Donald Trump threatens Canada, saying that cars produced there will be taxed at 50% from January 1, 2027
The Honda automobile assembly plant in Alliston, Ontario, Canada, April 1, 2025. CARLOS OSORIO/REUTERS Donald Trump affirmed, Monday August 24, that cars produced in Canada will be taxed at 50% from August 1er January 2027. “Customs duties on all cars,…
Southern Peru hit by 6.7 magnitude earthquake
The earth shook again in South America. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck several regions of southern Peru on Thursday August 21 at midday. The epicenter of the earthquake, which occurred at 1 p.m.…
The credibility of the Fed, the world’s most powerful financial institution, is at stake
Donald Trump and new Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh at the White House in Washington on May 22, 2026. JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS Interest rates are soaring in the United States and Europe, reaching levels not seen for two or even three decades. If the increase in…
Who to succeed Antonio Guterres as UN Secretary General?
The UN Security Council met on Friday August 21 for a second “indicative vote” session with a view to appointing the future Secretary General. Under pressure in particular from Donald Trump’s United States, which regularly contests its role and its…
Mark Carney denounces the trade “war” launched by Donald Trump against Canada and worries about “threats against the French language”
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney during a press conference in Ottawa on August 22, 2026. PATRICK DOYLE / PATRICK DOYLE/THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP The Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, denounced, Saturday August 22, a ” war “ trade…
Customs duties: the tone rises between Donald Trump and Canada
“That’s enough!” Donald Trump, the American president, castigated Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday August 23, at a time when trade tensions between the two countries are intensifying. The United States imposed 50% customs duties on Canadian…
Customs duties: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney denounces the trade “war” launched by Donald Trump
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney during a press conference in Ottawa on August 22, 2026. PATRICK DOYLE / PATRICK DOYLE/THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP The Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, denounced, Saturday August 22, a ” war “ trade…
Visa freeze imposed by Trump on 75 countries invalidated by American judge
New setback for Donald Trump. While the American president took a measure last January aimed at freezing visa procedures allowing permanent residence in the United States for 75 countries, an American federal judge declared, Friday August 21, its…
Israel says US criticism of its Syria strikes is ‘full of inaccuracies’
Satellite image of the Abou Al-Douhour military airport, following Israeli strikes, in Syria, August 19, 2025. PLEIADES NEO VIA REUTERS The Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, criticized the American special envoy to Syria, also ambassador to Turkey,…
Customs duties: Ottawa and Washington at an impasse, Carney promises to respond “to the nearest dollar”
Ottawa fights back. Faced with the new 50% customs duties imposed on Saturday August 22 by the President of the United States on Canadian products such as cement or hockey sticks, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to act by demanding the same…