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US president posts warning on social media after Canada PM Trudeau slammed ‘dumb’ trade war.US President Donald Trump has warned Canada that he will escalate his trade war after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced retaliatory tariffs on US goods. Trump’s 25-percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, prompting Trudeau to announce retaliatory tariffs on more than $100bn of American goods that will take effect over 21 days. The US president responded on Truth Social, the social media platform he owns, saying: “Please explain to Governor Trudeau, of Canada, that when he puts on a Retaliatory…

Who: Benfica vs BarcelonaWhat: UEFA Champions League round of 16 first legWhere: Estadio de Luz, Lisbon, PortugalWhen: Wednesday, March 5 at 8pm (20:00 GMT) Follow Al Jazeera Sport’s live text and photo commentary stream. Five-time winners Barcelona visit Lisbon to face Benfica on Wednesday in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie. Barca have not won the competition since 2015 but finished second in the group stage and are among the favourites to lift the trophy. Benfica have reached the final on seven occasions but have only lifted the trophy twice – in 1961 and 1962.…

President Donald Trump will “probably” announce tariff compromise deals with Canada and Mexico soon, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Tuesday. The potential agreements would likely involve scaling back at least part of Trump’s brand new 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, he added.Lutnick’s comments came minutes after the U.S. stock market limped to a close for a second day of sharp declines, spurred at least in part by investors’ fears that Trump’s aggressive policies will ignite a crippling trade war.The compromise with Canada and Mexico will likely be revealed as soon as Wednesday, Lutnick said on “Fox Business.”Read…

A Southwest Airlines aircraft at a gate at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, Feb. 16, 2023.Jordan Vonderhaar | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSouthwest Airlines is closing two flight attendant bases amid its cost-cutting push that has also led to its first mass layoffs in its more than 50 years of flying.The airline is closing the satellite bases at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and at Texas’ Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, according to a flight attendant union memo.”While the Company is within its rights to make this decision, it is not without impact on Flight Attendants,” said TWU Local 556 President Bill Bernal.He…

In Sherani, teachers mark attendance but rarely show up, leaving students to navigate a broken education system alone. Imagine walking into a school with classrooms closed, teachers absent and students busy in play. This situation is synonymous with the word Sherani, which is home to nearly 0.2 million residents, of whom 39.34 % are children under the age of 10. During 2024, I visited ‘Government Public Middle School for Boys, Killi Nikkan’ multiple times to entreat teachers to ensure their presence. In every visit, I encountered students alone, saying that three out of eleven teachers come three days a week, that too between…

In January, Toyota said its mobility software subsidiary “Woven by Toyota” was investing $44 million into Japanese rocket maker Interstellar Technologies. Rival Honda has been developing a proprietary reusable rocket since 2019 to launch low-earth orbit satellites to space. Chinese automaker Geely Holding Group, a Tesla competitor, has invested $326 million to manufacture its own satellites.”What are those satellites going to be used for and what are they already being used for?” said Micah Walter-Range, president of consulting firm Caelus Partners. “Some of it is for improving navigation services for cars. Some of it’s for mapping. If you think about…

Autoworkers at Nissan’s Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant in Tennessee, June 6, 2022. The plant employs more than 7,000 people and produces a variety of vehicles, including the Leaf EV and Rogue crossover.Michael Wayland / CNBCDETROIT — Roughly a third of vehicle production in North America could be cut by next week as a result of President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada, as automakers attempt to mitigate increased costs and buyers hold off on purchasing new cars and trucks.That lost production would equate to roughly 20,000 units per day, according to a new analysis from prominent data and…

Listen to article Security forces successfully foiled a major terrorist attack on Bannu Cantonment in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, killing at least six terrorists, according to security sources on Tuesday. The attempted assault involved suicide bombers from the militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), who drove two explosive-laden vehicles into the perimeter of the cantonment, triggering massive explosions. Despite facing stiff resistance, the attackers attempted to breach the cantonment’s perimeter by ramming the vehicles into the compound’s walls. However, security forces at various entry points neutralised six terrorists and apprehended several others before they could cause further damage. The explosion from the bomb-laden vehicles caused significant…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he wants to “make things right” with President Donald Trump to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine after the US leader suspended military aid to Kyiv. Zelenskyy on Tuesday said his clash with the US president last week was “regrettable” and called for a partial truce as a first step to securing an end to Russia’s three-year-long war. “Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than Ukrainians. My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump’s strong…

The new Bitcoin token is photographed on U.S. $100 bills.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesCrypto reversed most of its losses Tuesday afternoon, with the price of bitcoin climbing back toward the key $90,000 level.The flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by nearly 2.5% at $87,883.49, according to Coin Metrics, and off its all-time high by 19%. Ether rose about 2% to about $2,100 after earlier dropping to a November 2023 low.Ripple-related XRP and Cardano’s ADA, two of the smaller-cap coins mentioned in Trump’s surprise announcement, rose 4% and 9%, respectively. Solana’s SOL token was in the red but trading off…