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An image used by U.S President Donald Trump as evidence of a white genocide in South Africa, during a meeting with its president Cyril Ramaphosa this week, was pulled from footage captured in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a Reuters fact-checking report found. The news agency confirmed that the photograph Trump showed Ramaphosa was a screenshot from a Reuters video that was published on Feb. 3. 6:12 Trump confronts South Africa president over claims of white farmer ‘genocide’ Previous Video Next Video Story continues below advertisement...

By Sarah Ritchie The Canadian Press Posted May 23, 2025 2:47 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size At least six members of Parliament are asking their colleagues to support their bid to become the next Speaker of the House of Commons, including the last man to hold that job, Greg Fergus. Former deputy Speaker Chris d’Entremont and fellow Conservative MP Tom Kmiec have also sent emails to MPs asking for their support. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. ...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney says tariffs were part of the discussions he had when meeting with a U.S. congressional delegation visiting Ottawa on Friday. Carney spoke to Global News outside West Block after the meeting concluded and was asked if tariffs were part of the discussion.“Of course, we discussed tariffs,” Carney said.The meeting included U.S. Democrats Jeanne Shaheen, Tim Kaine, Amy Klobuchar and Peter Welch, and Republican Kevin Cramer. 5:45 Tariffs set to push grocery prices higher Trending Now ...

A U.S. judge has blocked the Trump administration’s ban on Harvard University’s foreign enrolments, according to Reuters and The Associated Press. District Judge Allison Burroughs, an appointee of Democratic former president Barack Obama, issued the temporary restraining order freezing the policy, Reuters reported Friday.On Thursday, the administration revoked Harvard’s ability to enrol international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school, saying thousands of current students must transfer to other schools or leave the country.A U.S. Department of Homeland Security statement accused Harvard of creating “an unsafe campus environment by permitting anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators to harass and physically assault individuals, including many Jewish students.”The adm...

By David Baxter The Canadian Press Posted May 23, 2025 11:37 am Updated May 23, 2025 11:38 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservative Kathy Borrelli has won the Ontario riding of Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore after a judicial recount confirmed her victory today by just four votes. The Liberals called for a judicial recount, after the initial validated results following the election on April 28 saw incumbent Liberal Irek Kusmierczyk lose by 77 votes.The recount beg...

Canada Post workers won’t be heading to a picket line just yet, but the union representing them says it’s still taking strike action by calling for a ban on overtime. The Crown corporation is warning that could lead to delays.The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) advised members late Thursday night that it had called for a nationwide overtime ban starting at 12 a.m. Eastern on Friday.“This is a legal strike action.  All CUPW members must follow this direction,” the union wrote in a news release.“That means members are being called on to refuse to work any more than eight hours in a day and refuse to work more than 40 hours in a week.”It comes a few hours after the two sides met Thursday evening at the request of the CUPW, Canada Post says, with the assistance of mediators. St...

The federal government is facing a human rights complaint over a multi-billion dollar program meant to set aside government work for First Nations, Métis and Inuit companies, Global News has learned. The Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council is appealing to the Canadian Human Rights Commission to weigh in on the Indigenous Business Directory (IBD), a list of purportedly Indigenous-owned and -operated companies.The IBD is where federal departments and agencies go to find Indigenous companies from which to purchase products and services, with an eye to meeting Ottawa’s policy of at least five per cent of its procurement going to First Nations, Métis and Inuit companies.Global News, in partnership with the First Nations University of Canada, revealed in August that Ottawa has awarded bi...