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World·Analysis Canada’s prime minister, whoever that is in a few weeks, is about to walk straight into a historic crossroads. We’ve learned the next government will start wide-ranging talks on a new economic and security arrangement with the U.S. It could lead to drastically different results. Trump, Carney announce wide-rangingContinue Reading

World Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden are among the nations the U.S. Department of Agriculture approached to address the shortage, according to European industry groups. USDA has approached Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden, among others, to address shortage Natalie Stechyson · CBC News · Posted: Mar 28, 2025 3:26 PM EDTContinue Reading

Myanmar quake death toll tops 1,000 Foreign rescue teams began flying into Myanmar on Saturday to aid the search for survivors from an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people in the impoverished Southeast Asian nation, crippling critical infrastructure amid a grinding civil war. Myanmar’s military rulers let in hundredsContinue Reading

Emergency aid has streamed into Southeast Asia in the two days since a massive earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand. Relief efforts are focused on Myanmar, where the estimated death toll rose to 1,644 by Sunday. The number of dead from Friday’s 7.7 magnitude quake is expected to increase.  The number ofContinue Reading

Massive earthquake kills more than 140 in Myanmar and Thailand The UN is scrambling aid to Southeast Asia after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake killed more than a thousand people in Myanmar and at least nine people in neighbouring Thailand. A partially completed skyscraper collapsed in Bangkok, temporarily trapping dozensContinue Reading

World King Charles smiled and waved to members of the public Friday as he left his home in London, the day after a brief hospitalization for the side effects from his cancer treatment. Charles was seen Friday as he left Clarence House in the back of a black AudiThe AssociatedContinue Reading

Vance slams Denmark in Greenland visit, says U.S. will boost presence During a visit to Greenland, U.S. Vice-President JD Vance accused Denmark of failing to keep its island territory safe from China and Russia. Vance also said the U.S. will boost its presence in Greenland, but that military force isContinue Reading

When Mette Vennegaard, a retired psychologist living north of Copenhagen, wanted to clear her pantry of all American products, she wrote to Denmark’s largest manufacturer of candy and chocolate, Toms Group, asking where the company sourced its almonds from for its popular marzipan products. Marzipan, a sweet paste made outContinue Reading

World Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Ukraine be placed under a form of temporary administration to allow for new elections and the signature of key accords to reach a settlement in the war, Russian news agencies reported early on Friday. Elections are not allowed to be held in Ukraine whenContinue Reading