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The contest that saw Mark Carney emerge as Liberal Party leader and soon-to-be Canada’s prime minister has turned out to be a boring fait accompli. The drama that led inevitably, it seems, to Carney’s persuasive coronation on Sunday evening occurred late last December when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s once-reliable confidante and trusted deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, played Judas. Her surprising resignation as finance minister tipped a wounded and unpopular prime minister – inside and outside his restive caucus – over the parliamentary edge, forcing Trudeau to admit the obvious: Canada’s prince charming was no longer a prince, nor, apparently,…

A satellite dish in a ground network of satellites at Eutelsat’s Madeira office. Photographer: /Bloomberg via Getty ImagesZed Jameson | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesShares of French satellite operator Eutelsat skyrocketed almost 390% last week — and a potential change of tack in European defense has been helping the rally.The firm’s stock price saw wildly volatile moves last week, up by as much as 77% on Tuesday and by another 120% on Wednesday. From its closing price on Feb. 28 to last Friday’s close, shares have risen an eyewatering 387%.Eutelsat’s shares continued to climb on Monday, jumping more than 22% as…

Around 360 B.C., the ancient Greek philosopher Plato described a powerful, advanced island civilization that existed 9,000 years before his time. In his Socratic dialogues called Timaeus and Critias, he describes this civilization, located beyond the Pillars of Hercules (modern-day Strait of Gibraltar) as a vast, wealthy empire with glorious architecture, advanced technology, and a strong military. This great civilization, according to the dialogues, was ultimately destroyed in a cataclysmic event after societal moral decay and it sank into the ocean around 9.600 B.C. Is the story of Atlantis based on any fact? Below are six of the most prominent…

The move follows rioting in Bucharest overnight after a court threw far-right Calin Georgescu out of the race.Romania’s far-right presidential contender Calin Georgescu plans to challenge a decision to bar him from taking part in May’s rerun presidential election. The pro-Russian politician said on social media on Monday that he would make an appeal to Romania’s Constitutional Court to lift the ban, which was placed on him the previous day. He made the announcement after violent clashes broke between his supporters and police in Bucharest overnight. “We go together all the way for the same values: peace, democracy, freedom,” Georgescu…

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, leaves the U.S. Capitol after a meeting with Republican members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on the issue of debanking on Thursday, February 13, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesFor years, American financial companies have fought the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — the chief U.S. consumer finance watchdog — in the courts and media, portraying the agency as illegitimate and as unfairly targeting industry players.Now, with the CFPB on life support after the Trump administration issued a stop-work order and shuttered its headquarters, the agency finds itself…

Scholars and political commentators should occasionally look back on their forecasts and consider what they got wrong. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Tom Friedman, Joe Scarborough, Rachel Maddow, Janan Ganesh, Fareed Zakaria, Glenn Greenwald, Ian Bremmer, Anne Applebaum, and other prominent pundits did an annual retrospective on what they had misunderstood or misread over the previous year? None of us are infallible, and if you believe Philip Tetlock, even knowledgeable experts have trouble anticipating the future. Reflecting on our own errors is always instructive and doing so publicly helps everyone learn from our mistakes. I’ve performed this kind of self-criticism…

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Ukrainian delegation set to meet with America’s top diplomat in Saudi Arabia about ending the 3-year war with Russia will propose a ceasefire covering the Black Sea and long-range missile strikes, as well as the release of prisoners, two senior Ukrainian officials said Monday.The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about Tuesday’s meeting, also told The Associated Press that the Ukrainian delegation is ready during the talks to sign an agreement with the United States on access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals — a deal…

Mark Carney, a former central banker, swept to the leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party on Sunday and will become prime minister at a critical moment for the country, which is facing threats to its economy and sovereignty from President Trump.Mr. Carney, who has never been elected to public office, was governor of the Bank of Canada during the 2008 global financial crisis and governor of the Bank of England during Brexit. He was also a successful banker in the private sector, amassing a significant personal fortune. He dominated the Liberals’ leadership race, securing a decisive win. But because the party…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday in a case from Colorado to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children.The conservative-led court is taking up the case amid actions by President Donald Trump targeting transgender people, including a ban on military service and an end to federal funding for gender-affirming care for transgender minors.The justices also have heard arguments in a Tennessee case over whether state bans on treating transgender minors violate the Constitution. But they have yet to issue a decision.Colorado is among roughly half the states that prohibit the…

Nuuk, Greenland – Greenland’s most popular social media influencer announced her political bid just weeks ahead of Tuesday’s elections as she felt the winds of change blowing across the vast Arctic island. “This is truly a historic moment. I feel like we are finally voting on independence. This has primarily happened because the US is showing greater interest in Greenland,” Qupanuk Olsen, the 39-year-old running with the pro-independence opposition party Naleraq in the parliamentary vote, told Al Jazeera. “It’s a huge wake-up call.” Usually, she spends her time updating her hundreds of thousands of social media followers about everyday life…