President Trump announced an increase in the global tariff rate and signed a temporary 10% surcharge that begins on Feb. 24, while the administration prepares new trade probes and responds to a Supreme Court ruling
An exploration of how campaigns to ban or praise books influence public debate, publishing economics, and creative freedom
President Trump announced a 10% global tariff that excludes goods covered by CUSMA, following a Supreme Court ruling that curtailed his use of IEEPA to impose earlier duties on trading partners
Metro Vancouver’s chief administrative officer addressed a public forum regarding an investigation into leaked leadership information. She emphasized the legal sensitivities and the importance of transparency, but declined to provide details about the investigation’s costs or whether a private investigator had been retained.
A federal judge struck down a board precedent that had allowed the government to detain many noncitizens without bond hearings, prompting fresh legal battles across circuits
Poland announced withdrawal from the 1997 Ottawa Convention, plans to resume domestic production of antipersonnel and anti‑tank mines and to place them within an enhanced Eastern Shield defensive posture
Former workers allege that Vizsla Silver on-site management signaled and coordinated with armed groups around the Panuco Project while Mexican authorities probed a kidnapping and killings
President Trump unveiled a $10 billion commitment for a new Board of Peace focused on Gaza, sparking questions about funding sources even as the administration advances new immigration directives, trade defenses and transparency moves on UAPs
Minnesota state Rep. Leigh Finke argued that proposed age-verification rules for adult websites could be used to deny queer young people access to content she described as potentially educational
Transport Canada has validated the Gulfstream G500 and G600 after raising concerns from U.S. officials, while additional Gulfstream models remain under review
An accessible account of why the Svalbard Treaty matters to Arctic strategy and how Russian diplomatic and military choices are impeding peace in Ukraine
The Gulag History Museum in Moscow has been closed and its collections stored while authorities prepare a new Museum of Memory that centers on Nazi wartime crimes and reflects a Kremlin-aligned narrative
After the February 8 election, Thailand grapples with a ballot barcode controversy that could void results, a tightened firearm regime ordered on February 19, and renewed accusations from Cambodia about troops on its soil
President Trump responded to the Supreme Court decision by ordering a 10% global tariff under an alternative statute, setting a 150-day limit and promising additional trade probes
A clear roundup of the main events on February 21: battlefield losses, drone and missile campaigns, hits on oil and gas facilities, and diplomatic developments involving EU states
The federal government has revised its travel guidance, advising First Nations people to carry a passport alongside a status card when entering the United States, and Indigenous leaders are urging recognition of cross-border rights under the Jay Treaty