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Pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan has won Romania’s closely watched presidential run-off against a hard-right nationalist, nearly complete electoral data shows. A huge turnout on Sunday played a key role in the tense election that many viewed as a geopolitical choice between East and West. The race pitted front-runner George …
Read More »When China and the U.S. fight, who wins?
Front Burner In order to understand Trump’s tariffs we take a look at their primary target, China, and examine why many in that country view this as a historic opportunity, and Donald Trump as a ‘revolutionary’ figure. CBC News · Posted: Apr 16, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: …
Read More »Greenland’s Demokraatit wins parliamentary election amid Trump threat
Greenland’s pro-business opposition Demokraatit party, which favours a slow approach to independence from Denmark, won Tuesday’s closely watched parliamentary election that was dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to take control of the island. Demokraatit secured 29.9 per cent of the votes with all ballots counted, up from 9.1 per cent in 2021, ahead …
Read More »Mikaël Kingsbury wins gold in dual moguls for Crystal Globe season sweep
Canadian freestyle skiing star Mikaël Kingsbury finished strong at the season-ending dual moguls event in Livigno, Italy. The 32-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que., won Wednesday’s big final to not only take gold, but also cement his third Crystal Globe win of the season. Kingsbury – who had already clinched the season titles in moguls and overall – used Wednesday’s …
Read More »Centre-right’s Friedrich Merz wins German vote, vows European ‘independence’ from U.S.
Friedrich Merz, set to become Germany’s next chancellor after his opposition conservatives won the national election on Sunday, vowed to help give Europe “real independence” from the U.S. as he prepared to cobble together a government. Merz, 69, faces complex and lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right Alternative for Germany …
Read More »Conclave triumphs at SAG Awards and Timothée Chalamet wins best actor, upending Oscars predictions
The papal thriller Conclave won best ensemble and Timothée Chalamet took best actor at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, a pair of twists that added a few final wrinkles to an unusually unpredictable awards season. In winning the guild’s top award, Edward Berger’s Vatican-set drama triumphed just as …
Read More »Anora wins best movie, director and actor at Film Independent Spirit Awards
Sean Baker’s Anora won best film, best director and best actor for Mikey Madison at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday in what could be a preview of next Sunday’s Academy Awards: The film about a Brooklyn sex worker and her whirlwind affair with a Russian oligarch’s son has emerged …
Read More »Canada’s Marielle Thompson wins 3rd straight ski cross gold medal
Canada’s Marielle Thompson made it three in a row on Saturday in Val di Fassa, Italy. The Whistler, B.C., native raced to her third straight ski cross gold medal on the World Cup circuit, beating French skier Marielle Berger Sabbatel to the finish line. Thompson was joined on the podium by her …
Read More »Freeland calls for 4 Liberal leadership debates, challenges rivals to run no matter who wins
Liberal leadership hopeful Chrystia Freeland is calling on the Liberal Party to hold four debates between now and March 9, when registered members will choose the next prime minister. “Canadians deserve to see us debate our ideas and the path forward for our party and our country without delay,” she …
Read More »Her family came to the U.S. 20 years ago, undocumented. She’s worried Trump will deport them if he wins
The Current1:14:23America Votes: Stories from the Arizona border, its politics and its people When she turned 16 a few years ago, a young woman in Arizona thought she had reached the typical teenage milestones of applying for a driver’s licence and gaining more independence. Instead, she found out that her …
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