Canada abruptly scraps digital services tax targeting US technology firms days after Trump ripped ‘foolish’ move

Canada has abruptly scrapped its plan to enforce a new digital service tax on American tech firms — days after President Trump blasted the “foolish” move as a “direct and blatant attack” on the United States. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney caved … Read More

UK police say performances at Glastonbury Festival are subject to criminal investigation

LONDON (AP) — U.K. police announced Monday that the weekend performances by rap punk duo Bob Vylan and Irish-language band Kneecap at the Glastonbury Festival are subject to a criminal investigation after they led crowds in chants calling for “death” … Read More

Congo and Rwanda sign a US-mediated peace deal aimed at ending decades of bloody conflict

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decadeslong deadly fighting in eastern Congo while helping the U.S. government and American companies gain access … Read More

Trump cuts off US trade talks with Canada, shattering optimism over tariff deals

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday abruptly cut off trade talks with Canada over its tax targeting U.S. technology firms, calling it a “blatant attack” and saying that he would set a new tariff rate on Canadian goods … Read More

Iran carries out wave of arrests and executions in wake of Israel conflict

Iranian authorities have carried out a wave of arrests and multiple executions of people suspected of links to Israeli intelligence agencies, in the wake of the recent war between the two countries. It comes after what officials describe as an … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – June 27, 2025 

Greetings from Tyler, They think they’ve got him. Somehow the mainstream media knows that the Iran strikes didn’t finish Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and maybe a couple of months at most and the mullahs will be as dangerous as ever. This makes … Read More

US Supreme Court ending term with birthright, porn, voting rights

As the US Supreme Court winds down its term ahead of the summer break, there are a number of cases still to be decided. The court is scheduled to issue opinions on Thursday and these are the major outstanding cases: … Read More

Trump says U.S., Iran to meet next week

June 25 (UPI) — U.S. and Iranian officials will meet next week to discuss current events but won’t necessarily negotiate any agreements, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday. The president didn’t say when or where the talks would occur, who … Read More

US Marshals Service operation recovers 60 missing children in Florida

A massive investigation into child sex trafficking resulted in the rescue of 60 “critically missing” children in the Tampa Bay area, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced with other officials at a news conference on June 23. “Operation Dragon Eye” … Read More

Supreme Court lets Trump administration resume deportations to third countries without notice for now

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a lower court order that prevented the Trump administration from deporting migrants to countries that are not their places of origin without first giving them the chance to raise fears of torture, … Read More

NATO chief praises Trump for making Europe ‘pay in a BIG way’ on defense ahead of summit

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised President Donald Trump for making Europe “pay in a BIG way,” as leaders gathered in the Netherlands on Tuesday for a historic summit that could unite them around a new … Read More

Exclusive: Central banks eye gold, euro and yuan as dollar dominance wanes

LONDON, June 24 (Reuters) – The custodians of trillions of dollars of global central bank reserves are eyeing a move away from the greenback into gold, the euro and China’s yuan as the splintering of world trade and geopolitical upheaval … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – June 20, 2025

Greetings from Tyler, Everyone’s mind is on the war in the Middle East. Civilians have been killed as Iran fires off rockets indiscriminately into civilian enclaves. They apparently are firing rockets toward Tel Aviv not knowing where they’ll land, and … Read More

U.N. refugee chief: 2 million Syrians have returned home

BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 19 (UPI) — U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Thursday that the international community and financial institutions must support efforts to secure the safe return of Syrian refugees to their country, noting that some 2 two … Read More

Europe News ‘Another red line crossed’: Fierce debate on Hungary’s Pride ban at the European Parliament

Centrist and leftist MEPs called on the EU to act against Hungary over the LGBTQ+ Pride ban, while the far right defended the move of Viktor Orbán’s government. Around 70 MEPs will travel to Budapest next weekend to support LGBTQ+ … Read More

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