Canada dropping many retaliatory tariffs in olive branch to Trump
Canada will remove its retaliatory tariffs on a long list of US products that comply with the existing North American trade deal, seeking to...
Trump sent US troops into Washington. Now they’re being given guns. Why?
Published: 12:16am, 23 Aug 2025Updated: 12:47am, 23 Aug 2025 US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that National Guard troops patrolling the streets of...
Undocumented renters caught between fire and ICE in LA burn zone
Published: 12:00am, 23 Aug 2025Updated: 12:34am, 23 Aug 2025 Blanca and her family fled a deadly wildfire in January that devastated her Los Angeles...
Russia rejects Zelensky meeting as diplomatic tension simmers
Published: 11:32pm, 22 Aug 2025Updated: 1:57am, 23 Aug 2025 Russia on Friday ruled out an immediate meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, as diplomatic tension escalated...
205 prosecutions launched over subpar steel work at CK Asset Hong Kong project
Published: 11:06pm, 22 Aug 2025Updated: 11:25pm, 22 Aug 2025 Hong Kong building authorities have initiated 205 prosecutions against seven people and two companies over...
US show of force could move Venezuela closer to China: analysts
While the deployment of US warships near the coast of Venezuela is intended to heap pressure on the government and limit its already strained...
Facing Trump pressure, US Fed chair hints at rate cut, but offers no timeline
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months but...
Hong Kong to remove at least 5 opposition groups from societies register
Hong Kong authorities are seeking to remove at least five opposition groups from the official societies register, including the now-defunct Scholarism founded by jailed...
Beijing accuses US of holding Chinese students in ‘small, dark rooms’
Beijing has lashed out at the United States for questioning Chinese students at the border, accusing it of discrimination and of taking them into...