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Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says India’s tariffs on Canadian lentils may increase upon landing in India for a trade mission with other Canadian delegates. Speaking to reporters upon landing in Mumbai on Friday, Moe says he would “love to see” tariffs removed on pea, lentil and bean products — also known as pulses — before the end of the trip next week. However, he added that it wasn’t likely that all products would see tariff removals.“I’ve heard some discussion that in the case of lentils that there’s some discussion that they might actually increase to some degree,” Moe said.India currently…

Wittenoom’s traditional owners have launched a $1.5 billion legal claim against the WA Government over asbestos contamination across tens of thousands of hectares of land surrounding the former townsite.The Banjima Native Title Aboriginal Corporation filed the proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against the State of Western Australia on Wednesday.The corporation has asked the Federal Court to split the case in two stages, with the first to focus on securing orders requiring the clean-up of contaminated land, the second to address damages for the contamination and the State’s alleged “knowing participation in the dispossession and marginalisation of the Banjima…

As Washington escalates threats of military action against Iran, negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear programme continue behind the scenes. But while the Trump administration insists that the standoff is about security, Iran’s state media are pushing a very different narrative: that the crisis is a deliberate distraction from the Epstein scandal that continues to implicate the US president.Contributors:Dina Esfandiary – Middle East Lead, Bloomberg EconomicsFereshteh Sadeghi – Iranian journalistJamal Abdi – President, National Iranian American CouncilSina Toossi – Senior Fellow, Centre for International PolicyOn our radar:Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to Israel this past week in a carefully choreographed display…

Scouting America will change several of its policies at the urging of the Pentagon, including one targeting transgender youths, if it wants to keep the U.S. military’s support, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday.Some of the changes mirror what the organization suggested to the Department of Justice earlier this year, which included discontinuing its Citizenship in Society merit badge and introducing a Military Service merit badge, the Pentagon said.Under Hegseth, the Pentagon has taken aim at the military’s partnership with Scouting America, decrying its historic rebrand in 2024 from the Boy Scouts and other changes in recent years that he…

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 25, 2026. Brendan McDermid | ReutersUBS’ top equity strategist dialed back his view on U.S. stocks, citing mounting risks from a weakening dollar, stretched valuations and policy turbulence in Washington.Andrew Garthwaite, head of global equity strategy at the investment bank, downgraded American equities to “benchmark” in a fully invested global equity portfolio, arguing that the factors that powered years of outperformance are starting to fade.The dollar risk is a central concern, Garthwaite wrote. UBS forecasts the euro climbing to $1.22 by the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! First on Fox: An illegal immigrant who reported to a U.S. Border Patrol facility in Florida to perform some Information technology contractual work was arrested when authorities were made aware of his citizenship status, officials said. Angel Camacho, a Venezuelan citizen, reported to a USBP facility in Dania Beach, Florida on Jan. 6 to perform some IT work when U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials began vetting him, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News Digital. During their investigation, it was revealed that Camacho was in violation of U.S. immigration laws,…

Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says he wants more clarity on OpenAI’s committed safety protocol changes after the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting, and isn’t ruling out legislative changes to address the issue. The company behind ChatGPT on Thursday said it would enhance its police referral and repeat offender detection practices, after it did not elevate the shooter’s AI chatbot activity to police months before she killed eight people and wounded dozens of others.In a statement Friday, Solomon said OpenAI’s statement did not include “a detailed plan for how these commitments will be implemented in practice.”He said he would be…

At least two people have been killed and up to 40 others are reported to have been injured, after a tram derailed in Milan.

The search of CK Hutchison’s subsidiary marks the latest flashpoint in the rising US-China tensions over control of Panama’s vital trade canal.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoBy Reuters and The Associated PressPublished On 27 Feb 202627 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoAuthorities in Panama have reportedly searched and removed property from the subsidiary of a Hong Kong company that has been at the heart of recent tensions between the United States and China over the Panama Canal.In a statement on Friday, the Panama Ports Company (PPC), part of the Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison, said…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Friday said he was ordering every federal government agency to stop using Athropic AI immediately.”THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint to run our Military,” Trump began in a lengthy Truth Social post Friday afternoon.He added, “The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their…