European officials in London to end Russia’s war in Ukraine faltered as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly cancelled his trip to the British capital Downgrading of U.K.-based talks onContinue Reading

World An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced families in northern Gaza killed at least 23 people, while another hit a children’s hospital, local health officials said. ICU, solar power damaged in separate Israeli strike on children’s hospitalThomson Reuters · Posted: Apr 23, 2025 9:47 AM EDT | Last Updated: AprilContinue Reading