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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: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: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: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 [โฆ]
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:The Department of Homeland Security says the gang-riddled Caribbean country is safe enough for Haitians to return.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: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:Brazil struggles to reassure countries that hotels will be available and affordable at Novemberโs pivotal climate conference in Belรฉm.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Why everyone is talking about New York Cityโs new mayoral frontrunner.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: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: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: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: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: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:The president blamed the move on Canadaโs Digital Services Tax, which goes into effect on Saturday.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Presidentโs comments come as intelligence reports raise doubts about success of American raid on nuclear sites
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: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: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: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 [โฆ]
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Attorney Marc Agnifilo said prosecutors had โbadly 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:Move raises likelihood of further tax rises and could damage governmentโs credibility with investors
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: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:Birthright citizenship ruling backs US presidentโs claims that lower courts have interfered with policy initiatives
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: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: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: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:As Israel and Washington celebrate, there is a sense of dread and uncertainty throughout the region
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: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. [โฆ] The post Everyday lessons in K-12 schools could be affected by Supreme Court ruling...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Havana, June 27 (Latin Press) The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the countryโs 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:Russian leader indicates longterm plan to cut army spending, as his forces vie for foothold in Ukraineโs Dnipropetrovsk.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Global leaders struggle to understand the impulses and stratagems of the US president
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: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:Spending on working-age health and disability benefits is forecast to hit 66bn by 2029-30
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: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: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:Thimerosal has been at the heart of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.โs antivaccine activism for 20 years. Hereโs what to know about the vaccine preservative and its removal from flu vaccines.
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