Canada imposes retaliatory tariffs as trade war with the U.S. escalates
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- Good morning, and welcome to Hark News. Here's what the world got up to while you slept. First, the weather in New York. A high of 85 and a low of 64, with clear skies.
- Canada's retaliatory tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of American goods took effect today, hitting items like steel and consumer goods with duties up to 50 percent.
- Oil prices approached $100 a barrel following Houthi drone and missile strikes against energy installations across four cities in southern Saudi Arabia, leaving dozens injured.
- Federal investigators are examining the crash of an Amazon cargo plane that overran a runway by 1,300 feet at Miami International Airport. All five victims killed were in vehicles struck on a public road outside the perimeter, as officials noted the runway lacked crushable safety arresting beds.
- Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany party scored a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt, winning nearly 44 percent of the vote. While rival parties maintain a firewall refusing coalition talks, the result marks the strongest state election finish for a German far-right party since the Second World War.
- Britain, France, and Canada joined nine other nations in slapping trade sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, citing escalating settler violence and threats to a two-state outcome.
- OpenAI claims an internal AI system solved the famous Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize mathematics problem in 88 hours. The announcement has sparked controversy, however, as independent mathematicians question whether the lab's models leaned on unpublished research after private code and notes were explored during earlier collaborative work.
- Insilico Medicine reported that its experimental lung fibrosis drug, rentosertib, designed by artificial intelligence, significantly reversed biological aging markers across six distinct proteomic clocks during clinical trials.
- New Hampshire voters headed to the polls for critical Senate primaries. Former Republican Senator John Sununu faces former Senator Scott Brown with Donald Trump's endorsement, while Democratic Representative Chris Pappas is trying to fend off a spirited late challenge from democratic socialist Karishma Manzur.
- Republicans are gathering in Dallas for an unusual midterm convention centered on Donald Trump, billed as a push to energize base voters before November. Over one hundred GOP lawmakers are skipping the event, with competitive candidates quietly expressing worry that Trump's personal grievances could overshadow their legislative record.
- Donald Trump sparked diplomatic blowback by sharing maps renaming New Mexico as "New America" and claiming territories like Greenland and Iceland under the American flag, prompting Iceland to summon the U.S. ambassador.
- Army Secretary Dan Driscoll stepped down following persistent friction with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over officer promotions and leadership reductions. Driscoll's exit leaves the Pentagon without Senate-confirmed civilian heads for either the Army or Navy, stoking concerns across Capitol Hill about instability atop the armed services.
- Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is back in the spotlight after filmmakers Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim surprised the Telluride Film Festival with a secret, three-hour documentary.
- Senior executives from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund arrived in New York to pitch Wall Street giants including Apollo, Blackstone, and Carlyle. With domestic cash facing tight constraints and ambitious development targets still lagging foreign investment goals, the kingdom is aggressively hunting for outside capital.
- Robinhood struck a multiyear agreement to route event contract trading through Crypto.com spinoff OG.com, taking equity stakes in both entities. The move broadens Robinhood's prediction market offerings beyond existing partnerships, even as critics warn against blending sports betting contracts with consumer retirement and trading accounts.
- Russian airstrikes on Kyiv resumed hours after American special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner concluded weekend meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- A Wall Street Journal investigation revealed that former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski reportedly offered foreign governments help navigating the Department of Homeland Security for consulting fees.
- Compact discs are selling again: 17.5 million in the first half of the year, up nearly 46 percent. The RIAA credits BTS and young collectors, and half of those buyers don't even own a player.
- An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Christian Castro, surrendered to federal authorities after being indicted for lying to investigators about shooting a Venezuelan migrant in Minneapolis.
- And before you go, a little extra from The New York Times. Ancient bugs had an abundance of what, a study found? Want the answer? Tap Sources on this story to see the full section.
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