Canada scraps tech tax to advance trade talks with Donald Trump
US president had described levy as ‘direct and blatant’ attack on the country
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Nato’s new defence spending commitment aims to reverse decades of military decline
New capability targets aimed at readying the West for war with Russia within five years
Donald Trump says he is terminating US-Canada trade talks over ‘egregious’ tax on tech firms
Digital services tax will hit companies including Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb with a 3 per cent levy on revenue from Canadian users
Trump says he is ending Canada trade talks amid dispute over tech tax
US president accuses Canada of imposing unfair levies on US companies
Flags at half mast in Kyiv as death toll from Russian strike reaches 28
Russia sent 440 drones and fired 32 missiles during its deadliest strike on the capital this year
G7 leaders in Canada will discuss Israel-Iran conflict and hope to avoid Trump clash
Official says leaders plan to issue joint statement on Iran calling for de-escalation
Crime fiction: Megan Abbott, Elmore Leonard, Luke Beirne, Paul Vidich, Karin Slaughter and K Anis Ahmed
New works and reissued classics including El Dorado Drive, Rum Punch, Saints Rest and We Are All Guilty Here
Blast off: Aer Lingus to support Ireland’s first astronaut
The airline will support the scientist and researcher in traveling to her training for the space flight
Public sector union calls for non-members benefiting from salary deals to be forced to pay dues
Fórsa says ‘free-riding’ is a growing problem for trade unions
The Irish diaspora setting up and running businesses abroad
There are bittersweet elements to emigration too, such as re-learning to be Irish, as Laura Kennedy learns
Ceta: New Bill to fast-track EU-Canada trade deal in Dáil amid US tariffs threat
Simon Harris to bring memo to Cabinet after Supreme Court ruled part of deal was incompatible with Constitution
‘We’re an Irish-Canadian-French household. I’m finally getting some return on my Leaving Cert French’
Wild Geese: Ruairí Doyle, Vancouver
Dublin Literary Award winner Michael Crummey on losing his belief in redemption: ‘It feels like a pretty dark time’
Canadian author of The Adversary and winner of €100,000 Irish prize talks about global politics, misanthropy and what makes Newfoundland so interesting
Trump’s slapdown diplomacy reduces Oval Office meetings to spectator sport
Events are undermining America’s influence in the world, warn foreign policy experts
Dublin Literary Award: The Adversary by Canadian author Michael Crummey wins €100,000 prize
Story of sibling rivalry in harsh 19th-century Newfoundland wins Dublin Literary Award, worth €100,000
Trump unveils plans for ‘Golden Dome’ missile-defence system headed by US Space Force general
Funding for the project remains uncertain
UK, France and Canada criticise ‘egregious actions’ by Israel in Gaza
Announcement that basic amount of aid will be allowed into Gaza described as ‘wholly inadequate’
Angry Canadian tourists snub US and head to Mexico
‘They are choosing more friendly policies’ says Mexican tourism official
US-Canada relationship no clearer as Mark Carney stands ground through Trump’s latest Oval Office blitz
US president intransigent on tariffs and still keen on Canada becoming 51st state
Mark Carney’s meeting with Trump will stress-test US-Canada friendship
‘We don’t want their cars. We don’t even want their energy,’ Trump says before Tuesday’s meeting with Canada’s new prime minister
Trump has managed to create something world has never seen: virulent Canadian nationalism
Now Canada election campaign is over, how does Carney – a brilliant economic mind – negotiate from here?
Mark Carney’s win shows the appeal of a politician who rejects the woke agenda
The Canadian’s victory has lessons for mainstream politicians across the democratic world
Can ‘technocratic daddy’ Mark Carney solve Canada’s deep-rooted problems?
Inside Politics podcast examines Canada election results and the unlikely comeback of former central banker
Mark Carney’s Liberals win pivotal Canadian election
Former Bank of England governor capitalises on anti-Trump sentiment to secure mandate for his party
A win ‘for democrats all around the world’. Canada’s Mark Carney prepares to take on Trump
Election hands victory to centrist leader who has vowed to defy the US president
Edward Luce: Mark Carney won in Canada by standing up to Trump - other world leaders should take heed
US president plays unwitting ally to non-populists everywhere except at home
Canadians head to polls after car ramming killed 11 and Trump repeats call for ‘cherished 51st’ state
Prime minister Mark Carney’s Liberals held a 2.7-point lead over the Conservative, according to one poll
Suspect in Vancouver ramming attack charged with eight counts of second-degree murder
Kai-Ji Adam Lo (30) could face further charges, prosecutors say
Vancouver Lapu Lapu incident: 11 dead after car driven into crowd
Driver (30) is arrested after incident at Filipino street festival that police said ‘is not act of terrorism’
Canada’s anti-Trump finds his moment as voters go to polls
Mark Carney, the new prime minister seeking a full term in Monday’s election, has built his campaign around Donald Trump’s threats to the country
Alison Curtis: ‘On arriving in Ireland I was stumped at how men and women didn’t interact’
Today FM broadcaster says she would not get the same joy working in radio in her native Canada
Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress and Dr Crippen by Hallie Rubenhold – Rich narrative highlights ‘the fear of the empowered woman’
The British historian brings a fresh focus to this re-examination of the case of the notorious wife-murderer
Ireland to explore new markets in Asia and Canada as part of urgent response to US tariffs
Cabinet will be asked to agree to faster ratification of controversial Ceta deal with Canada and a new competitiveness plan that will have implications for employee conditions
Astronaut Chris Hadfield on Donald Trump: ‘It makes me angry because he’s treated our country like a chattel’
The Canadian former commander of the International Space Station shares thoughts on Ireland, pepper and the afterlife
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