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Trump threatens Canada with a 100% tariff over its China trade deal and escalates feud with Carney
- WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor went ahead with its China trade deal , intensifying a feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney , a rising voice in the West's pushback to Trump's new world order . Trump said in a social media post that if Carney "thinks he is going to make Canada a 'Drop Off Port' ...

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'Massive' Russian strikes on Ukraine hit negotiation table as well as people, Kyiv says – Europe live
- Ukraine's foreign minister accuses Vladimir Putin of sabotaging peace talks From Reuters is now reporting that the talks have ended for the day: Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen on Saturday slammed US president Donald Trump for saying Nato allies had shied away from the front line in Afghanistan. "I fully understand that Danish veterans have said no words can describe how much this hurts," she said on ...

Source: theguardian.com
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard has its "finger on the trigger," leader says, as U.S. warships head toward Middle East
- Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, a force which was key in putting down recent nationwide protests in a crackdown that left thousands dead, is "more ready than ever, finger on the trigger," its commander said Saturday, as U.S. warships headed toward the Middle East. Nournews, a news outlet close to Iran's Supreme National Security Council, reported on its Telegram channel that the commander, Gen. Mohammad ...

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Ukrainian, Russian, and US officials meet in Abu Dhabi for peace talks
- Ukrainian, Russian, and US negotiators met Friday in the United Arab Emirates, marking the first trilateral talks since the start of the war in Ukraine and signaling a measure of progress in President Trump's efforts to end the conflict. This round of talks, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, could focus on postwar control of territory in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, which has emerged as a major ...

Source: bostonglobe.com