Canada took the trade war to Trump’s backyard. Americans didn’t care
While the Canadian tariffs have undoubtedly inflicted economic hardship on some in the US, can that translate into a change in votes for President Donald Trump's Republican party?
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Trump says US has ‘permanent control’ of Greenland security: Does it?
United States President Donald Trump claims the US has reached a deal with Denmark granting it “permanent control” over Greenland’s security “and all other needs”.
NBC: Pentagon weighing drastic troop drawdown in Europe
The US Defense Department is reportedly considering withdrawing tens of thousands of troops from Europe.
The Wargame review — Michael Gove plays a heroic prime minister - The Times
The Wargame review — Michael Gove plays a heroic prime minister The Times
Perth beaches closed after 63-year-old swimmer killed in great white shark attack
Beaches across Perth’s northern suburbs will remain closed until Sunday after a shark killed a swimmer in a fatal attack witnessed by onlookers, authorities said on Saturday.
As Trump gets 100% tariff power, why India will find it tough to cut Russian oil imports - The Indian Express
US President Donald Trump Friday signed into law the ‘Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026’, that gives him the authority to slap tariffs of up to 100% on countries, including India and China, that are buying Russian oil and gas.
Mamata Banerjee and Congress: A political journey comes full circle - The Indian Express
Days after her party denied that it had reached out to the Congress over a pact for the October 6 Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly bypolls in West Bengal, choosing to opt out of the contest in Nandigram, Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced her party would support the grand old pa...
‘Jhooth Ki Goonj’ posters surface in Indore ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s student event
Congress termed the posters a ploy by the BJP to create obstacles for the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition's ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ event in the city
Sri Lanka MP seeks Modi's help in Tamil youth's Saudi blasphemy case
A Sri Lankan opposition lawmaker on Saturday urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to seek Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in the case of a minority Tamil youth facing judicial proceedings in Saudi Arabia.
Rebels, workers, radicals: The making of 'Red Berlin'
Bloody May, student sit-ins and the squatter movement: Berlin has a long history as a hotbed for working-class organizing and radical left-wing politics.
'Trespasses' on PBS Review: Love Defies War in '70s Belfast - Time Magazine
In an early scene of the exquisitely devastating miniseries Trespasses, two strangers in a pub ruminate on the relationship between art and pain. Cushla (Lola Petticrew), a schoolteacher taking a shift behind her family’s bar, admits she couldn’t finish reading A Clockwork Orange...
Wike’s Narcissism and Reckless New War - THISDAYLIVE
History is a patient teacher. However, it does not forgive those who refuse to sit in class. Every empire that believed itself to be permanent, from Rome to the Ottomans to apartheid South Africa, fell not just to external enemies, but to the arrogance of men at the top who misto...
Tinubu hails EFCC as Nigeria wins $6bn Mambilla arbitration in Paris - Vanguard News
President Bola Tinubu has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its role in Nigeria’s victory at the arbitration tribunal.
Deaths in custody: FG suspends 20 NSCDC officers, sets up probe panel - Vanguard News
The Federal Government has suspended 20 officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC and constituted a 10-member independent committee to investigate the reported deaths of 37 people held by the Niger State Command of the Corps on suspicion of illegal mining.
INVESTIGATION: Inside Nigerian communities where children are forced into marriage (1) - Premium Times Nigeria
There was no sign of excitement on Christiana Ebonyi’s face on her wedding day in 2015. At just 16, she was being married off to a man nearly three times her age. For her family, the union represented hope — hope that their new son-in-law would help lift them out of poverty.
PSC chair Somadoda Fikeni warns job fears leave officials vulnerable to political pressure - IOL
Public Service Commission (PSC) chairperson Somadoda Fikeni testified at the Madlanga Commission on Friday.
PML-N nominee Najeeb Naqi Khan submits papers for AJK president
President will be elected by the members of the AJK Legislative Assembly through a vote
Fluid vote threshold open to abuse – Azcuna
MANILA, Philippines — A changeable vote threshold can be easily manipulated by ruling political factions, retired Supreme Court associate justice Adolfo Azcuna warned yesterday, as he defended maintaining the required votes needed to convict an impeachable official at two-thirds ...