YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday his government will spend billions on forward operating locations and infrastructure in the North to assert sovereignty over the increasingly contested region. Carney announced he is putting an additional $32 billion Canadian (US$24 billion) into military forward operating locations Yellowknife, Inuvik, Iqaluit and Goose

YELLOWKNIFE, NT, March 12, 2026 /CNW/ – Canada’s North is going through a period of profound change. The world is becoming more dangerous and divided. The assumptions that shaped decades of Canadian defence and security are being upended. Climate change is causing our Arctic region to warm nearly three times faster than the global average, a

“It’s not so much that they love Donald Trump, but they don’t mind a healthy dose of Trumpism,” Morgan explains. “It particularly breaks down on the woke stuff. They may not be natural conservatives on conservative issues like guns or abortion or things like that, but they are very much with the conservative right on

WASHINGTON — Anyone listening to President Donald Trump’s speeches has heard him say it and say it again: Gas prices are dropping on his watch, making life more affordable. The day before he launched the war against Iran, he appeared in Corpus Christi, Texas, and said that “right here,” gas prices had fallen below $2.30

The second Trump administration’s surge of interventionism has sent shockwaves across the globe.To Moscow, watching from the sidelines, this is long-awaited confirmation that the era of multilateralism has ended, replaced by the unapologetic return of Great Power politics. Violations of sovereignty like the invasion of Ukraine are no longer treated as international pariah acts; they

Rebecca Ferguson, Cillian Murphy, and Barry Keoghan stepped out for the New York premiere of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man held at the Director’s Guild Theater this week. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Netflix Dark Minimalism Returns Rebecca Ferguson returned to familiar moody territory for the New York premiere of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, wearing

The exodus of cofounders from Elon Musk’s AI startup continues. Loading audio narration… Zihang Dai left xAI earlier this week, according to people familiar with the matter. His xAI badge has vanished from his X profile. Meanwhile, Guodong Zhang has told people he plans to leave in the coming days, insiders said. His X profile

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) sits in a Monarch MK-V Electric Tractor during an event showcasing various electric trucks near Capitol Hill on June 7, 2023 in Washington, DC.  Drew Angerer | Getty Images Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., introduced a bill Thursday to create a new tax rebate for individuals and families hit by the cost

Last week, Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA +0.00%)(BRKB 0.24%) reported its last quarterly earnings. These results were the last with Warren Buffett as CEO and offered plenty to dig into for insights. Operating earnings fell nearly 30% versus the year prior. That drop was accompanied by a 54% drop in insurance underwriting profits, as well as a

Open this photo in gallery: Prime Minister Mark Carney in the House of Commons on Wednesday.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press Jennifer Welsh is the director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University. Margaret Biggs is the Matthews Fellow in Global Public Policy at Queen’s University. Commentators have been carefully parsing Prime Minister

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is returning to the subject of Elon Musk, with a sequel documentary four years after 72 Films first profiled the tech billionaire. Musk: The Next Chapter (working title) follows on from 2022’s The Elon Musk Show, and will track his life since the tumultuous takeover of Twitter, now rebranded as X. This

Elon Musk’s Tesla has won approval to supply electricity to households and businesses across Great Britain, as the tech billionaire expands his energy ambitions. The energy regulator, Ofgem, has formally granted Tesla an electricity supply licence, enabling it to provide electricity to domestic and business premises in England, Scotland and Wales. The company is expected

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Yellowknife on Thursday before heading to Norway and the United Kingdom for meetings with

Lawmakers express concerns as Trump officials project $50bn more may be needed for Iran war funding. Listen to this article | 3 mins info Published On 12 Mar 202612 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Officials from President Donald Trump’s administration have estimated during a congressional briefing

If Vladimir Putin’s quarter-century of expansionist rule has taught the West anything, it’s that the Russian president shouldn’t be taken at his word. That hasn’t stopped top US officials from perpetually buying the Russian strongman’s lines. President Donald Trump’s biggest misconception is that Putin wants peace in Ukraine, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Now,

The National People’s Congress signals firm stance against corruption as China’s 15th five-year plan is approved. Listen to this article | 3 mins info Published On 12 Mar 202612 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo China’s annual legislative meeting is wrapping up after setting the country’s lowest

Gene Simmons, the frontman of KISS, is tired of hearing celebrities’ opinions on politics. The rocker was recently asked by TMZ for his thoughts on stars who are outspoken about their criticism of Donald Trump, such as Ben Stiller, who recently called out the president after the White House used a clip of his 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing jittery global markets and drooping poll numbers since launching a war with Iran, President Donald Trump has cycled from calls for “unconditional surrender” to sounding amenable to an end state in which Iran trades one hard-line ayatollah for another. Shifting comments from the Republican president and his top aides are adding