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When Donald Trump was musing about using “economic force” to potentially acquire Canada, the U.S. president-elect was, at the same time, also dismissing the importance of his country’s No. 1 trading partner. “We don’t need anything they have,” Trump said of Canada, during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida earlier thisContinue Reading

Canada has imposed new sanctions against 14 Venezuelan officials as President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in Friday to serve a third six-year term, extending his increasingly repressive rule until 2031. This, despite protests and credible evidence that his opponent won the election. Venezuela’s legislative palace, where he was sworn in andContinue Reading

U.S. Supreme Court signals it will uphold law banning TikTok Supreme Court justices posed tough questions to the lawyer representing TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, on Friday over a law that would force a sale or ban the widely used short-video app in the United States by Jan.Continue Reading

World Trump avoids prison sentence, fines in felony hush-money caseU.S. president-elect Donald Trump has escaped any penalty other than a criminal record for his felony crimes after a judge on Friday handed him an alternative sentence called an unconditional discharge. New York Judge Juan Merchan delivered decision in case onContinue Reading

World Israel’s army confirmed Friday that one of the bodies recovered from Gaza earlier this week was that of 23-year-old hostage Hamzah AlZayadni. Remains of son and father recovered earlier this week, says Israeli militaryThe Associated Press · Posted: Jan 10, 2025 8:35 AM EST | Last Updated: January 10Continue Reading

World TikTok fights looming ban in U.S. Supreme Court. What you need to knowThe company that owns TikTok goes to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to try to fend off a new law that would see the wildly popular social media app banned later this month. Law targeting theContinue Reading

World Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was detained at a march in Caracas on Thursday in her first public appearance in months and her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, demanded she be freed immediately. Machado was detained after an anti-government march in Caracas ThursdayThomson Reuters · Posted: JanContinue Reading

World Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the U.S., and the country’s longest living president, was remembered during his state funeral on Thursday as a man who put honesty and kindness above politics. Joe Biden eulogizes the 39th president; grandson Jason Carter also pays tributeThomson Reuters · Posted: Jan 09,Continue Reading

World Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys U.S. approval and showing the diminished sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after its devastating war with Israel. Election outcome reflects shifts in power balance in Lebanon, wider Middle East amid regional tensionsThomsonContinue Reading