Trump to slap higher tariffs on Canada

The president continues to fume over Ontario’s Reagan spot. President Donald Trump will increase tariffs on Canada by 10 percent, he announced Saturday in a post on Truth Social, as the fallout continues over a C$75 million Ontario ad campaign using quotes from former President Ronald Reagan to slam his tariffs. Trump on Thursday halted … Read more

Washington eyes ‘very productive’ Trump-Xi meeting this week

Trump is on a five-day Asian tour that is expected to include a bilateral meeting with the Chinese leader in South Korea. Trade talks between the U.S. and China are setting the foundations for a “very productive meeting” between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week, American officials said on … Read more

France makes arrests in brazen Louvre jewel heist

One suspect was taken into custody while trying to leave the country, Paris prosecutor says. French police have made arrests in connection with the Louvre Museum burglary, with one of the suspects apprehended as he was trying to leave the country, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Sunday. This is the first major development in … Read more

The storm damaged nearly 200 homes in the Dominican Republic and knocked out water supply systems, affecting more than half a million customers. It also downed trees and traffic lights, unleashed a couple of small landslides and left more than two dozen communities isolated by floodwaters. The Bahamas Department of Meteorology said Melissa could bring tropical storm or hurricane conditions to islands in the southeastern and central Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands by early next week. Melissa is the 13th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had predicted an above-normal season with 13 to 18 named storms.

President Donald Trump warned Saturday he was “watching very closely” to ensure Hamas returns more bodies. CAIRO — Hamas expanded its search for the bodies of hostages in new areas in the Gaza Strip Sunday, the Palestinian group said, a day after Egypt deployed a team of experts and heavy equipment to help retrieve the … Read more

Melissa strengthens into Category 4 hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti

“I urge Jamaicans to take this weather threat seriously,” said Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness. KINGSTON, Jamaica — A strengthening Melissa grew into a Category 4 hurricane Sunday and U.S. forecasters said it could reach Category 5 status, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica, … Read more