A view outside of the FIFA global headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland in July. (Getty ImagesRobert Hradil/Getty Images) FIFA confirmed on Monday that Chief Operating Officer Kevin Lamour has left the governing body, weeks after he publicly criticized President Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell a stake in its tournament business, including the World Cup. “FIFA can confirm that the working relationship between FIFA and Kevin Lamour as FIFA’s Chief Operating Officer has ended on 17 August 2026,” a FIFA spokesperson said. “FIFA thanks Kevin for his two years of service andRead more
U.S. President Donald Trump is seen in the Oval Office on Monday. (Kylie Cooper/Reuters) U.S. President Donald Trump has again threatened Oman as Iran says it is working with the Gulf Arab country on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Fully reopening the waterway has been a key U.S. demand. Meanwhile, the 60-day negotiating period to find a peace deal between the United States and Iran was expiring, with no word of an extension and both sides seemingly as far apart as they were at theRead more
U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyers contend that the trial, which saw a jury in 2023 find him liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll, was unfair. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/The Associated Press) Rebuffing U.S. President Donald Trump for a second time, the United States Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear his appeal of a $5-million US verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming the former magazine columnist. The justices rejected Trump’s request to reconsider their previous decisionRead more
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump at a luncheon with leaders of the G7, in Évian-les-Bains, France, on June 16. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo/The Associated Press) Canada is continuing to negotiate a trade deal with the United States that will allow it to both avoid U.S. President Donald Trump’s crippling tariff threat — set to come into effect on Wednesday — and get some additional relief on existing tariffs in key sectors. But after a flurry of meetings between top Canadian and American negotiators over theRead more
U.S. President Donald Trump is seen with Prime Minister Mark Carney last month. After Trump threatened new tariffs, there are signs that trade talks have accelerated, says Ontario’s rep in Washington. (Evelyn Hockstein/The Associated Press) The Ontario government’s representative in Washington says U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threat to levy 50 per cent tariffs on hundreds of Canadian goods is an indication that the administration is taking notice of the effect Canada’s retaliatory trade action is having on the American economy. Speaking to CBC’s Power & Politics, David Paterson pointedRead more
Migrants cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Thursday, a tiny territory off Morocco’s northern coast. (Antonio Sempere/The Associated Press) Spain will deploy its military to restore order at its border with Morocco in Ceuta after thousands of migrants streamed into the tiny Spanish territory. The announcement comes after local authorities in Ceuta had asked the central government in Madrid for reinforcements to manage a border crisis that had been building up before boiling over on Thursday with large crowds of people breeching the border fence. In a statement Thursday evening,Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at an event at the General Motors Proving Ground Monday, July 27, 2026, in Milford, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Flying to a rally at General Motors in Michigan this week, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that “car companies are doing better than they’ve ever done” thanks to his tariffs . “All because of Trump,” he said. It was a message the Republican president repeated while touring a collection of new vehicles, predicting that “it’s amazing what tariffs will do for General Motors” before autographing aRead more
Militants from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad stand on a street in Gaza City on March 20. (Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters) U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that his so-called “Board of Peace” had reached an agreement on the complete disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. In a post on Truth Social, Trump cast it a “major milestone in the implementation of the Trump 20-Point Plan” to end Israel’s war in Gaza. Trump said the agreement would be implemented in phases, with Israeli forces withdrawing as disarmament proceedsRead more
U.S. President Donald Trump, seen at the White on Thursday, has directed his administration to impose a new global tariff regime designed to take the place of a temporary 10 per cent tariff that expires Friday. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) The Trump administration is imposing a new global tariff regime designed to take the place of a temporary 10 per cent tariff that expires Friday. The replacement tariffs will apply to goods from Canada, the European Union and nearly 60 other countries. However, Canadian exports that comply with the rules of originRead more
U.S. President Donald Trump deboards the Qatar-gifted aircraft that is supposed to serve as his new Air Force One on July 3. (Kylie Cooper/Reuters) Criticized by a federal judge for sloppy legal work, the U.S. government on Thursday grudgingly withdrew subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for articles about U.S. President Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet. The withdrawals in U.S. District Court followed a remarkable back and forth between a visibly irritated Judge Arun Subramanian and government lawyers. TheyRead more