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MENA Newswire, OTTAWA: Canada and South Korea signed a new memorandum of understanding on industrial collaboration that places the automotive sector, electric vehicles and batteries at the center of a broadened bilateral agenda, with both governments saying the deal is

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: The European Union is looking to increase liquefied natural gas supplies from Qatar, Canada and North African countries as senior officials warn that Europe’s growing reliance on U.S. LNG has become a vulnerability in the bloc’s energy mix. EU Energy Commissioner Dan

MENA Newswire, WASHINGTON: International travel to the United States softened in 2025 as several major inbound markets posted lower volumes, with government and industry data showing year over year declines during key months and weaker performance from some of the

MENA Newswire, LOS ANGELES: Ben Affleck has come under sustained scrutiny following recent public remarks in which he downplayed the creative capabilities and economic impact of artificial intelligence on the film and television industry. While Affleck characterized AI as a

MENA Newswire, TORONTO: Toronto mounted a major cleanup on Monday after a winter storm delivered the largest single day snowfall recorded in the city, burying neighbourhood streets, disrupting transit and forcing widespread flight cancellations as crews worked to restore normal

MENA Newswire, OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Jan. 26 announced a package of food affordability measures centered on a temporary increase to the federal GST credit, which the government is rebranding as the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit.

DAVOS: U.S. President Donald Trump publicly rebuked Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney this week after Carney’s World Economic Forum speech described a breakdown in the rules-based international system and warned against the use of economic leverage by major powers. Trump’s

MENA Newswire, OTTAWA: Canada’s annual inflation rate rose to 2.4% in December, up from 2.2% in November, as some year-over-year comparisons were pushed higher by the absence of a temporary GST/HST exemption that had lowered certain prices a year earlier,

WASHINGTON: The United States has imposed a 25% tariff on a narrow range of advanced computing chips, including Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence processor, under a presidential proclamation that cites national security concerns tied to semiconductor supply chains. The measure, signed

MENA Newswire, WASHINGTON: The United States will suspend the processing of immigrant visa applications for nationals of 75 countries starting Jan. 21, the State Department said, citing public assistance concerns under longstanding “public charge” standards used in immigration adjudications. The