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President also claimed US refineries will process seized Venezuelan oil, saying ‘we take the oil’ Donald Trump on Saturday said he would impose a 100% tariff on all Canadian imports if the North American country makes a trade deal with China . Beside that tariff threat, another Trump foreign policy maneuver to make news on Saturday involved the president announcing the US had taken the oil that w…

Change being considered amid global glut driven by supplies from China along with a rise in protectionism The UK is expected to reduce the amount of foreign steel it allows in tariff-free, as the government looks to protect its domestic industry amid a global glut and a rise in protectionism. Ministers are considering changing the quota system that allows a quantity of the metal to be imported be…

Fire department was responding to report of gas odor in Bronx building when explosion occurred during frigid night A gas explosion sent fire racing through the top floors of a high-rise apartment building in New York City early on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 14 others as temperatures plunged into the single digits overnight, authorities said. Firefighters responded shortly before 12…

Driver was taken into custody after car crashed through airport entrance and struck Delta ticket counter A car crashed through the entrance of Detroit ’s metropolitan Wayne county airport on Friday evening, striking a ticket counter and injuring six people, airport officials said. The driver was taken into custody, the Wayne county airport authority (WCAA) said in a statement. The cause of the cr…

Many of those moved into an asylum return centre have held jobs for years and can speak the language “Sweden did this for us,” said Sofiye*, making a supportive scooping up gesture with her hands. “And then, bam.” She dropped them to the ground. Sofiye, who has three children, arrived in Sweden from Uzbekistan as an asylum seeker in 2008, and for much of that time she was able to build a life in …

Crime minister says reforms will improve standards, but Federation says unsafe workloads must be tackled first The government must stop burdening police officers with unsafe workloads and improve police pay and training if they want “professional” policing, the Police Federation has said, in response to sweeping Home Office reforms to improve standards in the police. Under the new plans, set to b…

Groups say EPA did not adequately consider adverse health effects to children when it approved the pesticide Public health groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its approval of a Pfas “forever chemical” insecticide that industry research found likely reduces testicle size, lowers sperm count and harms the liver in rats. The pesticide, isocycloseram, is used on food crops…

Ceasefire to be extended for one month to allow transfer of suspected Islamic State members from Syria to Iraq The Syrian government and Kurdish forces agreed to extend a ceasefire on Saturday, according to Syrian diplomatic sources, temporarily staving off a looming war between the two sides in Syria’s northeast. Diplomatic sources told Agence France-Presse the ceasefire would be extended for “a…

Exclusive: Eluned Morgan says it is not time for protest votes when the economy and public services are at stake The Labour first minister of Wales has urged voters not to treat the May elections as a referendum on Keir Starmer, calling on them to focus on the country’s future instead, with the party on course for a fight for third place. Eluned Morgan said it was not the time to send a protest v…

Prosecutors say cuts to funding and training limits their ability to bring child predators to justice The US Department of Justice has slashed funding and training resources for law enforcement working on investigations and prosecutions of sex crimes against children under the Trump administration , which limits their ability to carry out this work. Major cuts include the cancelation of 2025 Nati…

Umer Khalid, 22, has stopped drinking water as well as food in protest against charges against him The final remaining Palestine Action prisoner on hunger strike has now stopped drinking water, which a doctor has warned could kill him. Umer Khalid, 22, has been on a hunger strike since November. His action was briefly paused at Christmas when he became unwell. Continue reading...

Korey LaVergne was jailed on three counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile and was released after posting bail The arrest of a Roman Catholic priest in south-west Louisiana occurred after local authorities were told that the clergyman had “inappropriately touched a child” over the course of a year, according to investigators’ initial report on the case. The Guardian obtained the report Friday…

Attempt to reclaim alleged unpaid debts comes months after 25-year relationship with cinema chain came to an end Coca-Cola is taking legal action against Vue after the cinema chain switched to arch-rival PepsiCo as its supplier for soft drinks in Europe. Vue, which operates more than 90 cinemas across the UK and Ireland, put the contract up for tender last year. Continue reading...

Dancing2 by Keli Holiday comes in second, with almost twice as many Australian songs making the count this year compared to last Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast British pop sensation Olivia Dean has taken out the number one spot in Australia’s largest music poll, Triple J’s Hottest 100, with her single Man I Need. The breezy neo-soul hit, which has spent more than nin…

Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least one and wounded dozens Hello and welcome to the Europe live blog. My name is Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines. We start with news that Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least one person and wounded 23 overnight into Saturday, as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States were set to meet in Abu Dhabi for a s…