Mark Carney, whose Liberal Party won Canada’s election on Monday, has a history of taking on roles at challenging moments. “I’m most useful in a crisis. I’m not that good at peacetime,” he said during the campaign. Carney secured a term as prime minister despite having never served in parliament, which is unprecedented in Canadian history.Even with …
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On a tree-lined beach in Australia’s rugged island state of Tasmania, locals discovered popcorn-sized bits of dead salmon washed up along the sand.When the stinky remains landed in Verona Sands, population 131, they stirred up a festering environment-versus-industry row shortly before Saturday’s general elections.The fish remnants found in February were traced to a mass die-off …
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Markets edged up Tuesday after a largely positive day on Wall Street with investors eyeing a busy week of data and earnings releases that could provide clues about the effects of Donald Trump’s trade policies.A month that started with the explosion of the US president’s “Liberation Day” tariffs on April 2 was on course for …
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Global stocks were steady on Monday as investors welcomed the absence of further trade war escalation over the weekend and as countries seek to temper US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.Major bourses avoided big swings on a comparatively news-light day ahead of heavily anticipated economic releases and earnings later in the week.Both the Dow and S&P …
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Canadians across six time zones were voting Monday to choose a new leader to confront Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threats, which the US president renewed in a forceful election day message.The Liberal Party, led by new Prime Minister Mark Carney, looked set to lose to the Conservatives’ Pierre Poilievre until Trump’s attacks on …
Alice Charasse arrived early Monday morning to vote in Canada’s hotly-contested election, hoping to “send a message” to Donald Trump who has threatened her country’s sovereignty and economy.”We must not let ourselves be intimidated or influenced” by the US president, Charasse, 37, told AFP before casting a ballot on her way to work in Montreal.”With …
Catholic cardinals agreed on Monday to begin a conclave on May 7 to elect a new pope, and highlighted clerical sexual abuse as one of the key challenges facing Pope Francis’s successor.Cardinals under the age of 80 will meet in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, in …
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Catholic cardinals agreed on Monday to begin a conclave on May 7 to elect a new pope, and highlighted clerical sexual abuse as one of the key challenges facing Pope Francis’s successor.So-called “Princes of the Church” under the age of 80 will meet in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new religious leader for the …
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Canada was voting Monday for a new government to confront a trade war and annexation threats by President Donald Trump, who pushed for the United States to absorb its neighbor as polling stations opened. The Liberal Party, led by new Prime Minister Mark Carney, looked set to lose to the Conservatives’ Pierre Poilievre until the US …
A top Chinese economic official on Monday said Beijing was on the “right side of history” in its gruelling trade war with the United States.Since returning to the White House in January, US President Donald Trump has imposed 10 percent tariffs on most US trading partners and a separate 145 percent levy on many products …
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