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Canada's Trudeau returns home without assurances US tariffs are off table
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned home Saturday after his meeting with Donald Trump without assurances the president-elect will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner.
Trump called the talks productive but signaled no retreat from a pledge that Canada says unfairly lumps it in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States.
After the leaders' hastily arranged dinner...
Kosovo arrests 8 linked to canal explosion, tensions with Serbia rise
PRISTINA, KOSOVO — Kosovo's Interior minister Xhelal Svecla said Saturday that police had arrested eight people after an explosion hit a canal that sends water to its two main power plants, an incident Pristina labeled a "terrorist act" by neighboring Serbia.
"Somehow we managed to fix the damage, arrest the suspects and confiscate a huge arsenal of weapons," Svecla said during a live-streamed news conference.
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic denied what he said were "baseless...
Russian police raid Moscow nightclubs in LGBTQ+ crackdown
President Vladimir Putin has touted 'traditional family values' as a cornerstone of his quarter-century in power
Rapid collapse of Syrian forces around Aleppo stuns many
Syrian government forces reportedly withdrew from Aleppo's civilian and military airports
East African summit urges peace in eastern Congo
Prospects for peace remained bleak following a summit that was marked by the Congolese president’s absence
Polish leader visits defensive fortifications on border with Russia
The East Shield project will eventually include 800 kilometers along the Polish borders with Russia and Belarus
What to know about plastic pollution crisis as treaty talks conclude
The world produces more than 400 million tons of new plastic every year
More than 100 Rohingya refugees rescued off Indonesia, UN says
A flimsy wooden boat carrying the Rohingyas was found half-submerged not far from the beach
Ukraine says war has damaged most of its civilian airports
Ukraine's airspace has been closed to civilian flights since the start of the war
Trump’s geopolitics could favor India, but trade ties may face turbulence
In India, there are expectations that strategic ties with the United States will deepen during President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. But New Delhi is bracing for pressure on trade ties with its biggest trading partner. From New Delhi, Anjana Pasricha reports.
Kenya, Uganda to mediate Ethiopia-Somalia dispute
Landlocked Ethiopia has fallen out with Somalia over its plans to build a port in the breakaway region of Somaliland
Georgia arrests 107 more people as pro-EU protests continue
Riot police fired water cannons and tear gas at protesters, who tossed eggs and fireworks
Israel says it struck Hezbollah weapons smuggling sites in Syria, testing fragile ceasefire
Israel says it killed a Palestinian it accused of involvement in Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack
Ukrainian president says NATO membership can end 'hot phase' of war
Zelenskyy suggests he would be willing to consider a ceasefire if Ukraine’s unoccupied territories fell under NATO’s protection
Iceland votes for new parliament amid disagreements on immigration, economy
Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson forced to call early elections
As numbers of globetrotting Indians surge, many turn to Asia
The travel boom, which has crossed pre pandemic levels is driven by higher disposable incomes and an aspirational young population
Icebreaker deal would challenge Russian supremacy in Arctic
Ship-building pact among US, Canada, Finland aims to defend sovereignty against Russian, Chinese threats