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G7 summit opens in Canada with a focus on trade, wars — and not riling Trump
When U.S. President Trump last came to Canada for a Group of Seven summit, the enduring image was of him seated with his arms folded defiantly as then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel stared daggers at him. Source link

A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The resulting Juneteenth holiday — it’s name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In 2021, President Joe Biden designated…

Oil price rise risks ‘adverse shock’ to global economy – business live | Business
Introduction: Oil price rise is “adverse shock” to global economy. Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. With the oil price rising again today, as attacks between Israel and Iran continue, economists are warning that the global economy faces an adverse shock, at an already…

Asian shares are mixed and oil prices advance as Israel-Iran crisis escalates
HONG KONG — Asian shares were mixed on Monday and oil prices extended gains on worries that escalating Iran-Israel tensions could disrupt the flow of crude around the world. U.S. benchmark crude oil added 20 cents to $73.18 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, gained 95 cents to $75.18 per barrel. In share trading,…

Why a professor of fascism left the US: ‘The lesson of 1933 is – you get out’ | US politics
She finds the whole idea absurd. To Prof Marci Shore, the notion that the Guardian, or anyone else, should want to interview her about the future of the US is ridiculous. She’s an academic specialising in the history and culture of eastern Europe and describes herself as a “Slavicist”, yet here she is, suddenly besieged…

Trump directs ICE to prioritize deportations in Democratic-run cities, undeterred by protests
President Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities after large protests have erupted in Los Angeles and other major cities against the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Source link

Person still missing after vehicle crashes into Squamish River: B.C. RCMP – BC
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 15, 2025 6:54 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size RCMP in British Columbia say one person is missing after a vehicle crashed into the Squamish River. Mounties in Squamish say emergency crews responded early Saturday after a vehicle with four occupants drove…

Hundreds of protesters rally in downtown Calgary ahead of G7 summit
They marched, chanted, waved flags and signs, and handed out pamphlets on the issues dear to their hearts, in hopes the G7 leaders would take notice. Hundreds of protesters rallied in downtown Calgary on Sunday as leaders from around the world began arriving for the start of the G7 summit in the Rocky Mountain resort…

‘No Kings’ demonstrator dies after being shot at Utah protest, police say | Utah
A demonstrator who was shot on Saturday during Salt Lake City’s “No Kings” protest has died, Utah police said on Sunday afternoon. The man, Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, had apparently been shot by a man who had been part of the event’s peacekeeping team. “Our victim was not the intended target,” Brian Redd, the…

2 detainees recaptured after escape from New Jersey immigration detention center, 2 still at large
NEWARK, N.J. — Two detainees who escaped from a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey last week have been recaptured, while another two remain at large, FBI officials said Sunday. The four men busted out of the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark during reports of disorder there by breaking through an interior wall…