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Foreign Policy
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Iran says it offered to reopen Hormuz in seven days. Until there’s a deal, Western New York pays 65% more for heating oil
Tehran says the U.S. accepted its conditions but wants more, and Iranian officials see no breakthrough before Nov. 3. Meanwhile New York heating oil runs $6.34 a gallon, up from $3.84 a…
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Trump says Ukraine needs ‘somebody else’ at the table as Ukrainians’ U.S. protection passes its deadline with no decision
Ukraine’s Temporary Protected Status hit its Oct. 19 end date with no federal decision, leaving about 101,000 Ukrainians nationwide protected only by a government web alert. The same day, Trump said someone…
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Trump again reserves most U.S. refugee slots for white South Africans, keeping Buffalo’s resettlement pipeline nearly shut
The 2027 refugee ceiling stays at 17,500, mostly for Afrikaners, after a year in which all but five of 16,292 admitted refugees came from South Africa. Here is what that means for…
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Alberta votes Monday on a path to separation as Carney warns ‘some outside our borders’ want to break Canada
Alberta’s 10-question referendum asks whether to start the legal process toward a binding vote on leaving Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith urge a vote to stay, while Washington…
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With talks stalled and a Jan. 1 auto tariff looming, the Niagara Frontier braces for a longer trade war
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says Washington is “holding fast” with Canada. New Statistics Canada data show Canadians’ car trips from the U.S. are still 31% below 2024 levels.
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Trump wants Sheinbaum to eliminate tariff on used clothing as “Goodwill gesture”
By Staff Reporter February 4, 2026 Goodwill and Salvation Army have been begging President Donald Trump to fix a “broken” trade rule in the context of upcoming USMCA renegotiations, but some figures…
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Prince Andrew expected to request paternity tests for Princes William and Harry, in bid to ‘ensure an orderly succession’
By Staff Reporter LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Dec. 31, 2025 — In a move that has sent ripples through the upper echelons of British society and raised questions about the stability of…
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MONEYBAGS: Schumer’s has taken millions from AIPAC, infuriating voters
By Staff Reporter October 21, 2025 — For over four decades, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has been a steadfast ally of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the…
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EXIT STRATEGY: Netanyahu needs exile, perhaps in exchange for making Jared Kushner the King of Israel
By Staff Reporter October 5, 2025 – As the sands of Gaza shift under the weight of a fragile ceasefire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself cornered like never before. With…
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CIA has video footage of Putin engaging in oral, anal sex with his Judo instructor
The Central Intelligence Agency is in possession of more than five-and-a-half hours of video footage of Russian President Vladamir Putin engaging in a range of sexual activities with his late mentor and…
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Putin’s gay lover was awarded a $4 billion drilling contract in deal with China
A Russian oligarch, who is known to the CIA as President Vladimir Putin‘s long-time gay lover, was awarded a contract with the Russian Federation worth more than $4 billion. That contract is…
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Sinaloa cartel ring busted 1,400 miles from its Mexican headquarters
(January 17, 2022) — The large-scale drug trafficking operation of an infamous cartel just got busted in a mountain state some 1,400 miles from its Mexican headquarters and only one U.S. official,…
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US funds project to help transgender Pakistanis attain social inclusion, start businesses
(January 17, 2022) — More than three years after the Islamic Republic of Pakistan enacted a historic law guaranteeing transgender citizens fundamental rights and protecting them from discrimination and harassment, American taxpayers…
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A fraught linkage: US-China trade, US-EU tech
By Claude Barfield Over the past weeks, the Joe Biden administration has pursued two geographic bookends of US foreign economic and strategic policy — namely the first public statement of US trade and investment…
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The Biden administration’s new (old) China trade policy
By Claude Barfield On Monday, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai gave a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies laying out “the starting point of [the] administration’s strategic vision for realigning our…
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Australia stands alone again in social media content rulings
By Bronwyn Howell In February, Australia led the world with its competition-based law requiring Facebook and Google to reach a compensation agreement with media firms regarding the use of copyrighted news material on social…
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Hochul may task Hillary Clinton to lead a trade mission to Haiti
Sources tell The Chronicle that Governor Kathy Hochul may task former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to lead a trade mission to Haiti in the coming weeks. Hochul wants Clinton to negotiate the sale…
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If NDP wins a majority, Singh will formally recognize hereditary indigenous sovereigns
Jagmeet Singh, the Leader of the New Democratic Party, is promising to formally recognize the hereditary sovereigns of indigenous governments that pre-date colonial Canada, if he is given a majority government in…
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After Mike Calvey’s flawed trial, who will invest in Russia?
BY ELISABETH BRAW Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny’s trial and conviction in February this year were closely watched and condemned by a range of international organizations. Good. But a similarly important Russian…
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Trade deficit with China grows by $158 billion
BY DEREK SCISSORS Remember when our trade deficit with China mattered? Half-year figures for Sino-American goods trade were published Friday, but you’re in good company if you missed it. It’s hard for…
