Trump and U.S. trade war take spotlight in French leaders’ debate

Carney Favorite to Win Canada's Federal Election

The debate took place in English the day before, and according to CBS, Carney’s three rivals “devoted much of the contest to discrediting him.” It detailed that Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre attacked Carney by stating that his government would not be very different from the one led by his “unpopular predecessor, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.” Likewise, Jagmeet Singh of the New Democratic Party “dedicated much of his time portrayin…

What the two main parties have planned for Canada's energy future

As Canadians head to an election on April 28, the economic stakes have rarely been higher. Until recently, Canada’s Conservative Party had benefited most from years of frustration over high inflation and unaffordable housing, drawing voters with promises of lower taxes and deregulation. But Pierre Poilievre’s commanding majority in the polls evaporated when Donald Trump began threatening Canada’s sovereignty through trade sanctions. The Liberal …

Jacques Audiard, Audrey Diwan Among French Filmmakers Calling Out U.S. Directors’ Attack on European Regulations: ‘Our Policies Should Not Serve as Scapegoats’

While the Trump administration has sparked uproar in the European Union over the president’s aggressive new trade policy, it’s also fueled tensions between the U.S. and European film industries. Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Perez”), Costa-Gavras (“Z”), Audrey Diwan (“Happening”) and Claude Lelouch (“A Man and a Woman”) are among the French filmmakers who have called out the the offensive led by the American film community against EU regulations, i…

Canada Discovers Uniting Against Trump Is the Easy Part

Trump is starting a french fry war

Alvaro Dominguez for BIFrench fries, the staple reward for well-behaved kids and go-to comfort food for overworked grown-ups, may soon become more of a luxury treat.While the US grows most of its own potatoes — about 44 billion pounds each year — there's another french fry ingredient that we largely don't produce on American soil, cooking oil. To achieve crispy fry perfection, most American chefs prefer canola or soybean oil. And much of our can…

Donald Trump's many promises are shaking up the world - and so is Sweden. A new poll from SvD/Demoskop shows that the president sets the agenda when Swedish voters rank their most important issue.