Malaysia arrests four plant managers after water pollution leads to supply cut affecting millions of people
September 05, 2020

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard have faced tough questioning this week in their Senate confirmation hearings.
The US imports more wood from Canada than any other country, and tariffs will raise construction costs in an already tight market where nearly half of Americans can’t afford a home.
"AI has (the) potential to do one thing which is very important to get developing countries more integrated into global markets and that is reduced trade costs,” said Ngozi Okonojo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, during a Global Stage livestream at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney announcing his bid to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the ruling Liberal Party, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Jan. 16, 2025.
Is federal public opinion changing in Canada? Several recent polls show a resurgence for the Liberal Party, paralleled by a decline in Conservative support.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for his first official day at the Pentagon in Arlington, on Jan. 27, 2025.
The Gulf of Mexico is now the Gulf of America -- but Trump isn't stopping there. And there's one key world leader who has suddenly figured out how to take advantage of Trump's mass rebranding agenda... #PUPPETREGIME
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks to the media during a press conference at the Federal Reserve, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.
On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada cut interest rates, but the US Federal Reserve did not. After three cuts in a row, the Fed’s decision to hold rates steady between 4.2% and 4.5% was expected as unemployment has dropped and stabilized. Still, it will irritate Donald Trump, who’s been clamoring for another cut.
Commissioner Justice Marie-Josee Hogue speaks to reporters after the release of the final report of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Jan. 28, 2025.
The good news is there are no “traitors” in Canada’s parliament. The bad news? Foreign interference is still a problem and a big one.
When Justin Trudeau announced in January that he’d resign in March, launching a leadership race to replace him as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, a spring election seemed certain. Now, maybe not.
The scale at which Donald Trump’s agenda and musings have reshaped politics in Canada is, as the president himself might put it, huge. The US president has turned the Canadian political landscape into a circus, affecting everything from the Liberal leadership race and the campaigns for the soon-expected federal election to the just-launched Ontario election and the trajectory of public policy.