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Today — 7 April 2025Main stream

Amid Trump’s Threats, Canada’s Conservative Leader Faces Uncertainty in National Election

6 April 2025 at 22:36
Just two months ago, Pierre Poilievre seemed destined to become Canada’s next prime minister. But his double-digit polling lead vanished with President Trump’s threat to annex Canada.

© Cole Burston for The New York Times

Pierre Poilievre greeting supporters during his campaign launch for the Canadian federal election, in Manotick, a community in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on March 23.

Trump, Tariffs and Carney: Canada Polls Show Liberals With Early Election Lift

6 April 2025 at 22:55
The Liberal Party, which not long ago seemed destined to crash in federal elections under Justin Trudeau, is experiencing a reversal of fortune. Here’s what a close review of polls shows.

© Cole Burston for The New York Times

Support signs for the Liberal Party of Canada, in the windows of a house in the community of Manotick, in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Trump Envoy Visits Lebanon Amid Fears Over a Shaky Cease-Fire

5 April 2025 at 18:21
Morgan Ortagus, President Trump’s deputy Middle East envoy, met with senior officials as tensions with Israel threaten the truce.

© Mohamed Azakir/Reuters

Morgan Ortagus, the U.S. deputy envoy for the Middle East, center, meeting with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam of Lebanon in Beirut on Saturday.

Trump Treats European Allies as a Cash Cow

5 April 2025 at 17:03
President Trump has shown a willingness to fracture the trans-Atlantic alliance with his tariffs and demands for higher military spending.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

President Trump’s antagonism toward Europe has been public for decades.

Surprising Allies for Syria’s New Leaders: Some Jews Who Fled Long Ago

5 April 2025 at 17:03
A group of Jews who left Syria decades ago wants sanctions relief for a government with former ties to Al Qaeda, despite wariness from other Jewish groups and from Israel.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

Henry Hamra, a Syrian Jew, in a meeting with lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday. Mr. Hamra is working with Syrian American advocacy groups in lobbying the United States to lift sanctions.

‘I Hope Trump Won’t Deceive Us’: Ukrainians Are Wary of U.S. Minerals Deal

In a major mining region of Ukraine, President Trump’s proposal to collect profits from mineral wealth is meeting with a mix of skepticism and weary acceptance.

© Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times

Volodymyr Savytskyi, a geologist, says Ukraine should cut a deal that gives his country its “fair share.”

Trump Is Defiant as Tariff Moves Roil Markets a Second Day

By: Tony Romm
5 April 2025 at 03:44
After China announced new retaliatory measures against the United States, President Trump responded that Beijing “PLAYED IT WRONG.”

© Tom Brenner for The New York Times

President Trump defended his economic strategy Friday on his social media platform, Truth Social.

Trump Extends TikTok Deal Deadline, Delaying a Potential Ban

5 April 2025 at 02:54
The app was facing a Saturday deadline to change its ownership or face a ban in the United States.

© Juan Arredondo for The New York Times

An advertisement for TikTok in New York. The popular video app now has an additional 75 days to find a new owner.

The New Democratic Party That Pushed Canada to the Left Is Imperiled

4 April 2025 at 17:00
As Canada faces an election defined by President Trump’s threats, its progressive party, the New Democrats, finds itself losing support and confronting an existential crisis.

© Blair Gable/Reuters

Jagmeet Singh, the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, speaking in Ontario. Several public opinion polls show support for the New Democrats in the single digits.

E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against Elon Musk’s X

4 April 2025 at 20:50
European regulators are considering fining X more than $1 billion, after weighing the risks of further antagonizing Mr. Musk and President Trump.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

European authorities have been weighing how big a fine to issue X as they consider the risks of further antagonizing President Trump amid wider trans-Atlantic disputes over trade, tariffs and the war in Ukraine.

Australia’s Relationship with United States Gets a Second Look

4 April 2025 at 14:39
The country has doubled down on its defense relationship with the United States in recent years. President Trump’s treatment of allies is prompting some to question the wisdom of that path.

© Pool photo by Colin Murty

A U.S. submarine sailing off the coast of Western Australia in March.
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