Fri 02 May 2025: Social media campaign depicts fictional scenes of officials becoming disillusioned with ruling Chinese Communist Party. The CIA has launched a Chinese-language social media campaign calling on government officials in China to switch sides and leak secrets to the United States. The two videos released on Thursday depict fictional scenes involving Chinese […]
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Fri 02 May 2025: US tariffs and Canada’s response could result in 68,100 fewer jobs in the Ontario province in 2025, according to a report Wednesday by the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario. The figure may increase to 119,200 next year and 137,900 jobs in 2029. The report contrasts a scenario with no tariffs versus […]
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Fri 02 May 2025: Reform UK has claimed a dramatic and unexpected victory in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, edging out Labour by just six votes following a tense early morning recount. Reform candidate Sarah Pochin secured 12,645 votes, narrowly defeating Labour’s 12,639 — overturning a previously safe 14,696 majority held by Labour in the […]
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Thu 01 May 2025: Tesla on Thursday denied a media report claiming that its board of directors has begun searching for a successor to chief executive Elon Musk, who has become a political lightning rod for his right-wing activism. Tesla chair Robyn Denholm called the Wall Street Journal report “absolutely false.” In a statement posted on X, the social […]
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Thu 01 May 2025: A third of Britons say financial anxiety keeps them awake at night while one in five admit to impulse spending when sleep deprived, according to a survey. Almost half of Britons (46%) experience poor sleep three or more times a week, achieving an average of just 5.7 hours a night, the […]
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Thu 01 May 2025: Europe would struggle to collectively muster 25,000 troops to be part of a “deterrence” force in Ukraine because its armies are undermanned and underfunded, The Times reported, quoting sources. The Times was given a rare insight into conversations between Europe’s defense ministers and military chiefs as they thrashed out plans for […]
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Thu 01 May 2025: Ukraine and the U.S. have entered into an economic agreement granting Washington access to valuable rare minerals. The deal was finalized in Washington, DC, on Wednesday after tense weeks of negotiations, with uncertainty lingering until the end due to a last-minute issue. “In recognition of the significant financial and material […]
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Tue 29 April 2025: Canadians voted Monday to give the incumbent Liberals another four years and trust that Prime Minister Mark Carney can handle the turmoil of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and his fixation on annexing Canada. In his victory speech in Ottawa, Carney said: “President Trump is trying to break us so America […]
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Mon 28 April 2025: Senior diplomats from BRICS countries will meet on Monday in Brazil to present a united front in the face of threats emerging from US President Donald Trump‘s aggressive trade policies. The meeting comes at a critical moment for the world economy after the International Monetary Fund this week slashed growth forecasts over the impact of the American leader’s […]
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Mon 28 April 2025: Rising risks around global trade, general policy uncertainty, and the sustainability of US debt topped the list of potential risks to the US financial system in a newly released Federal Reserve survey. The bi-annual Fed survey of financial risks was the first since Trump returned to office, and the impact of […]
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