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World·Analysis What’s really behind Donald Trump’s tariff threats and ’51st state’ posts about CanadaDonald Trump’s threat of whopping tariffs on Canadian exports and his trolling of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are key tactics in the president-elect’s negotiating strategy to extract the best trade terms for the U.S., according to peopleContinue Reading

World A South Korean court gave authorities approval on Tuesday to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol after he was impeached and suspended from power for imposing martial law, marking the first time that a sitting president of the country has faced arrest. The president was impeached and suspended from power over his decision to imposeContinue Reading

World China hacked U.S. Treasury Department to access workstations and documents, agency saysChinese hackers remotely accessed several U.S. Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency said Monday. Department did not provide detail on what sort of documents were obtainedThe Associated Press ·Continue Reading

World Ukraine and Russia carried out a new exchange of prisoners of war on Monday, with the two sides bringing home a combined total of more than 300 former captives. There was no immediate explanation for why more Ukrainians than Russians were listed as releasedThomson Reuters · Posted: Dec 30,Continue Reading

World·CBC Explains Chess champion Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after initially quitting following governing body FIDE’s decision to bar him from a round for wearing jeans. Norwegian grandmaster quit after FIDE decided to bar him from a round for wearingContinue Reading

World The German government accused U.S. billionaire Elon Musk on Monday of trying to influence its election due in February with articles supporting the far-right Alternative for Germany party, even though it suggested they amounted to ‘nonsense.’ Musk defended himself, saying ‘significant investments’ give him right to weigh inThomson ReutersContinue Reading

World The head of the World Health Organization on Monday called for an end to attacks on hospitals in Gaza after Israel struck one and raided another in the past few days. 7 killed in Israeli strike on Al Wafa hospital in Gaza City: Palestinian Civil DefenceThomson Reuters · Posted:Continue Reading

World The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women. It comes two years after they told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, allegedly because they didn’t wear the Islamic headscarf correctly. Ban comes 2 years after Taliban ordered NGOs toContinue Reading

World South Korean law enforcement officials have requested a court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as they investigate whether his short-lived martial law decree this month amounted to rebellion. Yoon Suk Yeol has dodged several requests to appear for questioningThe Associated Press · Posted: Dec 29, 2024Continue Reading