Hundreds of flights cancelled across U.S. in bid to maintain safety
A traveller checks the flight information board as others walk through the terminal at Baltimore/Washington International Airport on Thursday. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled in at the busiest U.S. airports because of the government shutdown. (Stephanie Scarbrough/The Associated Press) U.S. airlines began cancelling hundreds of flights on Thursday as the Federal Aviation Administration sought to reduce traffic at the country’s busiest airports because of the government shutdown. More than 760 flights had been cut from Friday’s airline schedules, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks flight disruptions, by lateRead more
Tepid reaction in Mexico to groping of president shows country has ‘normalized gender violence’: expert
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum says she has filed a criminal complaint against a man who appears to have sexually assaulted her in an incident caught on video. (REUTERS) The tepid and partisan domestic reaction to the apparent sexual assault Tuesday of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reveals how normalized gender violence has become in the country, according to experts. Sheinbaum said Thursday she had sent a letter to Mexico City’s attorney general Wednesday outlining a criminal complaint against the man, identified as Uriel Rivera Martinez, 33. Widely circulated cell phone videoRead more
Musk could become world’s 1st trillionaire as Tesla shareholders approve giant pay package
Elon Musk, seen at a memorial for conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Ariz., this September, could become history’s first trillionaire after winning a shareholder vote that would give him $1 trillion in stock if he hits certain performance targets. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson)/Associated Press) The world’s richest man was just handed a chance to become history’s first trillionaire. Elon Musk won a shareholder vote on Thursday that would give the Tesla CEO stock worth $1 trillion if he hits certain performance targets over the next decade. The vote followed weeksRead more
U.S. Senate Republicans veto legislation to limit Trump’s ability to attack Venezuela
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event about drug prices in the Oval Office Thursday, the same day Senate Republicans voted to reject legislation that would have limited his ability to launch an attack against Venezuela. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press) Senate Republicans voted to reject legislation Thursday that would have put a check on U.S. President Donald Trump’s ability to launch an attack against Venezuela, as Democrats pressed Congress to take a stronger role in Trump’s high-stakes campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Lawmakers, including top Republicans, have demanded thatRead more
Whether the target is drugs or Maduro, U.S. could be hindering its own military with deadly boat strikes
F-18 fighter jets are shown on the deck of the the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, during the NATO Neptune Strike 2025 exercise in the North Sea on Sept. 24. The Ford is being deployed to waters near South America. (Jonathan Klein/AFP/Getty Images) Voices more closely connected to the U.S. military have emerged this week to raise their own questions about a spate of boat strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats in the Western hemisphere carried out by the Trump administration since Sept. 2. An anonymous PentagonRead more
Trump’s latest outburst is another reminder of how much has changed
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the White House on Wednesday. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press) As Donald Trump explained it, he was primarily worried about the accurate and honourable reporting of Ronald Reagan’s views on trade policy — and concerned that a misrepresentation of the former U.S. president’s views might somehow influence the justices of the United States Supreme Court. And his belief in this regard is so strong that he was willing to suspend trade negotiations with one of his country’s closestRead more
White South Africans to the front of the line as Trump slashes refugee limit
The first group of Afrikaners from South Africa arrived for resettlement in the U.S. on May 12. Under a new Trump administration policy, the number of refugees allowed into the country will be reduced to as low as 7,500 this year, with white South Africans prioritized over everyone else. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) President Donald Trump is slashing the number of refugees allowed into the United States, and people fleeing war-torn countries, human rights abuses and catastrophes will now be of lower priority than white people from South Africa. The TrumpRead more
Trump says Carney apologized for Ford’s anti-tariff ad
U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled ongoing trade negotiations earlier this month, citing an Ontario government anti-tariff ad. (Evelyn Hockstein, Blair Gable/Reuters) U.S. President Donald Trump says Prime Minister Mark Carney apologized for the Ontario government ad that used former president Ronald Reagan’s own words to spread an anti-tariff message to an American audience. “I have a very good relationship [with Carney]. I like him a lot, but what they did was wrong. He was very nice. He apologized for what they did with the commercial,” Trump said on FridayRead more
Trump’s latest outburst is another reminder of how much has changed
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the White House on Wednesday. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press) As Donald Trump explained it, he was primarily worried about the accurate and honourable reporting of Ronald Reagan’s views on trade policy — and concerned that a misrepresentation of the former U.S. president’s views might somehow influence the justices of the United States Supreme Court. And his belief in this regard is so strong that he was willing to suspend trade negotiations with one of his country’s closestRead more
U.S. sending aircraft carrier to South America amid Trump’s anti-cartel campaign
The USS Gerald R. Ford arrives in Halifax in October 2022. The U.S. is sending the aircraft carrier to South America in the latest escalation of military firepower in a region where the Trump administration has unleashed more rapid strikes in recent days against boats it accuses of carrying drugs. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press) The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, the Pentagon announced Friday, in the latest escalation of military firepower in a region where the Trump administration has unleashed more rapidRead more