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Washington Post
2 days ago
- Business
- Washington Post
Putin is preparing for more war, US senators warn, urging swift sanctions and global action
PARIS — Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling at the peace table while preparing a new military offensive in Ukraine, two senior U.S. senators warned Sunday, arguing that the next two weeks could shape the future of a war that has already smashed cities, displaced millions and redrawn Europe's security map.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Carney meets with U.S. delegation in Ottawa
Prime Minister Mark Carney and some of his most senior ministers met in Ottawa on Friday with top U.S. delegates. The five American senators are all members of the influential Senate committee on foreign relations. As David Akin reports, strengthening support for a strong Canada-U.S. partnership topped the agenda.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
In the news today: Canada Post union calls for halt to overtime
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada Post union calls for halt to overtime as deadline passes with no agreement The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post employees has called for a countrywide halt to overtime work, saying its negotiators will continue to review the latest contract offers from the mail carrier. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said late Thursday that members were being told to refuse any work beyond eight hours in a day and 40 hours in a week. Canada Post issued its own statement in response to the overtime ban, saying there are no rotating strikes or national work stoppages as of now, and postal operations will continue. However, the Crown corporation warned of possible delays. U.S. senators in Ottawa to meet with Carney Five U.S. senators will be in Ottawa Friday for meetings with the Liberal government, including Prime Minister Mark Carney. The delegation includes Democrats Jeanne Shaheen, Tim Kaine, Amy Klobuchar and Peter Welch, and Republican Kevin Cramer. They're expected to meet with the ministers of foreign affairs, national defence and industry, as well as the Business Council of Canada. A release from the U.S. Senate foreign relations committee says the group plans to stress 'deep and bipartisan support' for a strong partnership between Canada and the U.S. Here's what else we're watching... Ottawa has to allow home prices to fall to make housing more affordable, experts say Experts say home prices will need to come down to make housing affordable in Canada again. That runs counter to what former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson told reporters last week after he was sworn in as housing minister. Robertson said he doesn't think home prices need to come down and championed Liberal promises to build more affordable housing in Canada. While housing expert Mike Moffatt praises Ottawa's efforts to lower the cost of building, he says that won't be enough to make homes affordable for the middle class again. Half of country grasps Alberta separatism: poll A new poll suggests more than half of Canadians say they understand why Alberta might want to split from Canada. However, almost two-thirds say they don't want that to happen. The Leger survey, which polled 1,537 Canadians between May 16 and 18, suggests that 55 per cent of Canadians understand Albertans' desire for independence. Seventy per cent of Albertans said they understand why their province might want to become an independent country. Because the poll was conducted online, it can't be assigned a margin of error. RCMP bracing for 'largest' security operation RCMP and local police say security planning is well underway for next month's G7 summit in Alberta. Officials told The Canadian Press they're expecting protesters and are taking steps to deal with new technological threats, such as the weaponization of drones. David Hall, Alberta RCMP superintendent and event security director for the G7 Integrated Safety and Security Group, says the G7 is "the largest domestic security operation" a country can take on. G7 leaders are set to gather in Kananaskis, Alberta, from June 15 to 17. Judge to rule if ex-teammate's texts admissible An Ontario judge is expected to rule today on whether texts sent by a former member of Canada's world junior hockey team can be admitted as evidence at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Brett Howden faced questions Thursday in a voir-dire — essentially a trial within a trial — over a text conversation he had with another then-teammate, Taylor Raddysh, on June 26, 2018. In the exchange, Howden describes some parts of the June 19, 2018 encounter at the heart of the trial, including a moment when he says one of the accused, Dillon Dube, slapped the complainant on the buttocks. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 23, 2025. The Canadian Press
CNA
19-05-2025
- Politics
- CNA
Netanyahu says Israel will control Gaza as aid trucks prepare to enter
JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday (May 19) Israel would control the whole of Gaza despite mounting international pressure that forced it to lift a blockade on aid supplies which has left the enclave on the brink of famine. The Israeli military, which announced the start of a new operation on Friday, warned residents of the southern city of Khan Younis on Monday to evacuate to the coast immediately as it prepared "an unprecedented attack". "There is huge fighting going on, intense and huge, we are going to control all parts of Gaza," Netanyahu said in a video message in which he pledged to achieve "complete victory" with both the release of the 58 hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza and the destruction of the Palestinian militant group. Even as the military warned of the attack, Reuters reporters saw aid trucks heading towards northern Gaza after Netanyahu was forced to agree to allow a limited amount of aid into Gaza in