MEXICO CITY — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico said Friday that he would avoid getting into a confrontation with President Trump over his threats to impose tariffs on Mexico unless it stopped migrants from crossing into the United States. Mr. López Obrador said that he was dispatching a delegation to Washington, led by […]
The Trump administration has sent a message to the world with its new tariff threats against Mexico: No deal is ever a done deal. That effect may be bigger than the immediate 5 percent tax on Mexican imports set to go into force June 10 and escalate to 25 percent over time. Mexico had seemed […]
Judge to decide whether to grant order allowing the clinic to stay open after officials refused to renew its licence. A judge in the US state of Missouri is weighing whether to grant an order allowing the state’s only abortion clinic to remain open, a day after abortion-rights protesters were arrested at a state office […]
The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is looking into the death of a 63-year-old woman in Gananoque, Ont. According to an SIU news release, the woman went to the Gananoque police station on Saturday, May 24, to report an incident. While in a police interview room, she suddenly collapsed. The SIU says officers performed CPR […]
Two political rivals have caused a stir on Twitter after they agreed to team up. US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive millennial Democrat who has frequently attracted the ire of the Republicans, tweeted on Thursday that members of Congress should not be allowed to become lobbyists after their service. Senator Ted Cruz – a conservative […]
The Macdonald Bridge, linking the Halifax Peninsula to Dartmouth, will be closed to all traffic on Saturday, June 1, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The bridge will be closed for paving areas around the towers on the road deck, sidewalk and bike lane of the suspended spans. The bike lane and sidewalk will also be […]
Lopez Obrador says Mexico will respond with ‘great prudence’ to Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on Mexican goods. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that Mexico will not respond to US President Donald Trump’s threat of coercive tariffs with desperation but will instead push for dialogue. Lopez Obrador said he has dispatched […]
The number of people crossing into the US from Mexico is the highest in a decade, new figures suggest, as a debate in Congress rages over President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the border. Mr Trump argues $5.7bn (£4.5bn) is needed to fund a wall to tackle the issue – his signature […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Anyone who has driven on I-95 through Connecticut or on the Long Island Expressway has experienced the heavy traffic and congestion. What if there were a way to reduce delays by diverting cargo and transporting it by boat across […]
In the 33 years since the filmmaker Spike Lee released “She’s Gotta Have It,” about a Brooklyn artist and her romantic entanglements, he has written, directed and produced projects nonstop, including the movie “BlacKkKlansman,” which won an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay this year. Last week, Mr. Lee’s television series, “She’s Gotta Have It,” […]