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Canada’s new government will relentlessly protect the nation’s sovereignty as it works to redefine fraught relations with the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday as his cabinet was sworn in.  Carney’s election win two weeks ago was largely defined by threats from President Donald Trump, whose trade war and repeated talk of annexing …

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday unveiled his new cabinet that will be charged with redefining the country’s relationship with the United States as it confronts President Donald Trump’s trade war.Two weeks after his Liberal Party won a general election, capping one of the most dramatic comebacks in Canada’s political history, Carney’s cabinet was …

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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new cabinet will be sworn in on Tuesday, launching his first full term in office after winning an election defined by threats from President Donald Trump. Governor General Mary Simon, King Charles III’s representative in Canada, will swear in the new government at a ceremony in Ottawa, her office announced Friday. Carney and …

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Robert Francis Prevost became the first pope from the United States on Thursday, picking the papal name Leo XIV after cardinals from around the world elected him leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.Tens of thousands of people packed in St Peter’s Square cheered as Prevost appeared on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica, waving …

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Hollywood has always been “an international industry,” that would suffer creatively if cross-border work was curbed, the head of North America’s largest film festival told AFP.Cameron Bailey, chief executive of the Toronto International Film Festival, joined other entertainment industry leaders in criticizing President Donald Trump’s proposed 100 percent tariffs on foreign films, a surprise weekend …

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told US President Donald Trump on Tuesday that his country would be “never for sale” as they met at the White House amid tensions on tariffs and sovereignty.In their first Oval Office meeting, Trump insisted to the recently elected Carney that it would be a “wonderful marriage” if Canada agreed …

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States should stop “subsidizing” Canada, as he hosted the country’s recently reelected premier Mark Carney for talks in Washington.Canada has been caught up in the new administration’s stop-start tariff rollout, which has hit goods not covered under an existing free trade arrangement with levies of up to …

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney held highly anticipated talks with Donald Trump at the White House Tuesday amid tensions over the US president’s tariffs and threats of annexation.Trump slammed Canada on Truth Social for effectively freeloading off the United States just minutes before greeting the recently reelected Carney outside the West Wing.Liberal leader Carney, 60, …

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meets Donald Trump on Tuesday for the first time since he won reelection on a pledge to stand up to the US president’s tariffs and threats to annex the United States’ northern neighbor.The 60-year-old Liberal Party leader has said that things cannot be the same with the United States under …

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All 133 Catholic cardinals who will vote for a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican said on Monday, two days before they gather in a conclave to elect the next head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.Hailing from 70 countries across five continents, the group — summoned following the death of Pope Francis …

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