May, 2025
The noise battle at the heart of Real Madrid’s stadium
Xavi Torrent/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Real Madrid’s stadium played host to two back-to-back Taylor Swift concerts last May Last year, tens of thousands of ‘Swifties’ – Taylor Swift fans – thronged Madrid to watch back-to-back concerts at the Spanish capital’s famous Bernabéu stadium, home to Real Madrid, who won Europe’s Champions League final less than 24 hours later, on 1 June. The mega-concert was one of dozens of high-profile gigs staged at the newly renovated stadium in 2024 to boost the club’s revenue. But the project was shortRead more
White House blames ‘formatting issues’ in health report that cited non-existent studies
The wide-ranging “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) report spearheaded by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited hundreds of studies, but a closer look by the news organization NOTUS found that some of those studies did not actually exist. Asked about the report’s problems on Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the report will be updated. She did not directly respond to a question of whether artificial intelligence had been used to generate the 72-page report, which calls for increased scrutiny of the childhood vaccine schedule andRead more
Carney welcomes U.S. court decision striking down parts of Trump’s tariffs agenda
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday he welcomed a U.S. court decision that struck down parts of Donald Trump’s tariffs regime, with judges saying the president overstepped his constitutional authority by imposing sweeping levies on global goods. That decision was later “stayed” — or paused — by an appellate court “until further notice” while it considers other legal arguments from the Trump administration, keeping the tariffs in effect for now. Before that decision, Carney said the lower court’s findings were “consistent with Canada’s long-standing position” that Trump’s tariffs are “unlawful as well as unjustified.” But Carney warned that theRead more
Trump says he plans to double steel and aluminum tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump said he will double the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to 50 per cent next Wednesday. Trump initially announced the boosted duties on steel during a rally at U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works–Irvin Plant near Pittsburgh Friday evening. He told a cheering crowd of steelworkers that the increased levies will “further secure the steel industry in the United States.” “Nobody is going to get around that,” Trump said. In a post on social media after the rally, Trump said he would also be increasing tariffs on aluminum to 50Read more
Denmark eliminates Canadian men in quarterfinal shocker at world hockey championship
The third period of the world hockey championship quarterfinal between Canada and Denmark was dominated by a team that outshot its opponent 22-10 and scored a pair of game-breaking goals less than two minutes apart. But it was not 28-time champion Canada, captained by Sidney Crosby and loaded with top NHL talent, that showed the killer instinct Thursday at a rocking Jyske Bank Boxen arena. Plucky tournament co-host Denmark, which needed a shootout victory over Germany on the last day of preliminary round action just to reach the quarterfinals, sawRead more
‘Totally unacceptable’ that IDF fired shots near Canadians, Carney says
Prime Minister Mark Carney says it’s “totally unacceptable” that members of the Israeli army fired shots near a diplomatic delegation, which included Canadians, in the West Bank on Wednesday. The federal government confirmed Wednesday that four members of a Canadian delegation were part of a tour in the city of Jenin when members of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) fired in their vicinity. Two were Canadians and two were local staff, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand’s office said. “We expect a full investigation and we expect an immediate explanation of whatRead more
Canada wants to join Golden Dome missile-defence program, Trump says
Donald Trump says Canada has asked to join the missile-defence program his administration is building, adding a new chapter to a long-running cross-border saga. The U.S. president dropped that news in the Oval Office on Tuesday as he unveiled the initial plans for a three-year, $175 billion US project to build a multi-purpose missile shield he’s calling the Golden Dome. “Canada has called us and they want to be a part of it,” Trump said. “They want to hook in and they want to be a part of it.” Canada willRead more
Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ raises major questions: Can it be built? Should it be built? What’s Canada’s role?
U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defence system, which Canada has expressed interest in joining, is raising questions about the project’s cost and feasibility as well as concerns about a space-based arms race. Trump’s plan is modelled after the Iron Dome that protects Israel — a land mass smaller than Vancouver Island — and aims to be more robust and hundreds of times bigger. The Iron Dome is mainly built to defend against lower-flying threats like short-range rockets, mortars and shells, while Trump and other top U.S. officials say the proposed Golden Dome wouldRead more
Why Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre moved out of his office, but not Stornoway
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to keep living in Stornoway despite losing his role as leader of the Official Opposition, according to Andrew Scheer who is holding that position on an interim basis. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press) Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre closed his constituency and Parliament Hill offices following his election defeat in Carleton, but is expected to stay in Stornoway — Canada’s residence for the leader of the Official Opposition — despite losing that title. While Poilievre remains the leader of the Conservative Party, his caucus selected AndrewRead more
U.S. Supreme Court grapples with nationwide injunctions stopping presidential directives in citizenship case
The U.S. Supreme Court began hearing arguments Thursday in Donald Trump’s attempt to broadly enforce his executive order to limit birthright citizenship, a move that would affect thousands of babies born each year as the Republican president seeks a major shift in how the U.S. Constitution has long been understood. The justices are considering the administration’s emergency request to scale back injunctions issued by federal judges in Maryland, Washington and Massachusetts, blocking Trump’s directive nationwide. The judges found Trump’s order — a key part of his hardline approach toward immigration — likely violates citizenship languageRead more