1+ hour, 42+ min ago  (682+ words) In a major shift, the International Monetary Fund is now calling for a coordinated response to global trade imbalances. Translation: China's persistent trade surpluses are a global problem. In April, Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the IMF, said the following:…...

7+ hour, 58+ min ago  (654+ words) Wealthy countries topped their $100 billion annual climate finance goal for poorer nations for the third straight year in 2024, the OECD said Thursday, but questions are growing over their ability to meet a new larger pledge. Developed nations had long fallen…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (419+ words) Conservative MP Michael Chong said Wednesday that he has shown "solidarity" with Taiwan by visiting the democratic island after China warned against such a trip. Chong, who has previously criticized Beijing over alleged human rights abuses, said that he was…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (952+ words) Support for legal recognition of animal sentience is growing in Canada. But experts say that recognition is not enough to change how animals are treated. In April, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May presented a petition to the House of Commons…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (238+ words) 'We clearly reiterated that the people of Greenland are not for sale and that Greenlanders have the right to self-determination'...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (325+ words) The United States on Monday suspended cooperation with Canada in a 86-year-old joint defence advisory body, in the latest disruption of ties between the two neighbours. U. S. Undersecretary of Defense Elbridge Colby said in a post on X that the Pentagon…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (768+ words) Chinese and U. S. leaders Xi Jinping and Donald Trump concluded a summit in Beijing with some symbolic wins that made for good optics domestically but produced few substantive agreements, analysts said. Trump touted new "fantastic trade deals," and Xi called it…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago  (662+ words) Politics is a bruising business at the best of times. But some parts of it are uglier than others. Last weekend, federal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith unexpectedly lost his bid to become the Ontario Liberal candidate in a Toronto-area riding. For…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (808+ words) Britain's revolving-door leadership era is fuelling fears the country is becoming increasingly difficult to govern For years, under long-serving leaders such as Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair, the worst mid-term challenge a British prime minister might face was a rowdy…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (428+ words) New Zealand will change the law to prevent lawsuits that seek to hold companies liable for "climate change damage" linked to greenhouse gas emissions, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said on Tuesday. Goldsmith cited a lawsuit launched by Indigenous Maori climate…...