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World leaders reacted to the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump released this week impacting essentially every U.S. trading partner.  The White House has implemented a flat 10% tariff on apparently all imports, though some nations saw drastically higher taxes slapped on their U.S. exports – including Vietnam, which was issued …

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said NATO nations must provide a “realistic pathway” to ramp up their defense spending to hit a 5% threshold – including the U.S. “I understand there’s domestic politics, after decades of building up vast social safety nets that maybe don’t want to take …

World leaders across the globe are reacting to President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcements, with some expressing disappointment and others making threats. On Wednesday, the president announced a baseline tariff of 10% on imports, in addition to reciprocal tariffs based on what each nation imposes on U.S. goods. Trump …

More than 3,000 people have now died from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Burma last week, which destroyed thousands of buildings and sent the war-torn country into a deeper humanitarian crisis.  Burma’s military-led government announced that the death toll from Friday’s earthquake rose to 3,085, while 4,715 people were injured …

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker arrived in Brussels Thursday for talks that allies hope will shed light on the U.S.’ future plans in Europe.  Rubio’s arrival comes as European allies and Canada are concerned about President Donald Trump’s readiness to draw closer to …

Hungary is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move that comes shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the country on Thursday for a visit with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Netanyahu, who is wanted by the ICC on allegations of war crimes in Gaza, and …

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday evening vowed to “fight” the new round of tariffs announced by President Donald Trump, and said he would turn to other international partners to get through the rocky times ahead.  “President Trump has just announced a series of measures that are going to …

President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners throughout the world Wednesday, saying the U.S. would add a 10% minimum baseline tax on all products coming in. The Trump administration has identified what it has called the “Dirty 15” as the 15 nations with the largest trade deficit …

OTTAWA – As Canadians brace themselves for President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” of reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday, one political leader in Canada believes it could spark the start of a new era of Canada-U.S. relations free of cross-border taxes. Maxime Bernier, who served as foreign affairs minister in former Prime …

Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip is expanding to “crush” the area of Hamas terrorists and seize “large areas,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday. Katz said in a statement that the military operation was “expanding to crush and clean the area of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure and seizing …