Author: Press Room
Canada’s historical overdependence on the US has put it at a disadvantage, Mark Carney has said, adding that the “good old days” are gone Canada’s historical overdependence on the US has put it in a vulnerable position and Ottawa should now adopt a more diversified approach to trade, Prime Minister Mark Carney has stated.The US is Canada’s largest trading partner, accounting for 72% of its exports in 2025, according to Scotiabank.However, relations between Ottawa and Washington have noticeably soured since Donald Trump assumed office last January, with the US president slapping hefty tariffs on the neighboring nation and routinely referring…
The British government is paralysed on the surge of antisemitism because it is afraid of offending one of its key voting blocs, Islamic South Asians, Nigel Farage said on Monday. Speaking out after yet another London synagogue was the target of an attempted arson attack at the weekend, Brexit pioneer and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage spoke out against both what he called the un-British arrival of antisemitic sentiment to the country, and against the UK government’s failure to tackle the matter. Addressing a press conference on Monday morning after launching his criticism of the failure of the government to…
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) says she is not as wealthy as previous financial disclosures showed — a claim which prompted calls for investigations from President Donald Trump and House Republicans. Omar disclosed last year that she and her husband held assets of between $6 million and $30 million, which represented a massive rise in wealth from her previous annual filing. However, Omar now is blaming the filings, which show she had quickly become very rich, on major accounting errors, according to a report yesterday in the Wall Street Journal. An amended filing viewed by the Journal shows that she and…
The bipartisan House Ethics Committee released a statement Monday calling for victims of sexual misconduct to report their accusations to congressional authorities — and affirming its commitment to “maintaining a congressional workplace free from” sexual harassment, abuse and assault. “There should be zero tolerance for sexual misconduct, harassment, or discrimination in the halls of Congress, or in any employment setting,” the committee members said. It’s an unusual public-facing step from a panel that operates overwhelmingly behind closed doors, but comes amid renewed scrutiny over how Congress polices its own members for impropriety: Just under one week ago, then-Reps. Tony Gonzales…
A Russian official selected to control the occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson revealed that he had recently met with North Korea’s top diplomat in Moscow to discuss the country potentially buying agricultural products seized in the ongoing invasion, South Korean and Russian media revealed this weekend. Kherson is one of four regions of Ukraine that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin decreed to be “annexed” into Russia in September 2022, alongside Donetsk and Luhansk — the long war-torn Donbas regions — and Zaporizhzhia. Putin claimed upon announcing his invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 that it was necessary, in part, because the…
An international backlash is mounting against Elon Musk’s Tesla as car owners allege the company charged thousands of dollars for autonomous driving technology that never materialized. The Wall Street Journal reports that Tom LoSavio is a typical example of the Tesla loyalists that are now turning on Elon Musk. LoSavio bought his Tesla Model S in 2017 for over $100,000, paying an additional $8,000 for lifetime access to the vehicle’s most advanced driver-assistance features. Tesla CEO Elon Musk had assured customers that the hardware would eventually enable full autonomous driving. “My wife and I talked about what a great thing it…
Former U.S. representative Eric Swalwell (D) apparently spent a mountain of cash from his congressional campaign on hotels, food, alcohol, and babysitters even though he stepped out of the race months ago, the news coming after several women accused have him of sexual assault. In the first quarter of the year, the democrat spent over $75,000 from his congressional campaign, the New York Post reported Saturday, citing FEC filings. Swalwell announced in November that he was ending his reelection bid for congress to run for California governor instead. “Under campaign finance laws, the money raised prior to an abandoned bid…
The IDF indicated that it intends to remain in the neighboring country despite calls for a withdrawal The Israeli military has published a map outlining what it described as a “forward defense line” in southern Lebanon, despite calls for a full withdrawal following the announcement of a ceasefire.The map shows a new deployment line several kilometers beyond the border, encompassing dozens of mostly abandoned villages, days after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect.Israel and Lebanon agreed on Thursday to a US-brokered ten-day ceasefire to halt more than a month of fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, following…
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on Sunday that a photo circulating online showed an IDF soldier wielding a hammer over the head of a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon, committing to take “appropriate measures” against those involved. The outrageous image of desecration of Christian iconography surfaced in the context of an ongoing Israeli invasion of Lebanon that President Donald Trump claimed had entered a ceasefire period to allow for peace talks on Thursday. The text of the IDF statement on the matter stated only that “the photograph depicts an IDF soldier operating in southern Lebanon” and did not…
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” host Jake Tapper said that getting Europe to spend more on NATO is “Absolutely” “an achievement of” President Donald Trump. British Ambassador to the U.S. Christian Turner responded to a question on Trump’s criticism of NATO by saying, “I’ll say something that you might not expect me to, which is to praise President Trump’s leadership on demanding the burden-sharing of Europe on NATO.” Tapper then cut in to respond, “No. I’m actually used to Europeans doing that, because it’s true. It’s an achievement of his. Absolutely.” Turner then said, “You’re exactly right. And…