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Trump halts tariff threat against Canada as trade agreement emerges
Donald Trump postponed a threatened 50% tariff on Canadian goods just hours before it was due to take effect, announcing that the United States and Canada had reached a deal in principle pending finalisation of documents. The three-day pause averted an immediate levy on nearly $20bn (£14.8bn; C$28bn) of Canadian imports and followed intensive negotiations,…
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French civil servant drugged us to make us urinate on ourselves, say accusers
Nearly 250 women have accused a senior French civil servant, Christian Nègre, of drugging them during job interviews at the Ministry of Culture in Paris between 2009 and 2018, allegedly to make them lose control of their bladder in public. The case has drawn comparisons with the Gisèle Pelicot trial, which brought the concept of…
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Nestory Irankunda says Pauline Hanson’s Socceroos monocultural claim made ‘us boys angry’
Socceroos forward Nestory Irankunda has revealed that Pauline Hanson’s claim the Australian men’s football team represented a “monocultural Australia” angered and upset players during this year’s World Cup. The One Nation leader made the remark after Australia beat Turkey in their opening group match, prompting criticism from squad members who felt her comments misrepresented the…
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Why your 101 calls to South Yorkshire Police will no longer be answered by a human
101 receives ridiculous calls about delayed pizza deliveries, slow pub service and requests for a lift, police say.
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How to solve Carnivorous Plants Puzzle #2 in Disney Dreamlight Valley Parks Floating Festival event
A guide from Destructoid explains how players can complete the “Carnivorous Plants Puzzle #2” challenge in Disney Dreamlight Valley’s Parks Floating Festival event, which requires upgrading the Royal Watering Can and dealing with aggressive plants. The event, like others in the game, gives players only a vague image hint, making outside guides necessary to progress…
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‘Coyote vs Acme’ movie review: the nearly-cancelled ‘Looney Tunes’ comedy is appropriately hilarious and decidedly anti-monopoly
The nearly cancelled film is a triumph. The post ‘Coyote vs Acme’ movie review: the nearly-cancelled ‘Looney Tunes’ comedy is appropriately hilarious and decidedly anti-monopoly first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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South Korea shortens war games with US citing Washington request
South Korea has cut short its annual Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercises with the United States by six days, following a request from Washington. Seoul’s defence ministry confirmed the change came at the “proposal of the US side”, after Donald Trump announced plans to scale back joint drills, pointing to his rapport with North Korean…
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Canada secures brief reprieve from impending 50% US tariff
Canada secured a three-day pause on a threatened 50% US tariff after Donald Trump announced late on Tuesday that the two countries had reached a deal “subject to the finalisation of documents.” The reprieve came just hours before the tariff hike, which would have hit around $20bn worth of Canadian exports including wine and hockey…
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Iranian academic writes of US detention ‘hell’ over link to 1979 hostage crisis
An Iranian-born academic detained by US immigration authorities in Texas has accused the government of “bloodline punishment” after her family’s green cards were revoked over her husband’s family ties to Iran’s 1979 hostage crisis. Maryam Tahmasebi, a psychology and statistics professor in Los Angeles, along with her husband Seyed Eissa Hashemi and their teenage son,…
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QUENTIN LETTS: Chilling threats from Putin, a bloated welfare bill and a deepening small boats crisis… but Andy’s at a bus depot like the Mayor of Trumpton
Quentin Letts’s parliamentary sketch criticises Prime Minister Andy Burnham for a lacklustre response to a month in office marked by serious international and domestic pressures, including Russian military build-up near Nato borders, the collapse of the Iran-US ceasefire, and Reform UK and Conservative policy announcements on welfare and Net Zero. Letts draws a historical parallel…