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President Donald Trump and the United States could not have bargained for this: France has virtually severed links from the American security net and has refused to kowtow to the capricious President, announcing its strategic independence.

NEW YORK: Canada has found a unique way to fight the 25% tariffs slapped by the US President Donald Trump even as Trump put on hold for a month the tariffs that were to come into effect and Canadians were stung emotionally by Trump's remarks that Canada could become the 51st state of the United States.

There are decades when weeks happen and weeks when decades happen, goes an aphorism misattributed to Vladimir Lenin.

How is China, the second largest economic and military power of the world after the United States is planning to confront the second term U.S. President Donald Trump’s resurgence disrupting the so long established global order to impose his total domination on international politics? Every political analyst is looking at the current deliberations of the National People’s Congress of China which began its week long session in Beijing on March 5.

Almost seventy per cent of those killed in the Gaza war are women and children. The obvious purpose of this specified carnage has been to destroy the present and also the future of Gaza. Women are to preserve the life while children are the builders of the basics that create future. The aggressive forces have known the reality and destroyed it barbarically. Even schools, hospitals and maternity homes have been crushed to dust.

TORONTO: Canadians are calling BS on Donald Trump’s claims that his trade war is about fentanyl or stopping illegal border crossings. From coast to coast to coast, the labor and people’s movements say they see it for what it is: pure economic aggression.

The world celebrates International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025 annually on March 8. This year’s theme is “For all women and girls: Rights-Equality-Empowerment”. The commemoration celebrates the leadership and creativity of women and girls in advancing sustainable and inclusive development, with a focus on the green and digital economies. The purpose of IWD is to advocate for gender equality and to call for action that will create a more equitable world for women and girls. It is a day when women worldwide are recognized for their achievements irrespective of divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political.

The world has barely emerged from the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis that ravaged economies, disrupted supply chains, and sent financial markets into turmoil. Just as nations are striving to rebuild, another storm is brewing—one that threatens to be more insidious and longer-lasting than the pandemic itself. The economic virus known as the Trumpian tariff has begun its disruptive march, casting a pall over global trade and economic stability. The tremors are already evident; markets are reacting with unease, businesses are recalibrating their strategies, and governments are bracing for impact. The world is witnessing a chaotic and unpredictable shift in economic diplomacy, engineered by a leader who treats international trade like a high-stakes game of power and dominance.

Abdullah Ocalan, founder leader of The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) made a historic call from İmralı prison where he is being held in near total isolation since 1999 to his party to lay down its arms, dissolve itself and end its decades-long conflict with the Turkish state. PKK responded very positively to the call of its imprisoned leader by announcing a unilateral ceasefire with Turkey.

LONDON: David Leonhardt has written a detailed article for the New York Times arguing that the Danish Social Democrats and their leader, Mette Frederiksen, could be a model for the center left throughout Europe and North America: “Over the past several years, there is arguably not a single high-income country where a center-left party has managed to enact progressive policies and win re-election — with the exception of Denmark.”