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Canada retaliates with dollar-for-dollar counter tariffs on US products
Canada announced it will match tariffs dollar for dollar on US products on Tuesday, marking a tit-for-tat escalation in the trade conflict with Canada’s largest trading partner. The National Post reports that Canada will impose 15, 25, and 30 per cent tariffs on products drawn from those targeted by US Section 338 and Section 232…
Ramaphosa to order arrest of instigators of anti-immigration marches
Photo credit: EWN South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed there will be arrests for those who instigated unrest over the presence of undocumented migrants in the country. Eyewitness News reports that Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema on Tuesday told Ramaphosa that the failure to bring those responsible to book gives the impression…
Ford and Trump exchange insults amid renewed trade war
Photo credit: Global News Ontario Premier Doug Ford and US President Donald Trump criticized each other on Monday, with Ford throwing the first jab during an interview with a local radio station. Speaking to The Associated Press Monday, Ford said, “He underestimates Canada. We’re all in. Up here, we’re at a fever pitch; everyone’s in…
US set for largest mass visa revocation in history, officials say
Photo credit: LA Times The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the US. Asia One reports that if it happens, the move would be the largest single mass revocation of visas in US history and would…
Myanmar civil society demands accountability
Photo credit: DVB English On the ninth anniversary of the 2017 military-led genocide against the Rohingya on August 25, a coalition of civil society organizations – including the Blood Money Campaign, Defend Myanmar Democracy, and Progressive Voice – issued a joint declaration calling for immediate international legal intervention, emergency humanitarian funding, and full citizenship rights…
35 migrants escape after riots at Greek migrant detention centre
Photo credit: Indian Express Thirty-five migrants escaped following clashes Saturday night at a detention centre in Sintiki, near the city of Serres in northern Greece, Greek authorities have said. Bulgarian News Agency reports that police have arrested 17 of the escapees, while the search for the remaining 18 is ongoing. About 450 people whose asylum applications…
Landslide kills 30 people in Guinea
Photo credit: Aljazeera A mountainous heap of refuse collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea’s capital of Conakry early Sunday, killing 30 people, according to the central government. AP reports that authorities said that heavy rains, which started at around 2 am, washed over the refuse at Dar Es Salam – the largest landfill in…