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World China has submitted a request to Canada for consultation at the World Trade Organization on additional tariffs it has imposed on Chinese electric vehicles as well as steel and aluminum products, the Commerce Ministry in Beijing said on Friday. Beijing accuses Ottawa of violating World Trade Organization rules withContinue Reading

As Vladimir Kara-Murza faced a row of guards clad in black balaclavas and lined up against a prison wall in Moscow, the 42-year-old remained baffled at the fate that awaited him.  It was Aug. 1. He had been in a Russian prison for more than two years, but in the previous five days heContinue Reading

Despite nightly protests involving thousands of people, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the airwaves for two hours this week to explain why freeing the remaining hostages still held by Hamas militants in Gaza is not his top priority, but the “second” goal of the war. “No one willContinue Reading

World Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to federal tax charges Thursday in a surprise move that spares President Joe Biden and his family another likely embarrassing and painful criminal trial of the president’s son. Biden, 54, faced charges over alleged scheme to avoid paying over $1M in taxesThe Associated Press ·Continue Reading

World Lawyers for Donald Trump entered a not guilty plea on his behalf on Thursday in court as his federal election subversion case resumed after a 10-month delay as the U.S. Supreme Court released a momentous opinion that affected proceedings. Trump faces 4 charges in federal court in D.C. afterContinue Reading

World The U.K. competition watchdog said on Thursday it was looking into the use of dynamic pricing in the Aug. 31 Oasis concert ticket sale. The move comes after surging prices during the ticket sale caused an uproar among fans. The band says they had no idea that ‘dynamic pricing’ would beContinue Reading

World The teen charged with opening fire at a Georgia high school denied threatening to carry out a school shooting when authorities interviewed him last year about a menacing post on social media, according to a sheriff’s report obtained Thursday. Meanwhile his father was arrested on a variety of charges,Continue Reading

World A Ugandan Olympic athlete living in Kenya has died from her injuries after being set on fire by a man believed to be her boyfriend, the head of the country’s Olympics committee said on Thursday.  Man said to be runner’s boyfriend accused in attack that burned more than 75%Continue Reading

World The United States on Wednesday took a series of actions against Russia to slow down what it described as extensive efforts to meddle in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. U.S. said Kremlin’s ‘inner circle’ directed Russian PR companies to spread disinformation Rhianna Schmunk · CBC News · Posted: Sep 04, 2024 3:39Continue Reading