Wars in Gaza, Ukraine loom over G7 summit as Trudeau heads to Italy
The prime minister travels to Italy today to meet with world leaders as wars in Gaza and Ukraine cast a shadow over this year’s G7 summit. “This is a moment …
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Opinion | Why isn’t climate crisis dominating the news cycle?
He pledged in a speech last year to find solutions to “the very real threat of climate change”, which is akin to warning the Ukrainian government of the very real …
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu set to address the US Congress on July 24
But Netanyahu’s office stressed that the war sparked by the October 7 attacks would continue until Israel’s “goals are achieved”, including the destruction of Hamas, which has not given its …
Pride flags will fly in Colorado despite Republican Party call to burn them
Pride celebrations will go on in Colorado despite a Republican Party email branding its participants “godless groomers” and calling on people to burn Pride flags. “Our joy and just our …
US jury finds Donald Trump guilty in election interference trial
Trump reacted to the verdict fitfully, calling the trial “a disgrace, this was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge that was corrupt”. “The real verdict is going to be …
Opinion | China-Russia ties expose a Republican foreign policy blind spot
How does one proceed in portraying China as the most pressing threat facing the US, which has been a political imperative for both American political parties in recent years, when …
Stealing from Trump was ‘self-help’, lawyer Cohen testifies at hush money trial
Soon after Cohen left the witness box, prosecutors rested their case and Trump’s lawyers began calling witnesses of their own. One of them drew a reprimand from the judge after …
Lara Trump closes California GOP convention doubling down on claims of election rigging
Hours after South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noema, who has admitted to fatally shooting her dog, spoke at the California Republican Convention, Lara Trump said that because of the poor economy, …
Donald Trump tells Texas NRA crowd US gun rights are ‘under siege’
Trump used a phrase from his old television show, The Apprentice, to sum up the election in a fiery 100-minute speech that included touches of humour. Former US president Donald …
Opinion | Does extremism in Trump’s world have its limits after all?
In a world where semiotics and sound bite messaging drown out rational discourse, Republicans have fully embraced the party’s assigned colour. If there is a theme running through its messaging, …