Politics

Trump’s bluster and border arrests cool Canadians’ appetite for U.S. tourism

April 29, 2025

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Diana and Rick Bellamy initially planned to take a Caribbean cruise out of Houston before heading to Laurel, Mississippi, to visit the home of one of their favorite HGTV shows, “Home Town.” The Calgary couple scrapped those plans and vacationed last month along Mexico’s Pacific coast instead, put off by […]

FBI, state police raid homes of pro-Palestine activists in Michigan

April 29, 2025

Pro-Palestinian protestors at the University of Michigan Encampment led by the TAHRIR Coalition. Since November 17, 2023, over 50 demonstrators have been arrested at the behest of the University Board of Regents and State Attorney General Dana Nessel. YPSILANTI, MI—FBI agents and Michigan State Police conducted early morning raids this week targeting pro-Palestinian activists in […]

Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching in the federal election campaign

April 29, 2025

April 18: Poilievre pledges to reverse the ban on plastic straws and grocery bags, and to overturn the former Liberal government's plan to phase out certain single-use plastic products by 2030. Poilievre says that will save Canadians money and help restaurants and grocers do business. April 19: Poilievre says he would give judges the ability […]

Trump has lowest 100-day approval rating in 80 years: POLL

April 29, 2025

Majorities of voters disapprove of many of Trump's policies, the poll found. President Donald Trump talks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 23, 2025. President Donald Trump talks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 23, 2025. President Donald Trump talks to […]

Trump says he fears Putin ‘may be tapping me along’ after Zelenskyy meeting

April 29, 2025

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have sat down for a face-to-face talk in the opulent halls of a Vatican basilica to discuss a possible ceasefire, after which the US president accused his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, of not wanting to “stop the war”. The White House described Trump’s meeting with the Ukrainian leader before Pope […]

Utopia or extinction: The space visions driving Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk; Starlink; SpaceX; Blue Origin

April 29, 2025

Save Log in , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size What if life in space felt like life on a Hawaiian island, with the […]

Marriage registrations down in China in Q1 amid demographic, perception changes

April 29, 2025

China recorded 1.81 million marriage registrations in the first quarter of this year, marking an 8 percent drop from the same period in 2024, according to data from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. After nine consecutive years of decline, China's marriage registration numbers saw a brief rebound in 2023. However, the downward trend resumed in […]

Putin Says Kursk Taken Back, General Admits Deploying North Korean Troops

April 29, 2025

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Moscow has claimed its forces have retaken the Kursk region, but Kyiv has denied any such gains. Meanwhile, […]

Zelenskyy says Ukraine cannot accept US recognition of Crimea as Russian

April 29, 2025

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine could not accept US recognition of Russia’s annexation of Crimea as he visited South Africa, while both he and Donald Trump criticised a deadly missile and drone attack on Kyiv. Though he did not mention Crimea – the contested Black Sea peninsula occupied by Russia since spring 2014 – by name, […]

Trade War Is Diverting USA Petroleum Gas Cargoes Away From China

April 29, 2025

The diversions show the disruption to supply chains caused by the trade fight between the U.S. and China. Multiple carriers of petroleum-based gases traveling from the US to China have begun diverting to other countries due to the intensifying trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Four cargoes of propane have shifted their routes […]