response to global concern at the reports of famine. Netanyahu said US senators he has known for years as supporters of Israel, "our best friends in the world", were telling him the scenes of hunger were draining vital support and bringing Israel close to a "red line, to a point where we might lose control". "It is for that reason, in order to achieve victory, we have to somehow solve the problem," he said, in a message apparently addressed to far-right hardliners in his government who have insisted aid be denied to Gaza to stop it reaching Hamas. Overnight, Israeli air strikes killed at least 20 Palestinians, according to local medics, as the military said it hit 160 targets across Gaza over the past 24 hours, including anti-tank positions, underground infrastructure and a weapons storage point. The Israeli military said forces engaged in a new campaign dubbed "Operation Gideon's Chariots" were active across Gaza, seeking to eliminate Hamas' military and governing capabilities and bring back remaining hostages seized in October 2023. Netanyahu's office announced the easing of the aid blockade, saying Israel would let in limited amounts of food into Gaza. Palestinian media said 50 trucks carrying flour, cooking oil and legumes would be allowed into the small coastal territory later on Monday, while Israeli media said nine trucks with baby food were expected to enter in coming hours. Israel has faced rising international pressure over the blockade on humanitarian deliveries it imposed in March, shortly before breaking a two-month-old ceasefire, as aid agencies warn of famine in the enclave of 2.3 million people. Nahed Shheibar, owner of a transport company involved in aid distribution, urged Gazans not to intercept or loot the trucks. UNDERCOVER RAID Separately, residents and medics said an Israeli undercover force killed a militant leader in a raid in the south as the army proceeded with its new ground offensive against Hamas-led Palestinian militants in the enclave. Ahmed Sarhan, a commander of the Popular Resistance Committees, a militant group allied with Hamas, was killed in the raid by forces that entered the heart of the city of Khan Younis disguised as displaced persons, according to the medics. Residents said Sarhan fought the force before he was killed, and that the Israelis detained his wife and children before retreating in a bus towards the eastern border with Gaza under a cover of fire from planes. "As you see, they entered, opened a hole in the wall, entered the house and executed the father and took an 11-year-old child and his mother, and left,' said an eyewitness, Mohammed Sarhan, referring to the PRC commander. ESCALATING MILITARY CAMPAIGN Palestinian health officials said more than 500 people have been killed in attacks in the past eight days as Israel has stepped up its military campaign. Israel made its announcement on aid after sources on both sides reported no progress in a new round of indirect talks between Israel and Hamas in Qatar. Former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, who left the government last year after falling out with Netanyahu, said the fact Hamas remained in Gaza represented a "resounding failure" for the Israeli campaign and reflected the government's failure to plan for the future of the enclave. If a plan to replace Hamas had been made, "there would have been no debate about whether the aid would fall into the hands of Hamas, because it would no longer control Gaza", Gallant said in a statement. Netanyahu said ceasefire discussions touched on a truce and hostage deal as well as a proposal to end the war in return for the exile of Hamas militants and the demilitarisation of Gaza - terms previously rejected by Hamas. Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri blamed Israel for the lack of progress at the Doha talks and said escalating its offensive would be "a death sentence" for remaining hostages. Israel's ground and air war has devastated Gaza, displacing nearly all its residents and killing more than 53,000 people, many of them civilians, according to Gaza health authorities. The war erupted after Hamas-led militants attacked Israeli communities near Gaza's border on Oct 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and seizing 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
Al Jazeera
16-05-2025
- Business
- Al Jazeera
Donald Trump live: US president signs $1.4 trillion AI deal with UAE
US President Donald Trump is in the UAE on the final leg of his Middle East visited Saudi Arabia and Qatar before arriving in Abu Dhabi US president said the UAE will invest $1.4 trillion in the US's AI sector over the next decade.A group of US senators trying to halt $3.5bn in weapons sales to the UAE and Qatar over concerns the deals will personally benefit Trump's is scheduled to leave the UAE at 1pm (09:00 GMT). Update: Date: 5m ago (06:00 GMT) Title: Trump hopes to make history with business deals Content: Trump hopes to make history with the deals he brings back to the US. On Thursday, the UAE announced $1.4 trillion investment in the fields of AI, technology and energy in exchange for access to advanced American microchips. Just hours earlier in Qatar, Trump stopped at al-Udeid Air Base to speak to US troops a day after signing a series of agreements with Qatar's emir. Trump also announced Qatar will invest $10b in the coming years for base upgrades. The two countries also plan to cooperate in implementing almost $40b in base upgrades. Earlier in the week, Trump secured investments from Saudi Arabia totaling more than $600b, and in Qatar, the White House says the deals signed, generate business of $1.2 trillion, benefitting the United States. Update: Date: 11m ago (05:54 GMT) Title: What's Trump expected to do today? Content: Update: Date: 12m ago (05:52 GMT) Title: Welcome to our live coverage Content: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the final leg of Donald Trump's tour of the Middle East. Stay with us as we bring you all the latest from the UAE.
