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France warns US it has one week to avoid trade war

France warns US it has one week to avoid trade war

Finance leaders of US allies have vented their anger over the Trump administration’s metal import tariffs but ended a meeting in Canada with no solutions. US President Donald Trump still has time to avoid a trade war over tariff hikes aimed at Canada, the European Union and Mexico, G7 finance ministers says after a meeting […]

Trudeau: It’s ‘insulting’ that the US considers Canada a national security threat

Trudeau: It’s ‘insulting’ that the US considers Canada a national security threat

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an interview aired Sunday that the reasoning behind implementing new U.S. tariffs on Canada was “insulting and unacceptable.” “One of the things that I have to admit I’m having a lot of trouble getting around is the idea that this entire thing is coming about because the president […]

Trump administration will put steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the EU

Trump administration will put steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the EU

The Trump administration will put tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union, the latest action in a string of protectionist policies to crack down on alleged trade abuses. The tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports will take effect at midnight Thursday, Commerce […]

President Trump to impose total ban on luxury German cars: report

President Trump to impose total ban on luxury German cars: report

President Trump wants to impose a total ban on the imports of German luxury cars, according to a new report from CNBC and German magazine WirtschaftsWoche. Several U.S. and European diplomats told the news outlets that Trump told French President Emmanuel Macron about his plans last month during a state visit. Trump reportedly told Macron […]

Kenya Death Penalty Plan for Poachers Has Stirred a Hornet’s Nest

Kenya Death Penalty Plan for Poachers Has Stirred a Hornet’s Nest

Kenya’s minister for tourism and wildlife recently announced that the country will fast track a law to make the illegal hunting of wildlife a capital offense punishable by the death penalty. The statement has attracted a great deal of attention. So has the unclear position taken by The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species […]

Ivanka Trump Sat In for Her Father at the G-20 Leaders’ Table

Ivanka Trump Sat In for Her Father at the G-20 Leaders’ Table

Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, took his seat at a Group of 20 meeting table in Hamburg, sitting in for the president when he stepped away for one-on-one discussions with other world leaders. A photo on Twitter showed Ivanka Trump, 35, sitting in her father’s seat between Chinese President Xi Jinping and British Prime Minister Theresa […]

Warren Buffett just made a quick $12 billion on a clever Bank of America investment

Warren Buffett just made a quick $12 billion on a clever Bank of America investment

Because of an astute investment made in Bank of America six years ago while the bank was struggling, Warren Buffett is about to make a quick $12 billion and become the financial institution’s largest shareholder. Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway said Friday it will exercise warrants in Bank of America that will allow it to acquire 700 […]

U.S. President, Donald Trump Hosts Two Chibok Girls

U.S. President, Donald Trump Hosts Two Chibok Girls

The U.S. President, Donald Trump, and his daughter, Ivanka, met with two Chibok girls, Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu on June 27 at the White House. Bishara, 20, and Pogu, 19 were among 57 girls who escaped from Boko Haram in Borno by jumping off the back of a truck in 2014. The 57 were […]

Under Trump, a majority of Canadians dislike the U.S. for the first time in 35 years

Under Trump, a majority of Canadians dislike the U.S. for the first time in 35 years

A deep national revulsion toward President Donald Trump has sent Canadians’ opinions of the United States plummeting to a level of antipathy never before seen in the 35 years a pollster has been asking. A major Pew Research survey released on Monday found that just 43 per cent of Canadians hold a favourable view of […]

“No Religion” Is Now Australia’s Number One Religion

“No Religion” Is Now Australia’s Number One Religion

For the first time ever, “no religion” has overtaken any single religious denomination, toppling Catholicism as the number one religious affiliation for Australians, the latest national census released on Tuesday revealed. Australia remains a fairly religious country, with 60% of people reporting a religious affiliation. In 1966 only 0.8% of Australians ticked the box for […]

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