Bourbon Is Banned, California Wine Canceled, as Canada Pulls U.S. Alcohol
Giovanni Cassano, a restaurant owner in the Canadian province of Ontario, was not going to let a trade war get in the way of his diners’ thirst for Californian wine,…
Jack Daniel’s maker says Canada taking bottles off shelves ‘worse than tariffs’
Canadian provinces pulling US alcohol off store shelves in response to Trump trade policy is “worse than tariffs”, the boss of Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman has said. Several Canadian provinces,…
Taiwan President Defends TSMC’s $100 Billion U.S. Chip Investment
President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan on Thursday sought to reassure his citizens that a plan by a Taiwanese chip giant to spend $100 billion in the United States would benefit…
US pauses intelligence sharing with Ukraine
The future of US support for Ukraine is being pushed further into doubt, with National Security Adviser Mike Waltz confirming on Wednesday that the US has paused intelligence sharing with…
Scranton helped the US aid Ukraine. Now its role is uncertain
US President Donald Trump’s pause on military aid and intelligence sharing for Ukraine has left the war-torn country’s residents uncertain about their futures and rattled America’s European allies. But it…
Carmakers win reprieve from Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico
4 hours ago Natalie Sherman BBC News Getty Images US President Donald Trump said he would temporarily spare carmakers from a new 25% import tax imposed on Canada and Mexico,…
France, Germany, & Poland Are Competing For Leadership Of Post-Conflict Europe | naked capitalism
Yves here. Former ambassador Chas Freeman observed that it was unnatural for EU countries to be dependent on the US for security, which then dictated substantial elements of their foreign…
How the Crypto Exchange Bybit Lost $1.5 Billion to North Korean Hackers
On the night of Feb. 21, Ben Zhou, the chief executive of the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, logged on to his computer to approve what appeared to be a routine transaction.…
Missile Strikes Hotel in Zelensky’s Hometown in Ukraine
A Russian missile slammed into a hotel before dawn on Thursday in the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky in central Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring more than…
South Korean Fighter Jets Mistakenly Bomb Village, Leaving 7 Injured
A South Korean village near the North Korean border was mistakenly shelled on Thursday by two fighter jets from the South’s own air force, leaving 15 people injured and damaging…