The Info Zone WASHINGTON/OTTAWA, Aug 22 – The United States has imposed 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian products, opening another major front in the increasingly bitter trade dispute between two of North America’s closest economic partners. Canada responded by announcing plans to match the tariffs dollar for dollar, raising fresh concerns about higher prices, … Read more
Aug 21 – The highly anticipated video game “Grand Theft Auto VI” has become the focus of an apparent security breach after gameplay footage and what appears to be a detailed map of the game surfaced online, raising fresh questions about how closely major studios can protect unreleased projects. The material was attributed to an … Read more
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was taken to a hospital for a medical examination early Friday but returned to prison only a few hours later, a development that immediately triggered criticism from his political party and supporters. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party accused the government of disregarding a Supreme Court … Read more
LONDON, Aug 20 – Prince Harry and Meghan are preparing for a major return to Britain, with the couple expected to move from their California home to a location outside London later this month with their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. The planned move comes more than six years after Harry and Meghan … Read more
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 – The United States has crossed a staggering fiscal milestone, with total federal debt rising above $40 trillion for the first time as the government faces mounting costs for retirement programs, health care and interest payments. The Treasury Department said the total public debt outstanding reached about $40.047 trillion on Tuesday. The … Read more
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Aug 18 – U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds won the Republican nomination for Florida governor on Tuesday, while former Rep. David Jolly captured the Democratic nomination, setting up a closely watched November contest to succeed term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis. The results put two politicians with very different political histories on a statewide stage. Donalds, … Read more
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 – Natalie Harp has spent much of President Donald Trump’s second administration away from the center of public attention. That changed this week after a Democratic senator publicly singled her out while criticizing the president’s priorities, bringing renewed attention to one of the White House aides who is frequently seen at Trump’s … Read more
Aug 17 – The 60-day deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump for reaching a lasting peace agreement with Iran has expired with no comprehensive deal in sight, leaving the two sides facing a difficult diplomatic standoff over the Strait of Hormuz, economic sanctions and Tehran’s nuclear program. The deadline was established under a June … Read more
Aug 16 – Hayden Panettiere, the actor and singer who became widely known for playing a superpowered cheerleader on the television series “Heroes” and a rising country musician on “Nashville,” has died at the age of 36. Her death brings an abrupt end to the career of a performer who became a familiar face on … Read more
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 – President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to significantly reduce the scale of annual military exercises with South Korea, arguing that the drills are expensive, send an unnecessarily hostile message to North Korea and do not reflect his administration’s current approach toward Pyongyang. Trump announced the decision Sunday as the United … Read more