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US backs Israel’s ban on UNRWA Gaza aid ops
A US official yesterday told the International Court of Justice there were "serious concerns" about the impartiality of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.
ICJ judges are holding a week of hearings to help them formulate…
Trump to reduce impact of auto tariffs, commerce secretary says
President Donald Trump's administration will move to reduce the impact of his automotive tariffs on Tuesday by alleviating some duties imposed on foreign parts in domestically manufactured cars and keeping tariffs on cars made abroad from…
Analyst reaction to Liberals victory in Canada election
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals retained power in the country's election on Monday, but CTV News predicted they would fall short of the majority government he had wanted to help him negotiate tariffs with U.S. President…
North Korea formalises troop deployment, signals deeper alliance with Russia
North Korea's first official acknowledgment of its troop deployment to support Russia's war in Ukraine, following around six months of silence, on Monday comes at a timely moment domestically to frame its participation in a more…
Trump says India, Pakistan to settle dispute ‘one way or another’
US President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed concerns over mounting tensions between India and Pakistan, saying the dispute between the nuclear-armed neighbors will get "figured out, one way or another."
Trump was asked aboard Air…
Francis’s funeral to be grand farewell to ‘pope of the poor’
Pope Francis, champion of the poor and the Church's first Latin American leader, will be honoured Saturday with a funeral attended by world leaders and tens of thousands of Catholic faithful.
The Argentine pontiff, who died on Monday…
China insists no trade talks with US, despite Trump claim
China repeated Saturday that it had held no talks with the United States on trade issues, despite President Donald Trump's claim that he had taken a call from Xi Jinping.
In an interview conducted on April 22 with Time magazine and…
As world mourns, cardinals prepare pope’s funeral
Cardinals will meet Tuesday to decide the date for Pope Francis's funeral, starting a process that will culminate in the election of a new Catholic leader within three weeks.
Francis, the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics,…
India imposes temporary tariff on some steel to stem cheap imports from China
India, the world's second-biggest producer of crude steel, on Monday imposed a 12% temporary tariff on some steel imports, locally known as a safeguard duty, to curb a surge in cheap shipments primarily from China.
A flood of Chinese…
Trump’s first 100 days in 10 key moments
Since his return to the White House, President Donald Trump has turned US foreign policy upside down, sent shock waves through the financial markets and turned the Oval Office into one "happening" after another.
Here are 10 of the…