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Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney faced sustained attacks from his Conservative rival at an election debate Thursday, but the Liberal leader sought to focus attention on what he calls Canada’s top threat, President Donald Trump. Most opinion polls show Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party is trailing Carney’s Liberals ahead of the April 28 vote. But the race remains …

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney avoided major errors in a French debate Wednesday that tested his occasionally shaky language skills, as the election front-runner sought to parry attacks from his conservative opponent. Carney, who leads Canada’s Liberal Party, has at times struggled to articulate his positions in French while campaigning ahead of the April 28 vote, …

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Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk on Wednesday, telling university students he was a pioneer comparable to legendary Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev.The comments came as Russia and the United States forged closer ties under President Donald Trump’s administration, of which billionaire SpaceX founder Musk is a key figure.”You know, there’s a man — …

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Concern over the economic fallout from US President Donald Trump’s global tariffs mounted Wednesday, with Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s warning of higher inflation sending stock markets tumbling.Trump remained upbeat, posting on social media that there’d been “Big Progress!” in talks with Japan on a trade deal.He is banking that his strategy, in which tariffs are …

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the frontrunner in this month’s Canadian election, faces two tests in Wednesday’s televised debate: besting his conservative opponent — and showing the bilingual nation that he has good enough French.Carney’s main rival on the stage in Montreal will be Pierre Poilievre, whose Tory Party is trailing the Carney-led Liberals in …

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The Bank of Canada on Wednesday held its key lending rate at 2.75 percent, pausing a stream of recent cuts due to shifting US trade policy and tariffs.”The major shift in direction of US trade policy and the unpredictability of tariffs have increased uncertainty, diminished prospects for economic growth, and raised inflation expectations,” the central …

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Years of negotiations culminated early Wednesday with countries agreeing the text of a landmark accord on how to tackle future pandemics, aimed at avoiding the mistakes made during the Covid-19 crisis.After more than three years of talks and one last marathon session, weary delegates at the World Health Organization’s headquarters finally sealed the deal at …

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Canada’s main party leaders face off Wednesday in a debate that could prove pivotal ahead of this month’s election, with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s French language skills set to be tested. Carney’s main rival on the stage in Montreal will be Pierre Poilievre, whose Conservative Party is trailing the Carney-led Liberals in most opinion polls ahead …

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Years of negotiations culminated early Wednesday with countries agreeing the text of a landmark accord on how to tackle future pandemics, aimed at avoiding a repeat of the mistakes made during the Covid-19 crisis.After more than three years of talks and one last marathon session, weary delegates at the World Health Organization’s headquarters sealed the …

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Ottawa on Tuesday offered tariff relief to automakers on condition they maintain production in Canada, fearing US President Donald Trump’s policies could trigger a flight of the key manufacturing sector to the United States.The announcement coincided with a report in a Japanese newspaper that Honda was considering moving assembly lines from Canada to its southern …

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