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As US-Canada tensions flare, who’s calling the shots in Trump’s trade team? 31 August 2026 at 13:00

As US-Canada tensions flare, who’s calling the shots in Trump’s trade team?

31 August 2026 at 13:00

US trade representative Jamieson Greer has a level-headed reputation but commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and White House adviser Peter Navarro also have key roles

Having reportedly read Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, in French, during a military tour of duty in Iraq, Jamieson Greer considered himself an unlikely target for accusations of francophobia.

But Donald Trump’s US trade representative, hitherto one of the president’s less high-profile cabinet members, found himself in that uncomfortable position amid the acrimonious collapse of bilateral trade talks with Canada that now threatens to degenerate into an all-out trade war between the two close trading partners whose economies are tightly intertwined.

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Ontario premier answers Trump's 'Lake America' with giant 'Lake Ontario' sign 30 August 2026 at 18:37

Ontario premier answers Trump's 'Lake America' with giant 'Lake Ontario' sign

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By: Rob Gillies · Associated Press

30 August 2026 at 18:37

The 24-by-12-foot sign stands on 6-foot legs, putting its top about 18 feet above the ground — roughly two stories high.

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Arms and the £5m man: Farage megadonor Christopher Harborne’s military empire 30 August 2026 at 08:00

Arms and the £5m man: Farage megadonor Christopher Harborne’s military empire

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By: Tom Burgis

30 August 2026 at 08:00

Reform UK denies donor and crypto-billionaire’s global interests in arms and military could present a conflict of interest over its defence spending policy

As he struggles with questions about the millions he has received from the billionaire Christopher Harborne, Nigel Farage has made no secret of his enthusiastic support for the industry that made part of his benefactor’s fortune – cryptocurrency. The Reform UK leader even urged the governor of the Bank of England to drop a crypto policy that may be costly for Harborne.

But another element of Harborne’s business interests could prove still more consequential if it shapes Farage’s positions. There appears to be no precedent for a major UK donor who is so entwined with the military.

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Untested in court, Trump's new tariffs on Canada raise legal questions 29 August 2026 at 18:58

Untested in court, Trump's new tariffs on Canada raise legal questions

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By: Paul Wiseman · Associated Press

29 August 2026 at 18:58

The president's Section 338 tariff authority has never been used, let alone tested in court.

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‘If it’s made in the US, I don’t buy it’: Canadians on boycotting Trump’s America 29 August 2026 at 15:02

‘If it’s made in the US, I don’t buy it’: Canadians on boycotting Trump’s America

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By: Jane Clinton

29 August 2026 at 15:02

Avoiding US goods and services – from tech to whisky to air travel – has forced many to find a new way of living

For William McDonald, 38, a diesel mechanic from Thunder Bay, Ontario, “Canadian is always the first choice,” even if it means his weekly bills are higher.

“As soon as Trump started putting those tariffs on in February [last year], I started boycotting US goods,” he said. “Avoiding American products has driven my costs up, and I’m still happy to do it.

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Was it a mistake for 99 Colombian guerrillas to lay down their arms? 29 August 2026 at 13:00

Was it a mistake for 99 Colombian guerrillas to lay down their arms?

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By: Daniela Díaz in Valle del Guamuez and Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro

29 August 2026 at 13:00

Fighters in legal limbo after accepting ‘total peace’ plan of Petro government just days before hardliner Abelardo De la Espriella took over

In mid-June, 99 guerrilla fighters were flown by helicopter to a small settlement in a rural area of southern Colombia where they lined up and, one by one, handed their weapons to government officials: rifles, pistols, machine guns and grenade launchers.

They also stripped off their heavy tactical vests, field packs and camouflage uniforms, which were each piled into a bonfire to mark the beginning of a new life away from an armed conflict that has claimed nearly half a million lives in the last six decades.

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Was it a mistake for 99 Colombian guerrillas to lay down their arms? 29 August 2026 at 13:00

Was it a mistake for 99 Colombian guerrillas to lay down their arms?

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By: Daniela Díaz in Valle del Guamuez and Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro

29 August 2026 at 13:00

Fighters in legal limbo after accepting ‘total peace’ plan of Petro government just days before hardliner Abelardo De la Espriella took over

In mid-June, 99 guerrilla fighters were flown by helicopter to a small settlement in a rural area of southern Colombia where they lined up and, one by one, handed their weapons to government officials: rifles, pistols, machine guns and grenade launchers.

They also stripped off their heavy tactical vests, field packs and camouflage uniforms, which were each piled into a bonfire to mark the beginning of a new life away from an armed conflict that has claimed nearly half a million lives in the last six decades.

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