Tuesday, September 30th, 2025
Trump’s latest plan to end the war in Gaza contains the same tripwires as previous ones
U.S. President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington on Monday. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Despite Donald Trump’s hyperbole that his 20-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza will create “eternal peace” in the Middle East, it could be doomed for the many of the same reasons that killed earlier ceasefire hopes. The key sticking point in past ceasefire proposals has been the so-called “day after” in Gaza — the question of what will happen to the war-obliteratedRead more
These American cities are bracing for a federal troop surge
A federal immigration enforcement agent keeps watch as a man who took off running is detained in Chicago on Sunday. There were many federal agents seen standing on street corners in America’s third largest city over the weekend. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Time/The Associated Press) The sight of armed, camouflaged and masked border patrol agents making arrests near famous downtown Chicago landmarks has amplified concerns about the Trump administration’s growing federal intervention across U.S. cities. As Illinois leaders warned Monday of a National Guard deployment, residents in the nation’s third-largest city met a brazen weekendRead more
‘Canada does not retreat’ during a crisis, Anand tells United Nations
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says ‘Canada will not turn inward’ as the world faces tests to its multilateral institutions. (Seth Wenig/The Associated Press) Canada will not step away from the challenges of an increasingly complex world, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday. “When multilateral institutions are under threat, Canada will not turn inward,” Anand said in a speech that melded humanitarian and security concerns with Ottawa’s quest to secure foreign investment. “We will work toward a world where prosperity is shared, securityRead more
Canadians barred from buying tickets for potential Blue Jays games at Yankee Stadium
The Toronto Blue Jays will face either the New York Yankees or the Boston Red Sox in the American League Division Series next week, but Ticketmaster says tickets for game 3 or a potential game 4 at New York’s Yankee Stadium will be restricted to residents of four U.S. states, meaning Canadian residents aren’t eligible. (Luke Hales/Getty Images) Planning a trip to New York next week in hopes of seeing the Blue Jays clinch a post-season series for the first time since 2016? Getting tickets might not be so easy.Read more