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How a Small Violin Part Highlights Bigger Problems for the Global Economy

A family business in Ottawa that makes special shoulder rests for violins is imperiled by both Trump’s tariffs on Canada and potential Canadian retaliation.

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The Sudanese army says it has recaptured the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after almost two years...

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Flights start landing at Heathrow Airport after shutdown leads to travel chaos

What we're covering• Flights trickle into Heathrow: London’s Heathrow Airport is receiving some flights after it was completely shut down following a power outage due...

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Ukraine and Russia exchange attacks, hours after Trump-Putin call

CNN — Ukraine and Russia exchanged aerial assaults overnight, just hours after the Kremlin agreed to temporarily halt attacks on energy infrastructure targets, but stopped...

Business

For China, Billions of Dollars Are at Risk From a Widening War

The country found a home in the Middle East for its investments and growing markets for steel, electric vehicles and solar panels. Those are now...

Have a Montana License Plate in California? Officials Have an Eye on You.

Since 2018, Californians have bought luxury vehicles worth over $20 million in sales-tax-free Montana, exploiting a loophole that avoided millions of dollars in levies, an...

Energy Secretary Says Tankers Could Start Moving Soon

“We’re not too long, I think, before you will see more regular resumption of ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz,” Chris Wright said on...

‘Hoppers’ Ends Pixar’s Box Office Cold Streak for Originals

The animated film was No. 1 at the domestic box office, with about $46 million in ticket sales. On the downside, “The Bride!” appeared dead...

A Wink, a Nod or a Duck: The Secrets Behind Car Owners’ Secret Handshakes

It’s more than the Jeep Wave: Miatas can wink with their pop-up headlights, and Porsche owners have their own waves, but only for the right...

World

Humanitarian pressures grow as Cuba continues to struggle with energy shortages

Cuba’s humanitarian situation is worsening as fuel shortages deepen nearly a month after Washington took measures to block oil supplies from entering the Caribbean nation,...

Guns, fashionable clothes and death threats: How gangs in Haiti ensnare children

A 16-year-old Haitian boy has been talking about how he was lured into working for a criminal gang but then threatened with death when he...

‘Alarming increase’ in recruitment of children into gangs in Haiti

There has been an “alarming increase” in the number of children being recruited into gangs in Haiti with “devastating consequences” for children, families and society...

Proposed amnesty law offers political prisoners in Venezuela an ‘opportunity’

A draft amnesty law in Venezuela aimed at granting immediate clemency to people jailed for participating in political protests or criticizing public figures, has been...

Keeping ‘hope alive for younger generations’ in Haiti as funding falters

Haiti is facing one of the world’s most acute humanitarian crises, driven by escalating gang violence, political paralysis, and deep economic distress.

Cuba: UN warns of possible humanitarian ‘collapse’, as oil supplies dwindle

The UN on Wednesday warned of potential humanitarian “collapse” in Cuba, following Washington’s attempt to block oil supplies from reaching the island.