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The U.S. imposed 50% tariffs on some Canadian products on Saturday after trade talks between the two countries fell apart on Friday.In response, Canada said it would impose its own retaliatory tariffs beginning on Sept. 8.Negotiators for both sides had been working on a deal all week, at times signaling that an agreement was near. President Donald Trump had postponed the original deadline of Wednesday just hours ahead of it being imposed, saying that there was a soon-to-be finalized deal. Dominic LeBlanc, Canada’s trade minister for the U.S., told reporters on Thursday that a deal was “very close.”However, both sides…

More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state.An unprecedented joint letter dispenses with diplomatic language by accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing and warning that the world no longer sees Israel as a genuine democracy.Arguing that Britain and France played a key role in the formation of the modern-day Middle East and noting that both countries took the step of recognising Palestine as a state in 2025, the diplomats contend…

The transformation of a liquid into a solid is familiar in nature. Lava flowing from a volcano eventually cools and hardens into rock, while water in a lake can freeze into ice during a cold winter. When materials undergo these phase changes, important physical properties can change as well, including density and refractive index, which affect how sound and light travel through them. A related process plays an important role in manufacturing optical fibers. Glass preforms are heated until their structure becomes loose enough to be drawn into extremely thin fibers. Light travels through the fiber core, allowing information to…

The biggest highlight of the NFL preseason this year just came from a kicker and it happened on Saturday night when Harrison Butker drilled a 69-yard field goal just before halftime in the Chiefs’ game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And yes, you read that correctly: Butker hit from 69 YARDS. The NFL record for longest field goal is 68 yards and Butker actually topped that with his kick, but he won’t be getting his name etched into the NFL record book, because preseason kicks don’t officially count. Due to that rule, Cam Little’s 68-yard field goal from last season still stands…

Two days after announcing his separation from his wife of twenty-eight years, Kunemofa, multi-award-winning gospel artist Asu Ekiye, has explained how their marriage ended. On Thursday, PREMIUM TIMES reported that Ekiye, known as the “Prince of the Niger Delta”, announced that he and Ms Kunemofa had gone their separate ways. The couple married in 1998 and have four children together. However, in a statement posted on his Facebook page on Saturday, the “Woekilemo” hitmaker said his wife initiated the decision to end their marriage. The singer said: “Based on the numerous calls and messages I have received, I believe it…

One Nation MP David Farley has conceded the minor party’s net migration target is “not too different” to Labor’s, echoing an earlier claim over which he was counselled by his party leader, Pauline Hanson.Appearing on the ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday morning, Farley argued skilled workers and backpackers were critical to keeping Australia fed, and argued they should be considered as a separate category to migration “in its true form”.The minor rightwing party, led by Hanson, has struggled to define its migration policy, with inconsistent messaging over whether its target figure represents net overseas migration (Nom) or permanent migration.The member…

The victim of a deadly sword attack at a high school in central Sweden was a 17-year-old girl, police have confirmed.Two boys aged 12 and 17 were also seriously injured in the attack at Brinell School in Fagersta on Friday afternoon, according to local authorities, while a third person sustained minor injuries. An 18-year-old man, who has not been named, was arrested and police said they were treating the case as murder and attempted murder.Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and opposition leader Magdalena Andersson visited the school, where flower tributes have been laid to honour the victims, on Saturday morning.Students…

Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media following the company’s “Japan AI Ecosystem” reception in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNvidia plans to hike prices for some of its largest customers, Bloomberg News reported Saturday.The chipmaker is set to increase the cost of servers containing its artificial intelligence chips, including Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell, by more than 15% in many cases, according to the outlet. The price gains will reportedly depend on the chip generation and memory configurations. Customers can expect the price increase…

In a letter, Westminster City Council’s Paul Swaddle, Wandsworth Council’s Robert Morritt and Kensington and Chelsea Council’s Elizabeth Campbell said the government’s funding formula “punishes low tax councils”.They said: “If our councils do not impose council tax rises, our communities face considerable cuts in funding for local services.”This is not just devolving blame, it is devolving council tax rises and government cuts.”This is fiddled funding, cooked up in Whitehall but leaving town halls to carry the blame.”The three leaders added: “These tax rises are in addition to the new top-up council tax on many homes in our councils – and…

Sensory inputs influence different blood vessel networks, affecting the precision of brain scans