Tariffs will harm America, not induce a manufacturing rebirth

Editor’s note: On February 1st Donald Trump imposed tariffs of 25% on most goods imported from Canada and Mexico, and 10% on ...

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Tariffs will spark retaliation, not a manufacturing renaissance

MORE THAN 90 years ago Franklin Delano Roosevelt surveyed the wreckage of the Great Depression. He pointed to one of its caus...

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Trump unmasks American selfishness, say cynics

THESE ARE happy, “I told you so” times for foreign-policy cynics. In many world capitals the inauguration of an America First...

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Catch up:Trump threatens EU tariffs; Israel sends aid to Gaza and troops to the West Bank

Donald Trump said he would hit the European Union with tariffs, a day after he threatened a 25% levy on goods coming into Ame...

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Catch up:AI giants join forces in America; Israel launches “military operation” in the West Bank

OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle will form a massive joint venture, dubbed Stargate, to fund American artificial-intelligence infr...

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Catch up:Israeli raids in the West Bank; Trump’s orders face lawsuits

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, said his country had launched a “large-scale and significant military operation”...

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Catch up:Trump urges Putin to end Ukraine war; Israeli aid enters Gaza

Donald Trump threatened Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, with “high levels of taxes, tariffs and sanctions” if he does not...

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Donald Trump’s America will not become a tech oligarchy

WHAT NATION can you fit into the Capitol Rotunda? Answer: somewhere between a Portugal and a Thailand. Each country’s total h...

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High-tech antidotes for snake bites

THE BITE of a black mamba (pictured) causes respiratory muscular paralysis. And death. Disturb a Russell’s viper and the enco...

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In the race to lead Canada, handling Trump is the biggest issue

The sprint to succeed Justin Trudeau as the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party has begun. Five candidates have entered the race...

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