Elon Musk’s social media platform X was down again for thousands of users in the United States, according to Downdetector.com. The number of outage reports rose to more than 40,000 after easing a bit earlier in the day, user-submitted data on the outage-tracking website showed. More than 10,800 users in the UK also reported outage […]
Canada’s next PM Mark Carney vows to win trade war with Trump
Mark Carney has won the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister, vowing to win the trade war against US President Donald Trump as he takes charge of the country at a time of deep instability. The former governor of the Canadian central bank and Bank of England beat three rivals in the […]
Pro-Palestinian student protester detained by US immigration officials, says lawyer
A student who played a prominent role during pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University in New York City last year has been detained by federal immigration officials, says his lawyer. Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian refugee raised in Syria, was lead student negotiator for the encampment at the campus on the west side of Manhattan. His attorney, […]
Trump says he sent a letter to Iran urging negotiations on nuclear weapons
President Donald Trump said he sent a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei about negotiating a nuclear deal, while also threatening military action if an agreement isn’t reached. Trump said he sent the letter on Wednesday during an interview with Fox News, a clip of which was released by Fox Business on Friday. The full interview […]
Trump strongly considering large-scale sanctions and tariffs on Russia
US President Donald Trump has said he is “strongly considering large-scale sanctions” and tariffs on Russia until a ceasefire and peace deal with Ukraine is reached. Trump said he was contemplating the move because “Russia is absolutely ‘pounding’ Ukraine on the battlefield right now”. Trump’s comments marked a sharp change in tone. Since coming into […]
How Trump’s threats have brought Canada’s Liberals back from the dead
If you had asked Canadians a few months ago who would win the country’s next general election, most would have predicted a decisive victory for the Conservative Party. That outcome does not look so certain now. In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s threats against Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party has surged […]
Daylight saving time is here. What to know about ‘springing forward.’
It’s finally time for longer sunlight hours in the spring and summer months. Here’s what you need to know as the clocks skip ahead early Sunday. After a long winter of short days, it’s finally time to spring forward. Clocks across the U.S. will jump from 1:59 a.m. to 3 a.m. Sunday. Here’s what you […]
Trump says Ukraine ‘more difficult’ to deal with than Russia
US President Donald Trump has said he is finding it “more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine” than Russia in attempts to broker peace between the two nations. The US is “doing very well with Russia”, and “it may be easier dealing with” Moscow than Kyiv, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday. […]
Twelve injured in shooting at Toronto pub
Three suspects are still at large after 12 people were injured in a shooting at a pub in Toronto, police in the Canadian city say. The shooting took place at 22:39 on Friday local time (03:39 GMT Saturday) near Scarborough city centre in eastern Toronto. Authorities said six people suffered bullet wounds and others were […]
Body found in floodwaters and troops injured in Australia storm
Australian authorities say a body has been found in floodwaters and 13 military workers injured in a vehicle crash as wild weather from a tropical storm lashes the country’s eastern coast. Cyclone Alfred was downgraded to a tropical low on Saturday but is due to make landfall near the Queensland capital city of Brisbane soon. […]