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Trump says trade talks with Canada are suspended over its tax on technology firms

President Donald Trump, in a post on his social media network, said Canada had just informed the U.S. that it was sticking to its plan to impose the digital services tax, which applies to Canadian and foreign businesses that engage with online users in Canada. The tax is set to go into effect Monday.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

It took years to sentence her son's killers. Mechelle Turvey knew the truth

After three years, a national outcry, and the sentencing of her son's murderers, Mechelle Turvey is still a force for change.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

US Supreme Court limits judges from blocking Trump order on birthright citizenship

US Supreme Court limits judges from blocking Trump order on birthright citizenship Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 06/27/2025 - 18:55 Decision removes key obstacle blocking the implementation of Trump's laundry list of controversial executive orders Demonstrators hold up an anti-Trump sign outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on 27 June 27 2025 (Alex Wrobleski/AFP) Off The US Supreme Court has curbed the...

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

โ€˜Systematically Failedโ€™: Civil Societyโ€™s Latest Attempt to Reform UN Climate Talks

From Pacific Island students to executives at global organizations like Greenpeace, a wide swath of people are losing patience with the slow and often uneven international process for reining in climate change. This week, more than 200 civil society and Indigenous peoplesโ€™ groups released a joint statement calling for major reforms, from how decisions are [โ€ฆ]

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

US sets deadline to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants

The Department of Homeland Security says the gang-riddled Caribbean country is safe enough for Haitians to return.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Vladimir Putin says Moscow is ready for new round of peace talks with Ukraine

Putin said that the terms of a potential ceasefire, which the Kremlin has so far repeatedly rejected, are expected to be on the agenda.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

No room at the inn: COP30 logistics chaos overshadows climate talks

Brazil struggles to reassure countries that hotels will be available and affordable at Novemberโ€™s pivotal climate conference in Belรฉm.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

How Zohran Mamdani shocked New York

Why everyone is talking about New York Cityโ€™s new mayoral frontrunner.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

DR Congo, Rwanda sign US-brokered peace deal

The two countries sealed a deal which could bring peace to the war-battered region of eastern DR Congo. US Secretary of State Rubio called the agreement "an important moment."

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Donald Trump says he's ending trade talks with Canada over tax on tech firms

The digital services tax applies to Canadian and foreign businesses that engage with online users in Canada and applies to companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb with a 3% levy on revenue from Canadian users.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Congo, Rwanda sign peace deal to end fighting โ€” and help U.S. access critical minerals

Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decades-long deadly fighting in eastern Congo while helping the U.S. government and American companies gain access to critical minerals in the region.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Senior Israeli official to visit White House on Monday

Senior Israeli official to visit White House on Monday Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer will be at the White House on Monday for discussions on Iran and Gaza, Axios has reported. He will also lay the groundwork for another visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington later this summer, according to Axios.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

WATCH: Trump meets with officials from Rwanda and DRC after signing of peace deal

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda have asked the Trump administration to use its pressure to ensure the peace deal sticks.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Trump says heโ€™s โ€˜terminatingโ€™ all trade discussions with Canada

The president blamed the move on Canadaโ€™s Digital Services Tax, which goes into effect on Saturday.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

Trump says US would โ€˜absolutelyโ€™ bomb Iran again to stop enrichment

Presidentโ€™s comments come as intelligence reports raise doubts about success of American raid on nuclear sites

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump says US ending all negotiations with Canada over digital tax

Canada had approved a 3 percent digital tax last year in June, and the first set of payments is due on Monday.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

We don't know where they are, say families of French prisoners in Iran

The families of French prisoners held in Iran are anxiously awaiting news of their whereabouts following the ceasefire between Iran and Israel on 24 June.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

African Court Clears Path for DRCโ€™s Human Rights Case Against Rwanda

The African Court on Human and Peoplesโ€™ Rights, based in Tanzania, has ruled that it is competent to hear a case brought by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) against Rwanda, opening the door to a landmark hearing on alleged human rights violations linked to the long-running conflict in eastern Congo. The DRC accuses [โ€ฆ]

