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Canada Imposes 50 Percent Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Goods as Trade Conflict Deepens

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government announced 50 percent tariffs on more than $27 billion of U.S. imports, targeting key American industries in retaliation for recent protectionist measures by the Trump administration that have strained economic ties between the two countries.
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Chinese Humanoid Robot Sets 100-Meter Sprint Record at Beijing Games
Brazil Fines ByteDance $30 Million and Orders Deletion of Children’s Data
CIA Director John Ratcliffe Makes Unannounced Visit to Moscow for Secret Intelligence Talks
Spain Seeks Emergency EU Funding After Surge of 70,000 Migrants Into Ceuta
Canada Imposes 50 Percent Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Goods as Trade Conflict Deepens
United States Threatens Secondary Sanctions Over Iran Trade as China Warns of Retaliation
Russian Missile Strikes Across Kyiv Kill at Least 14 People and Wound Dozens
Turnbull Warns AUKUS Could Leave Australia Without Promised Nuclear Submarines
California Billionaires Pour More Than $150 Million Into Fight Over Proposed Wealth Tax
German Broadcaster Goes Dark to Warn AfD Could End Its Saxony-Anhalt Service
United States Consumer Confidence Falls for Second Straight Month as Inflation and Labor Concerns Persist
United States Immigration Arrests Surpass Fifty Thousand in July as Deportation Campaign Intensifies
Treasury Department Expands Iran Sanctions With Threat of Financial Exclusion for Foreign Businesses
Trump Administration Proposes More Than One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fee for New H-1B Visas
Trump Administration Prepares to Revoke Visas for Up to Two Hundred Thousand Asylum Seekers
Canada Announces Fifty Percent Retaliatory Tariffs on United States Goods as North American Trade Conflict Escalates
United States Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration Executive Order Restricting Mail-In Voting to Move Forward Ahead of Midterm Elections
Hedge Fund Leaders Criticize Treasury Bond Buyback Strategy as Debt Markets Shift
House Republican Campaign Chairman Faces Ethics Complaint Over Use of Floor Recordings
California Governor Gavin Newsom Sues Trump Administration Over Mail-In Voting Order
U.S. Military Carries Out Lethal Strike on Vessel in Eastern Pacific
Pro-Israel Democrats Gain Key House Foreign Affairs Committee Posts Despite Progressive Opposition
Justice Department Says Kennedy Center Needs Trump-Backed Renovation Plan to Avoid Financial Collapse
U.S. Immigration Agents Expand Detention and Electronic Monitoring of Haitian Migrants in Ohio
Federal Judge Clears Path for U.S. to End Temporary Protected Status for More Than Five Thousand Ethiopians
U.S. Sanctions International Criminal Court Leaders in Escalation Over Legal Scrutiny
Pentagon Reviews U.S. Military Presence in Persian Gulf After Iranian Strikes
U.S. Justice Department Unseals Cyber Espionage Charges Against Seventeen Linked to Iranian Hackers
Trump Administration Plans to Revoke Visas for About Two Hundred Thousand Asylum Seekers
Trump Administration Moves to Permanently Impose One Hundred Thousand Dollar H-1B Visa Fee
Canada Imposes Fifty Percent Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Goods as Trade Conflict Escalates
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United States Removes Syria From State Sponsors of Terrorism List After Years of Isolation
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