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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.”

The U.S. President Donald Trump has fired his missile on Europe, especially, France, UK and Germany by suspending arms aid to Ukraine after categorically making it clear that President Zelensky has to agree to the peace and security deal proposed by Trump on Friday in the White House meeting. The deal is still on the table and only this deal and not all those proposed by EU members at the Sunday meeting in London would be considered.

Sometimes, history changes little by little, almost imperceptibly. Deep beneath the surface, major forces are at work, slowly shaping the future. But, on the surface, everything seems stable, as if nothing is changing. And, sometimes, it moves very fast, almost like a sudden Nor’wester. Pressure builds up over time, and then, all at once, some event of great magnitude happens—like an earthquake that shakes the ground. In these moments, everything seems to change instantly.

LONDON: Israel moved on Monday to scrap the existing ceasefire deal in Gaza and replace it with what it described as a new United States ceasefire plan. Tel Aviv is trying to force the new plan on Hamas by imposing a siege on the Gaza Strip.

NEW YORK: While many people were shocked by the bullying treatment meted out to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by Donald Trump and J.D. Vance in the Oval Office Friday, the whole humiliating show should have come as no surprise.

It appears that one of the Middle East’s most intractable conflicts might be nearing its end, and its ramifications will be felt far and wide, following the call for peace by PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan. For half a century, Kurdish militants have fought Türkiye for independence in the southeast of the country, which has claimed more than 40,000 lives and has rippled beyond Türkiye’s borders into Iran, Iraq, and Syria.