Canada to announce measures to protect workers as trade war with US deepens
• Aug 25, 2026, 1:27 PM
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As the US escalates its trade war with Canada, Ottawa is preparing to hit back. With new tariffs threatening its car industry, as well as a wave of other products, Canada has announced its finance, labor and industry will be announcing new countermeasures to protect workers whose jobs may be at risk.
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Beloved US country music icon Dolly Parton dies at 80
• 6:17 PM
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US singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist Dolly Parton died on Tuesday at the age of 80, her family said in a statement. The prolific songwriter released 49 studio albums, more than 100 compilation and collorabative albums, won 10 G
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Canada strikes back at Trump with retaliatory tariffs as US trade war escalates
• 4:15 PM
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Canada on Tuesday announced retaliatory tariffs on C$27.6 billion ($19.94 billion) worth of US goods, including steel and dairy products, in a dollar-for-dollar response to President Donald Trump's punitive tariffs on Canadian products. Ottawa also annou
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Canada's tariffs on US about 'sovereignty to get people on board' with trade war
• 3:51 PM
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As its trade war with the US deepens, Canada is imposing tariffs on US goods in retaliation for tariffs introduced in the past few days on its goods. Ottawa has also announced a multi-billion aid package for workers and has called on Canadians to buy loc
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Iran offers $10 million to kill Trump's son
• 3:44 PM
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Iranian state media has aired a video that appears to threaten the life of Barron Trump, US President Donald Trump's youngest son. Since the start of the war in February, Iranian media have on multiple occasions circulated content threatening the preside
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Replay: Canada announces countermeasures to new US tariffs
• 3:42 PM
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Rewatch as Canadian ministers lay out a series of countermeasures as its trade war with the US deepens after the Trump administration imposed new tariffs on Canadian goods.
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Anger mounts in Haiti as new attack shows power held by gang coalition
• 1:53 PM
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At least 47 people were killed in a farming community near Port-au-Prince after the area was attacked by a gang coalition. For the gang, the goal is to get their hands on a highly strategic area near the Haitian capital. But how could they have led such
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US economic D-Day sanctions: 'Repeated bombing attacks across Iran failed to change the calculus'
• 1:44 PM
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Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Imran Bayoumi, Deputy Director & Resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He sees the Trump administration’s new sanctions strategy toward Iran as an attempt to seek economic leverage where military force has so far fai
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Canada to announce measures to protect workers as trade war with US deepens
• 1:27 PM
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As the US escalates its trade war with Canada, Ottawa is preparing to hit back. With new tariffs threatening its car industry, as well as a wave of other products, Canada has announced its finance, labor and industry will be announcing new countermeasure
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With sanctions and tariffs, US bets on its economic power to get what it wants
• 1:25 PM
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The US has announced a new wave of sanctions on Iran and has promised to sanction any countries trading with it - including China. It also comes as the US deepens a trade war with its neighbour Canada. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.
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Haiti: Gang coalition unleashes violent new attack
• 10:52 AM
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At least 47 people were killed and 22 more injured in an overnight gang raid on a neighbourhood overlooking Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, the UN said on Monday, prompting anger over the lack of protection from repeated deadly attacks.
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In Haiti, dozens die in gang coalition attack on a farming community
• 8:47 AM
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A deadly gang attack on the village of Kenscoff in Haiti has left between 30 and 40 people dead. Located in the southeast of Port-au-Prince, the farming community that was targeted has a strategic position useful to armed groups. Over 3,000 people have d
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As Canada prepares to retaliate in the trade war, what pain can it inflict the US?
• 8:38 AM
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Canada said it will announce on August 25 its response to President Donald Trump's new tariffs, as neighbors that used to be close allies spiral into a trade war. This comes after representatives from both countries failed to come to an agreement that wo
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What to know about Trump's Canada tariffs and the escalating trade war
• 7:21 AM
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Canada plans to respond to US President Donald Trump's new tariffs on Tuesday, as the once close neighbouring allies spiral into a trade war. Ottawa and Washington failed to reach a deal on Friday to avert new 50 percent US tariffs on select Canadian goo
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Nevada wildfire forces tens of thousands to evacuate as blaze threatens city of Reno
• 2:45 AM
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Tens of thousands of people faced another night away from home on Monday as a wind-driven wildfire threatened Reno, Nevada, blanketing the city in smoke and closing schools. About 24,000 people remained under evacuation orders, down from more than 40,000
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Haiti gangs kill at least 47 people in attack near the capital
• 2:25 AM
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Gang members killed at least 47 people and wounded more than 22 near Haiti’s capital, the UN said on Monday. The victims were killed in an overnight attack in Kenscoff, in the hills above Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince.
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