Canada Pres. Trump announced an additional 10% tariff on Canadian goods in retaliation for Ontario's "hostile act" of airing the anti-tariff ad that caused a stir when it was unveiled last week. The …

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Coming up this week Tanzania votes for president on Wednesday, but the ruling CCM party has already assured victory for its incumbent, Samia Suluhu Hassan. More on that below. Pres. Trump began …

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Russia Pres. Putin reacted angrily to new U.S. sanctions on Russian oil majors Rosneft and Lukoil, which Pres. Trump imposed in frustration with Putin's refusal to engage in Ukraine ceasefire talks. …

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Russia The U.S. imposed new sanctions on Russian oil majors Lukoil and Rosneft yesterday - one week after the UK sanctioned the same companies. These were the first war-related sanctions the U.S. ha …

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Ukraine Following a groundwork call between U.S. SecState Rubio and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Lavrov, their respective bosses - Presidents Trump and Putin - shelved rumored plans to …

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Japan Japan's parliament elected Sanae Takaichi to be the country's first female prime minister. The media enjoys pointing out that Takaichi used to be a drummer in a heavy metal band. While that's …

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