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Trump says he will discuss Taiwan arms sales during summit with China’s Xi

12 May 2026 at 01:44
President Donald Trump said he will discuss U.S. arms sales to Taiwan with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a meeting this week, a move that risks undermining America’s longstanding support for the island. Read More

China says it’s looking for ‘more stability and certainty’ from Trump-Xi meeting

By: AFP
12 May 2026 at 00:59
BEIJING -- Beijing said on Monday it was ready to work with the United States in pursuit of "more stability" and confirmed that Donald Trump will visit China this week, the first U.S. president to do so since 2017. Read More

Frustrated Trump learns he doesn’t have all the cards in Iran war

By: AFP
11 May 2026 at 23:57
WASHINGTON -- One of President Donald Trump's favourite metaphors is that he's got the cards -- that through the might of the United States and his own acumen he can overpower any adversary. Read More

NATO ‘could never be more important than it is today,’ Anand says amid meeting with EU

By: AFP
11 May 2026 at 23:22
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The "resilient" NATO alliance can weather criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump and remains crucial to underpinning Western security in the face of Russia, Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand said Monday. Read More

Scott Stinson: Nate Erskine-Smith’s race to challenge Doug Ford crashes at the first hurdle. Will he stay on as an MP?

11 May 2026 at 22:02
On Friday evening, just before he had hoped to secure the Liberal nomination for a provincial byelection in Scarborough Southwest, Nate Erskine-Smith posted a video to his social media feeds that did not leave a lot of room for interpretation of his future plans. Read More

Steven Guilbeault evasive about political future after criticizing major projects reform

11 May 2026 at 19:34
OTTAWA — Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault, a former federal environment minister, remained evasive about his political future after starkly criticizing his government’s new proposal to speed up Canada’s regulatory process for major projects. Read More

John Ivison: Carney may finally be unhitching Liberals from Guilbeault’s hardcore eco-activism

11 May 2026 at 19:25
Building at speeds not seen in generations, as per Mark Carney’s oft-repeated election pledge, has been less hypersonic than the prime minister might have wished. Read More

Conservatives, NDP voice common concerns about extending MAID to the mentally ill

11 May 2026 at 19:09
OTTAWA — The Conservatives and NDP sit on opposite sides of the spectrum, but they're voicing similar concerns about the trajectory of Canada's medical assistance in dying (MAID) regime. Read More

Is Canada’s boycott of U.S. travel thawing? April data showed a surprising trend

11 May 2026 at 18:03
In a rare reversal to a year-long trend, Statistics Canada found that return arrivals by Canadians, both from the United States and the rest of the world, increased in April over the same month in 2025. It was the first year-over-year increase in those numbers in more than a year. Read More
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