Handouts are never free. The cruel US aid freeze is an opportunity for the Caribbean | Kenneth Mohammed

For generations, many in the Caribbean grew up believing that the United States was the world’s great benefactor – a beacon of freedom, prosperity and boundless opportunity. Carefully cultivated through cinema, television, magazines, newspapers and radio, this perception reinforced the …

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Trump pauses plan to impose 25% tariff on Mexico after Sheinbaum agrees to deploy troops to southern US border – live

Tom Phillips Donald Trump has pulled back from the brink of a trade war with Canada and Mexico, postponing sweeping new US tariffs on goods from its two closest economic partners by one month. It is the third time in …

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Trump order to turn Guantánamo Bay into migrant detention center prompts outcry – live

Trump order to turn Guantánamo Bay into migrant detention center sparks outcry There has been a wave of criticism from across the country and around the globe to Donald Trump’s executive order instructing the military to prepare to house 30,000 …

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California fires live: LA issues new evacuation order as thickening smoke prompts ‘health emergency’

LA fire department issues new immediate evacuation The LA fire department issued a new immediate evacuation order at 7pm local time on Friday for the Palisades fire. It affects the following areas: It covers Sunset Boulevard north to Encino Reservoir …

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Canada leaders agree to unite against Trump tariff threat amid reports of retaliatory measures

Canada’s federal government and the premiers of the 10 provinces have agreed to work together against a threat by US president-elect Donald Trump to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian imports, with one official saying the country was already examining possible …

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