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[ad_1] Canadian PM Mark Carney and opponent Pierre Poilievre In the Monday election, Mark Carney defeated Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre and officially became the Prime Minister of Canada. In this election, US President Donald Trump played an important role in influencing the votes. His constant threats, like making Canada a 51st State and tariffs, have put the question in front of voters regarding the new leader.The election results showed that the Canadian favoured Mark Carney over Pierre Poilievre. Here's what voters said about the leaders: A woman said, "I think who I voted for would be the best to take care of Trump."In Toronto, Reid Warren cast his Liberal vote, citing the party as the optimal choice during economic uncertainty."I don't think there is a better choice right now," he said, voting in Toronto. "I know people believe in […]

[ad_1] Canada PM Mark Carney (File Image) Mark Carney, who will stay on Canada's Prime Minister throne, claimed that US President Donald Trump is trying to break the country so that America can own them. In his remarks following his victory securing a full term, Carney said, "As I've been warning for months, America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country. Never. But these are not idle threats. President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us. That will never, ever happen."The former Bank of England governor emphasised his previous campaign remarks regarding the fundamental shift in Canadian-American diplomatic ties."We are over the shock of the American betrayal but we should never forget the lessons. We have to look out for ourselves. And above all we have to take care of each other,” CNN […]

[ad_1] Donald Trump (File photo) Donald Trump's return to the White House for a second presidential term has brought a whirlwind of administrative changes in his first 100 days, with his administration touting sweeping reforms which included 140 executive orders, 139,000 deportations, 280,000 federal job cuts, and tariffs as high as 145 per cent. Supporters highlight a surge in executive actions, aggressive immigration enforcement, workforce reductions, and a bold shift in trade policy. However, critics warn that the President’s use of power tests constitutional boundaries and threatens economic stability. Here are 100 days of Trump 2.0 in key numbers:140 executive orders in 100 daysSince January, Trump has signed approximately 140 executive orders, nearly eclipsing the 162 total issued by Joe Biden over four years. The scale and speed recall Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Depression-era governance.These actions include a sweeping crackdown on […]

[ad_1] File photo: Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform UK RUNCORN: Britain's hard-right anti-immigrant Reform UK party is seeking to prove it is a credible political force in local elections this week that will test the popularity of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer.Nigel Farage's upstart party is pushing to pick up scores of council and mayoral seats, as well as a parliamentary one. It is aiming to organise a serious grassroots-up challenge at the next general election, which is likely in 2029.Its rise comes as polls show Britons are increasingly disenchanted with the country's two establishment parties -- the traditionally centre-left Labour and the right-wing Conservative Party. At a UK parliamentary by-election on Thursday in Runcorn, an industrial town in northwest England, Reform is tipped to add to its small cohort of MPs, who achieved an unprecedented breakthrough in last year's […]

[ad_1] Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on massive blackout across Europe A massive power outage swept across the Iberian peninsula of Europe on Monday, paralysing cities, halting trains, grounding flights and cutting mobile signals. The massive blackout affected millions across countries including France, Belgium, Spain and Portugal. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called it “a complete collapse of the system” — something the country has “never” experienced before.Sánchez called it one of the worst power collapses in European history, stating in a national address, “We have never had a complete collapse of the system.”The power grid in Spain lost 15 gigawatts — a staggering 60% of national demand — in just five seconds on Monday evening, according to the Prime Minister.By 7 am on Tuesday, more than 99% of energy demand had been restored in Spain, Red Eléctrica, the country’s electricity […]

[ad_1] Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (Image: AP) ATLANTA: After leading Atlanta out of the COVID-19 pandemic and a coinciding crime spike, Mayor Andre Dickens believes he deserves a second term as the city soon hosts its most high-profile event since the 1996 Olympics. Dickens recently launched his reelection campaign with $1.4 million in the bank and support from Atlanta's business and political elite, including civil rights hero and former mayor Andrew Young and Jason Carter, Jimmy Carter's grandson. Atlanta's next mayor will preside as visitors flood the city for eight matches of the 2026 World Cup. No prominent challengers have emerged for the fall election. If that holds through candidate qualifying in August, Dickens' second mayoral bid could forgo the drama of 2021, when the then-city councilman won a surprise victory over two better-known rivals. Dickens says he's fulfilling promises […]

[ad_1] Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has won Canada’s federal election and will form the next government. While it’s not yet clear whether the party has secured an outright majority, projections confirm the Liberals will lead the next Parliament.Has the winner been declared?Shortly after 10:00 pm EDT (around 7:30 am IST), Canada’s public broadcaster CBC News projected that Mark Carney’s Liberal Party would secure enough seats to form the next government.While vote counting is still in progress, it remains uncertain whether the Liberals will reach the 172-seat threshold needed for a majority. Elections Canada is continuing to count ballots manually in the presence of witnesses, with final seat totals expected in the coming hours.Is Mark Carney already the Prime Minister?Carney, who was sworn in as Prime Minister on March 14 following Justin Trudeau’s resignation, will continue in office without the need […]

[ad_1] <p>Representative Image<br></p> Auerbachs Keller in Leipzig is one of the most famous restaurants in the world. Every year, 36,000 homemade beef roulades are eaten here. About 90,000 liters (190,000 pints) of beer and just as much wine are also served."We have around 300,000 guests a year, many of them from abroad," Tanja Pieper, spokeswoman and anniversary ambassador for the storied cellar restaurant, told DW.Even more impressive than the quantities consumed at the venue is the fact that, about 250 years ago, Auerbachs Keller partly inspired the first part of the great drama "Faust: A Tragedy," by the poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.The scene from "Faust" that takes place in the restaurant attracts Goethe admirers from all over the world to Leipzig to this day.Auerbach: A friend of Martin Luther'sDuring Easter 1525, Leipzig physician and university professor Heinrich Stromer von […]

[ad_1] UK Prince William has taken a step toward modernising the British monarchy by dropping the "no selfies" rule once set by his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.The Prince of Wales is making gradual changes to the traditional royal protocols to better fit the modern world.The 42-year-old heir to the throne has consistently shown his contemporary approach to royal duties, recently demonstrated by abolishing his grandmother's strict photography rule, which King Charles had previously upheld.According to the Express' royal editor Emily Ferguson, reflecting on his recent two-day visit to Estonia, she said, "William appears to be taking a new approach to public engagements.""On the first day of his trip, he fully embraced the crowds and appeared to revel in the dozens of requests for selfies, happily taking people's phones to take the snap himself," Emily added.The outlet observed that the […]

[ad_1] When Elon Musk launched the so-called Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE, a humorous reference to his flirtation with cryptocurrency, he asserted he would save taxpayers $2 trillion by cutting bureaucracy. Then it was $1 trillion. Now, it's $150 billion.But a recent Senate probe indicates that whatever cost savings Musk hasn't uncovered for the government, he may have secretly pocketed for himself, reported Rolling Stone. In a report issued on Monday, Democrats on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), chaired by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, put the estimated number of liabilities for Musk's businesses as of President Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration at least $2.37 billion stemming from 65 actual or threatened enforcement actions by 11 federal agencies.Senate Democrats reportedly said that, whereas the $2.37 billion estimate is a plausible, low-end estimate, it grossly undervalues the actual benefit Musk can […]