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US President Donald Trump meets with Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US on 7 October 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Trump sets 10% hike in tariffs on Canada after ad airs during World Series

Trump announced the higher tariffs in a Truth Social post yesterday referencing the ad, which features a video of former president Ronald Reagan, a Republican icon, saying that tariffs cause trade...

FILE PHOTO: A person casts a ballot in the second round of the early French parliamentary elections, at a polling station in Paris, France, July 7, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

How this year of elections is set to reshape global politics

The leaders of the BRICS bloc are holding their annual summit in Johannesburg this week.Photographer: Michele Spatari/Bloomberg

Putin, Xi and BRICS allies see chance to shake up world order

China's return to global stage checked by national security focus

China's return to global stage checked by national security focus

Photo: UNB

Bangladesh number one place to engage 3 big powers and play a bridging role: Prof Kanti Bajpai

Infographic: TBS

A Chinese sphere of influence

Sketch: TBS

Summit for Democracy: A Deceptive Lure

Bolsonaro’s buffoons. Photographer: Sergio Lima/AFP/Getty Images

Progressives are beating populists yet again, but don't celebrate

McCarthy had to bend a knee. Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Why fringe figures are holding democracies hostage

Every little bit helps.Photographer: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg

Mind the gap between the west and the rest

Moroccan players showed support for Palestine by celebrating with Palestine's flag. photo: Collected/Twitter

Not just a game: Why sports and politics cannot be separated

Olga hugs her boyfriend Vlodomyr as they say goodbye prior to Vlodomyr’s deployment closer to the front line, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the train station in Lviv, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo

Ukraine shocked the world in 2022. Will it win the war in 2023?

FILE PHOTO: Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the 6th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA), in Astana, Kazakhstan October 13, 2022. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS

Qatar's maverick ruler eyes soft power win with World Cup