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Sean Combs’ lawyer mocks sex trafficking case in closing argument

Attorney Marc Agnifilo said prosecutors had โ€œbadly exaggeratedโ€ evidence of the swinger lifestyle and threesomes to combine it with recreational drug use and call it a racketeering conspiracy.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Starmer faces ยฃ4.25bn fiscal hit after benefits reversals

Move raises likelihood of further tax rises and could damage governmentโ€™s credibility with investors

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Extreme heatwave hits Europe with temperatures expected up to 44ยฐC

According to the Portugese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere a good part of the country is under alert for rural wildfires.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

White House claims victory as Supreme Court curbs nationwide injunctions

Birthright citizenship ruling backs US presidentโ€™s claims that lower courts have interfered with policy initiatives

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Family clans try to secure aid convoys in Gaza from criminal lootings

As food and aid distribution in Gaza continues to be deadly and plagued by violence, influential clans and tribes that have long existed in the territory are taking it upon themselves to secure aid convoys entering the region.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Nike stock soars 17% after CEO soothes investors, says recovery is on the horizon

Nike investors finally have an answer from CEO Elliott Hill about how long its turnaround plan will take, boosting confidence that upside is ahead.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

The Last Lifeline

Doctors give everything to save lives during a violent gang war in one of the last remaining trauma hospitals in Haiti.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

The Iran threat will haunt the Gulf for years

As Israel and Washington celebrate, there is a sense of dread and uncertainty throughout the region

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Everyday lessons in K-12 schools could be affected by Supreme Court ruling

In a decision that could have widespread implications for everyday lessons and activities in public schools, the Supreme Court on Friday sided with a group of Maryland parents who said they wanted to be able to opt their children out of reading story books featuring LGBTQ+ themes and characters. The 6-3 opinion in Mahmoud v. [โ€ฆ] The post Everyday lessons in K-12 schools could be affected by Supreme Court ruling...

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: The Hechinger Report favicon The Hechinger Report

UPEC analyzes use of Artificial Intelligence in Cuban press

Havana, June 27 (Latin Press) The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the countryโ€™s media occupied part of the agenda of the fourth plenary session of the UPEC National Committee that meets today in this capital. The post UPEC analyzes use of Artificial Intelligence in Cuban press first appeared on Prensa Latina.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Prensa Latina favicon Prensa Latina

Russia kills 5 in Ukraineโ€™s Samar, as Putin seems ready for new peace talks

Russian leader indicates longterm plan to cut army spending, as his forces vie for foothold in Ukraineโ€™s Dnipropetrovsk.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

What kind of world does Trump want?

Global leaders struggle to understand the impulses and stratagems of the US president

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump ally seeks to snap up DR Congo mine as US brokers peace deal

Financier Gentry Beach in talks over Rubaya coltan mine as Washington dangles investments to accompany end to regional conflict

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

What next for UK welfare reform after Starmerโ€™s U-turn?

Spending on working-age health and disability benefits is forecast to hit 66bn by 2029-30

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Palestinian fighters carry out second ambush of Israeli soldiers this week

Palestinian fighters carry out second ambush of Israeli soldiers this week The Quds Brigades, working alongside the Qassam Brigades, said on Friday that they ambushed a group of Israeli soldiers using heavy mortar shells near the Halima Mosque, south of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The Quds Brigades is the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Qassam is the military wing of Hamas. There is no known...

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

India and Iran Foreign ministers talk about regional situation

New Delhi, Jun 27 (Latin Press) Foreign Minister Subrahmanyan Jaishankar today talks with his Iranian counterpart, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, about the situation in the Persian country after 12 days of hostilities with Israel provoked by Tel Aviv. The post India and Iran Foreign ministers talk about regional situation first appeared on Prensa Latina.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: Prensa Latina favicon Prensa Latina

What is thimerosal? What the research says about the vaccine preservative under fire by RFK Jr.

Thimerosal has been at the heart of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.โ€™s antivaccine activism for 20 years. Hereโ€™s what to know about the vaccine preservative and its removal from flu vaccines.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour