BBC: A baseline tariff may be the “price” Canada has to pay to continue shipping goods to the US, Canada’s finance minister said. François-Philippe Champagne’s remarks came after Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, in which the US president said he wants tariffs to eventually replace income taxes to become America’s main revenue source. […]
BBC: Two teenage boys have been killed and one has been seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in County Donegal near the border with Northern Ireland. Gardaí (Irish police) said a car and a lorry were involved in the collision in the village of St Johnston, about eight miles from Londonderry, at 23:15 local time […]
BBC: Ugandan police have arrested two women, both in their 20s, after neighbours reported seeing them kiss outside, an act criminalised under the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the police said the pair had been taken into custody on Wednesday 18 February in Arua, a city in north-western Uganda. Authorities said […]
Reuters: Feb 25 – A retired general from an army-backed party that swept Myanmar’s election is set to take the powerful role of speaker of parliament, party sources said, which could help the military cement control of government after a return to democratic rule. A junta that has run Myanmar since a 2021 coup will formally cede […]
BBC: A bomb scare at the Australian prime minister’s home originated from written threats directed at a Chinese dance and music group banned by Beijing. In emails seen by local media, performers of the Shen Yun group were told to cancel their upcoming Australian shows or risk explosives being detonated at Anthony Albanese’s official residence […]
BBC: Japan plans to deploy surface-to-air missiles to its remote western island near Taiwan by March 2031, its defence minister said, as regional tensions simmer. It is the first time that Japan specified a timeline for the missile deployment to Yonaguni island since it was announced in 2022. China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own […]
Reuters: WASHINGTON, Feb 24 – U.S. President Donald Trump declared that “this is the Golden Age of America” at the start of his State of the Union address on Tuesday, seeking to project an aura of success at a fraught moment for his presidency and his Republican Party. “Our nation is back — bigger, better, richer and […]
BBC: Australian police have arrested two men for the murder of a Sydney grandfather they say was mistakenly kidnapped, a day after human remains were found. Widower Chris Baghsarian, 85, was abducted from his North Ryde home in a pre-dawn raid on 13 February. Police say he was not the intended target of the alleged […]
Reuters: NEW DELHI, Feb 24 – All seven people on board a Beechcraft air ambulance that crashed in the Indian state of Jharkhand on Monday were killed, officials said on Tuesday, including two crew members, the patient and his relatives. The Beechcraft C90 plane, operated by Redbird Airways, took off from state capital Ranchi […]
BBC: Mexico has deployed thousands of soldiers to bolster security after a wave of violence erupted following the death of a powerful drug lord, the country’s security minister has said. Defence Secretary Ricardo Trevilla said an extra 2,500 soldiers had been sent to western Mexico on Monday, with the government saying about 9,500 troops have […]