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Trump signs a plan for reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners, calls Canada's digital services tax 'unfair'

As President Donald Trump signed an executive order for reciprocal tariffs on Thursday that escalates his trade threats, his administration took aim at Canada's digital services tax as a major trade irritant. The...

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Russia rejoices at Trump-Putin call as alarm bells ring in Europe

Russian officials and state media took a triumphant tone Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump jettisoned three years of U.S. policy and announced he would likely meet soon with Russian President...

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Could Canada really become the 51st US state? Here's what it would take

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state as he proposes erasing the 5,525-mile-long border that separates the countries and alleviating the need for tariffs he's...

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Could Canada really become the 51st U.S. state? Here's what it would take

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state as he proposes erasing the 5,525-mile-long border that separates the countries and alleviating the need for tariffs he's...
Hamas says it will free 3 more hostages. That could resolve its ceasefire dispute with Israel

CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Thursday it would go ahead with the release of three more Israeli hostages, paving the way toward resolving a major dispute over the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip. ...

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A driver plows into a demonstration in Munich, injuring 30 people

BERLIN (AP) — A driver drove a car into a labor union demonstration in central Munich on Thursday, injuring 30 people including children, authorities said. Officials said it was believed to be an attack. ...

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NATO tests new deployment model without US ahead of Ukraine war anniversary

NEA ANCHIALOS, Greece (AP) — NATO is testing its ability to rapidly deploy across eastern Europe — without direct U.S. assistance — as Washington shifts its approach toward European defense and the...
Jerome Drayton, 1976 Olympian and last Canadian man to win Boston Marathon in '77, dies at 80

TORONTO (AP) — Jerome Drayton, who finished sixth at the Montreal Olympics, won the 1977 Boston Marathon and held the Canadian men’s marathon record for 43 years, has died. He was 80. Drayton died...
Israel threatens 'all hell will break loose' on Hamas in latest Gaza ceasefire crisis

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Wednesday vowed that “all hell will break loose” on Hamas if it fails to free hostages this weekend as planned, stepping up threats against the militant...
Trump says he and Putin have agreed to begin ‘negotiations’ on ending Ukraine war

President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a phone call Wednesday to begin “negotiations” on ending the Ukraine war and would “work together, very...