The Guardian

Canada’s retaliatory US tariffs set to take effect as trade dispute grows

Counter-measures covering several sectors come after Trump announced 50% tariffs on Canadian goods Canada is set to impose retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of American imports early on Tuesday, escalating a trade fight with its largest trading partner as tensions between US president Donald Trump and Canadian prime minister Mark Carney intensify.The tariffs, which take effect at 12.01am on Tuesday, will range from 15% to 50% and apply to products covering C$27.6bn in imports fro

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BBC World

AI cancer cures slowed by chip shortage, says UK's biggest tech boss

The head of chip designer Arm says modelling how a DNA marker is impacted by cancer cannot be done now, but computers are "going to solve it".

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The Guardian

Cities in Great Britain most vulnerable to extreme heat revealed

OS index examines which ‘urban heat islands’ suffer the most – and which cope the best with rising temperaturesPortsmouth, Leicester, Exeter, Bristol and Nottingham will be among the cities that warm the most by the end of this century as global heating turns British cities into urban heat islands, according to research.Analysis from Ordnance Survey (OS) has created a heat vulnerability index for all cities in Great Britain. Portsmouth, which sits on the south coast of England and is home to 208

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WSJ World News

Greenland Seeks to Turn Peril Into Profit After Trump’s Threats to Take It Over

The Arctic island is cashing in by drawing investments from the European Union.

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BBC World

Flight recorders recovered from 'devastating' Amazon cargo plane crash

Five people were killed and five others seriously injured when the Boeing 767-300 overshot the runway at Miami International Airport.

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The Guardian

NSW Greens MP pleads with federal colleagues not to back National party motion to block koala park deal

Federal Greens partyroom split over plan for NSW to get millions of dollars worth in carbon credits for creating a koala national parkA New South Wales Greens MP has made an impassioned plea to her federal colleagues, urging them not to vote with the Coalition and One Nation to block a plan for the NSW government to get millions of dollars worth in carbon credits for creating a koala national park.Sue Higginson, a former lawyer and forest campaigner turned NSW upper house MP, is the first member

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WSJ World News

Opinion | Mamdani Denounces an Indian Nonprofit

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh—a vast, powerful Hindu volunteer organization—has become the target of a counterproductive Western campaign.

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WSJ World News

Opinion | What Trump Could Learn From Bush

The president’s legacy depends on a clear victory in Iran.

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WSJ World News

Opinion | Europe Hits the Snooze Button

AfD’s win in Germany shakes a fractured, sleepy continent that should pull together.

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BBC World

Palestinian parents fear for children's lives at school as settler attacks grow

A headteacher in the occupied West Bank has installed new barbed wire fencing after three pupils were killed this year.

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The Guardian

Australia politics live: John Howard warns about limiting immigration; Barnaby Joyce says super plan to have ‘minute’ inflationary effect

Follow the day’s news liveFormer prime minister, John Howard, has warned political parties against banning migration from certain countries as the debate over Australia’s immigration settings continues.The 87-year-old was in Canberra last night for an hour-long chat with Australian National University national security professor, Rory Medcalf, ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US.But I think the mood is overwhelming that we have to try very hard to stop t

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NY Times World

Containing Germany’s Far Right

The AfD victory in a state election is forcing a rethink of the country’s postwar strategy to safeguard democracy.

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The Guardian

Giuliani says Mamdani should skip 9/11 ceremony during rant against Islam

New York City mayor confirms he will attend memorial service but declines to respond to Giuliani’s remarksNew York mayor Zohran Mamdani is set to come face-to-face with Rudy Giuliani at the main September 11 memorial service, just days after the former mayor – who led the city at the time of the 2001 terrorist attacks – disparaged his Muslim religion and said he should skip the ceremony.In an interview with right-leaning Newsmax at the weekend, Giuliani said: “Having lost friends there and being

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The Guardian

Police used batons and pepper spray on far-right protesters in Portsmouth unrest

Minister condemns groups behind Hampshire disorder and says officers were injured as they repelled ‘aggression’Batons and synthetic pepper spray were used to repel hundreds of masked, black-clad vigilantes in Portsmouth on Sunday, it has emerged, as the policing minister said officers had been injured as they repelled organised “aggression”.After police contained the weekend’s second disruptive demonstration against asylum seekers travelling to the UK in small boats, it was claimed that officers

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NY Times World

Britain Set to Target Israeli West Bank Settlements With Trade Ban

The expected move will be announced on Tuesday, officials said, and underscored Israel’s mounting isolation over its policies toward Palestinians following the war in Gaza.

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The Guardian

Ed Miliband to set out ‘reset’ of UK relations with Israel over Palestine

Foreign secretary’s intervention in Commons expected to draw fierce criticism from Tel Aviv and WashingtonEd Miliband will announce what he has described as a broad reset of the UK’s relations with Israel on Tuesday, promising the government will take a more active approach in supporting the Palestinian cause.In an intervention that is expected to draw fierce criticism from the US and Israel, the foreign secretary will impose a UK ban on the trade in goods and some services from illegal Israeli

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The Guardian

German chancellor vows to stay in office despite AfD triumph in state election

Friedrich Merz said his conservative CDU was shaken ‘to its very foundations’ after far-right victory in Saxony-AnhaltA “shocked” and chastened Friedrich Merz has vowed to stay in office despite the far right’s triumph in a state election that has brought anti-immigrant, pro-Kremlin politicians within striking distance of power.The German chancellor, appearing ashen-faced in front of reporters in Berlin, said on Monday that the landslide victory by the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in Saxony

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NY Times World

Nazi-Looted Painting in Real Estate Listing Must Be Returned

The 18th-century painting “Portrait of a Lady” was stolen by a high-ranking Nazi in the 1940s. Last year, it surfaced in a real estate listing in Argentina.

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NY Times World

Philippines Lawmaker, Cousin of Marcos, Charged With Taking Kickbacks

A cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was charged with plundering public funds meant for flood control in the Southeast Asian country. He has denied wrongdoing.

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The Guardian

Alleged killers of Australian surfers and American friend go on trial in Mexico

Three men on trial for killing Jake and Callum Robinson and Jack Carter Rhoad in Baja California in 2024The alleged killers of two Australian surfers and an American at a Mexican surfing hotspot in 2024 have gone on trial in the border resort where the three were murdered.The Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33, respectively, and their 30-year-old American friend Jack Carter Rhoad were shot dead after being robbed in Mexico’s violence-hit Baja California. Continue readin

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