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Another U.S. election, another surge in “moving to Canada” Google searches. By now, it’s a pretty predictable trend — Americans dissatisfied with the results of their presidential election wake up the next morning and hit the search engines, trying to figure out how to make the move north of the border, with the hope that something better awaits them in our country.And despite president-elect Donald Trump promising to usher in a “golden age for America” in Tuesday night’s victory speech, it seems many Americans are skeptical, causing “moving to Canada” to peak on Google Trends starting Tuesday evening and continuing into Wednesday.Additionally, “how to legally move to Canada,” “moving to Canada from U.S.” and “moving to Canada requirements” all surged and appeared as breakout terms, Google...

Germany’s ruling coalition collapsed on Wednesday as Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance minister and paved the way for a snap election, triggering political chaos in Europe’s largest economy hours after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. After sacking Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the Free Democrats (FDP) party, Scholz is expected to head a minority government with his Social Democrats and the Greens, the second-largest party.He would have to rely on cobbled-together parliamentary majorities to pass legislation and he plans to hold a parliamentary confidence vote in his government on Jan. 15.The collapse of Scholz’s three-way alliance caps months of wrangling over budget policy and Germany’s economic direction, with the government’s popularity sinking and far-r...

After securing a second United States presidential term, Republican Donald Trump has outlined a range of proposed changes to the nation’s health-care system, including giving staunch anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. the freedom to “go wild” on health, medicine and food policy. Trump secured the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency in the early hours of Wednesday, defeating Vice-President Kamala Harris in a highly contentious campaign.During the presidential campaign, Trump and Harris highlighted the deep divide between Republican and Democratic views on U.S. health policy.Harris advocated for expanding access to birth control, capping prescription drug costs and protecting abortion rights. She also strongly defended the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare...