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Canada will keep in place its retaliatory tariffs against US-made products as long as President Donald Trump persists with a trade war, said Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister-designate.

 

Amid a flurry of last minute senate and judicial appointments, the Liberal government quietly announced Saturday it has signed an $8 billion implementation contract for the construction of the Royal Canadian Navy's new destroyers.

It is only the first step in the long-delayed process to replace the navy's aging frigates and the contract with Nova Scotia's Irving Shipbuilding is essentially a downpayment on only three of the highly sophisticated warships.

 

Support for the idea is highest in Alberta, at 15 per cent, and lowest in Atlantic Canada at just three per cent, with fewer than one-in-10 people in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia wanting it.

About 18 per cent of Conservative supporters said they want Canada to become a U.S. state, while 97 per cent of Liberal and NDP voters, and 94 per cent of Bloc supporters said they would not want that.

 

SASKATOON, March 8 (Reuters) - Like a growing number of formerly incarcerated Indigenous people, Marvin Starblanket's life is still governed by Correctional Service Canada rules.

They determine where he sleeps (a halfway house instead of at home with his partner and children), when he clocks in for the night (10 p.m.), whether he drinks alcohol (he is prohibited), and the job he pursues.

 

Russian authorities have chosen a bizarre way to express their gratitude to the mothers of soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine, gifting them meat grinders and flowers for International Women’s Day.

 

Earlier in the day, some 3,200 miles southeast of SpaceX’s Starbase launch site in Texas, another rocket, the Ariane 6, achieved a flawless mission on only its second flight, after lifting off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou in French Guiana.

 

SINGAPORE, March 3 (Reuters) - Bitcoin surged more than 20% from last week's lows on Monday and several other cryptocurrencies also rallied sharply after U.S. President Donald Trump raised the possibility of a new U.S. strategic reserve that would include a range of tokens.

 

PARIS, March 3 (Reuters) - France and Britain are proposing a partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine that would cover air, sea and energy infrastructure attacks but not include ground fighting, French President Emmanuel Macron and his foreign minister said.

 

“Our parents have always sought to honour the Taliban, so we wanted to give them the opportunity to explain their reasons for this detention. However, after more than three weeks of silence, we can no longer wait,” Entwistle told Times Radio.

 

London is ready to send its troops to Ukraine to secure a "good deal" on ending Russia's full-scale war, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said at a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on Feb. 27.

[–] CityPop -4 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Oh look, Andy Yen is a pro-Trump clown. Educate yourself before commenting next time.

https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/

 

The US has twice sided with Russia in votes at the UN to mark the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, highlighting the Trump administration's change of stance on the war.

[–] CityPop 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Why is Macron so stupid? Does he not understand by now that Trump supports Russia and not Europe.

 

Three empty buses have exploded on the southern edge of Tel Aviv in what Israeli police say is a "suspected terror attack". It happened in parking lots in the city of Bat Yam on Thursday night. There were no casualties. Devices on two other buses failed to explode, police said.

[–] CityPop 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Worried about politics/economy making your savings not enough? I would never feel like I would know how much I might need as things can change so fast.

[–] CityPop 18 points 3 weeks ago

They should update their motto to be “do evil”

[–] CityPop 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If anything I’d say Lemmy has better and more varied apps than Reddit did.

[–] CityPop 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Invest in Mlem now.

[–] CityPop 5 points 3 weeks ago
[–] CityPop 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And what are you going to do about it?

[–] CityPop 9 points 1 month ago

That’s a bit rich considering how openly China allows its manufacturing to happen.

[–] CityPop 8 points 1 month ago

What disgusting monsters Israel are.

[–] CityPop 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Trump destroying America and it alienating itself from its global allies and pushing its trade partners away with punitive tariffs will only drive them towards China.

China wanted Trump because he is a destructive force and will only hurt America, they and everyone else in the world can weather the tariffs for a few years.

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