Mark Carney laments Canada’s lost friendship with US in visit to 9/11 town

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https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/116ebd8006fd9f8d767fcdd889c705f3db0fcb4e/0_167_5000_3002/master/5000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=83a11cfbf5510f39022d754c33e95d71Cana­di­an PM makes remarks on vis­it to New­found­land town that shel­tered US air­line pas­sen­gers after attacks Mark Car­ney has lament­ed Canada’s lost friend­ship with the Unit­ed States as he vis­it­ed the town that shel­tered thou­sands of strand­ed Amer­i­can air­line pas­sen­gers after the 9/11 attacks. The Cana­di­an prime minister’s vis­it to Gan­der, New­found­land, on the second…

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In Canada, I saw how Trump is ripping North America apart – and how hard its bond will be to repair | Andy Beckett

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https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1a3447df00c5509d087d870b7295b552e9492e85/0_2_3047_1829/master/3047.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=22a1024a1ae2c3f0b1586da83c0c3c96With the US pres­i­dent now warmer to Moscow than to Ottawa, it’s lit­tle sur­prise Cana­di­ans I met rolled their eyes at the decline of the spe­cial rela­tion­ship As wealthy but light­ly defend­ed coun­tries have often learned, being close to a much more pow­er­ful state – geo­graph­i­cal­ly or diplo­mat­i­cal­ly – can be a pre­car­i­ous exis­tence. All…

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U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Hit Sudanese Refugees Fleeing Violence and Famine in Darfur

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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/04/13/video/135922–18vid-trump-foreign-aid-sudan-refugees/135922–18vid-trump-foreign-aid-sudan-refugees-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgJust weeks after the U.S. gov­ern­ment sus­pend­ed its work in mas­sive for­eign aid cuts announced in Jan­u­ary, human­i­tar­i­ans say much of the dam­age to crit­i­cal pro­grams has already been done.

Komla Dumor Award celebrates 10 years with new edition — BBC Africa

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The BBC is now accept­ing appli­ca­tions for the 2025 BBC News Kom­la Dumor award, which cel­e­brates out­stand­ing jour­nal­ism in Africa. Now in its tenth year, the award hon­ours the lega­cy of Kom­la Dumor, the dis­tin­guished Ghana­ian broad­cast­er and for­mer BBC World News pre­sen­ter, who left a last­ing impact on audi­ences world­wide. He was renowned for…

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As Trump pivots to Russia, allies weigh sharing less intel with U.S. — NBC News

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As Trump piv­ots to Rus­sia, allies weigh shar­ing less intel with U.S.  NBC News ‘What the Hell Is Hap­pen­ing to Your Coun­try?’  The Atlantic Why some U.S. allies are reassess­ing intel­li­gence shar­ing with the Trump admin­is­tra­tion  MSNBC Amer­i­­ca-Led Spy Net­work Risks Col­lapse Over Trump-Rus­sia Fears  Newsweek Trump deep­ens NATO’s cri­sis of trust on shar­ing intel  POLITICO Europe

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