Thursday, March 6th, 2025
U.S. Supreme Court upholds ruling ordering Trump administration to fulfil $2B in USAID contracts
Demonstrators hold signs on Feb. 27 in Washington, D.C., to honour former USAID employees terminated after the Trump administration initiated cuts to the agency. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) A divided U.S. Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to let President Donald Trump’s administration withhold payment to foreign aid organizations for work they already performed for the government, as the Republican president moves to pull the plug on American humanitarian projects around the world. In a 5-4 decision, the court upheld Washington-based U.S. District Judge Amir Ali’s order that had called on theRead more
Quebec, Ontario mayors shut out from White House annual meeting
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante travelled to Washington D.C. to attend an annual meeting at the White House. But this year, Canadian mayors were prevented from attending the meeting. (Ivanoh Demers/CBC) Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante and St. Catharines, Ont., Mayor Mat Siscoe have been excluded from an annual meeting with White House officials scheduled for Friday amid the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and Canada. The meeting, organized by the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, a bilateral coalition of over 244 municipal and regional mayors, will proceed as planned as part of theRead more
EU leaders back new defence spending after U.S. threatens to cut off support
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speak to the media at the outset of a European Union leaders special summit to discuss Ukraine and European defence in Brussels on Thursday. (Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters) European Union leaders on Thursday committed to working together to bolster the continent’s defences and to free up hundreds of billions of euros for security after U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated warnings that he would cut them adrift to face the threat of Russia alone. With the growing conviction that they will now have to fend forRead more
The U.S. has long been a target of Russia’s ire. Under Trump, the tone has changed
After U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his marathon speech to Congress Tuesday night, media outlets around the world pored over the messages, facts and falsehoods. In Russia, state media outlet RIA Novosti tracked how many times Trump referred to Vladimir Putin, comparing the speech to when U.S. President Joe Biden delivered his last State of the Union address in March 2024. The outlet pointed out that Biden mentioned the Russian president seven times, speaking about the need to “stop Putin” and “stand up to Putin.” Trump, on the other hand,Read more