Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney celebrated election victory on Tuesday, but he admits “daunting” challenges await, including handling Donald Trump and reshaping the economy.”There is going to be a very short honeymoon,” Marci Surkes, a former advisor to Carney’s predecessor Justin Trudeau, told AFP.Carney acknowledged in a victory speech that the coming months will be …
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged Tuesday to confront US President Donald Trump with the “overwhelming positive force” of a united Canada after a dramatic election win that earned the Liberal Party a minority government.Carney’s Liberals fell just short of the 172 seats needed for majority control of parliament, but with 169 confirmed wins the party …
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Canada’s The Metals Company said Tuesday it applied to the United States to mine deep-sea minerals in international waters, a world first made possible by President Donald Trump’s embrace of the industry.Metal-containing deep-sea nodules, which have the appearance of potato-size pebbles and typically contain nickel and cobalt, are highly sought for use in electric vehicle …
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Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost his own seat in Canada’s election, official results showed Tuesday, despite his party making gains in parts of the country. It was a stunning upset for the 45-year-old Poilievre, who was first elected to represent a mostly rural district of the capital Ottawa in 2004.Late Monday, he conceded the election to …
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Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged Tuesday to beat the United States in Donald Trump’s trade war after winning Canada’s election and leading his Liberal Party to another term in power. While the Liberals won control of parliament, they looked set to fall just short of a majority, with a handful of races in Canada’s 343 electoral …
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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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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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