The vote is not a direct referendum on independence. Alberta, which has the world's fourth-largest proven oil reserves, will decide whether to remain a province or instruct the government to begin the legal process toward a future referendum on separation.
"This referendum comes at the worst possible time," Carney told a large pro-Canada rally in Calgary. "The world has become more dangerous and divided. Some outside our borders are working to break us so they can own us."…
Donald Trump’s state department intends to allocate $12m to organisations in the UK founded by the prominent Conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young, the Guardian can reveal.
The intended grants, revealed in US government documents, are part of a package of support for European groups viewed favourably by the Trump administration. Some former US officials have criticised the funding as a misuse of public money to seek influence over foreign politics...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/22/lobbying-health-care-trump-rfk-00886828
The US is targeting its own allies and its withdrawal from the region has left a power vacuum for China to fill in…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/trump-china-south-america-foreign-policy
In its lawsuit, the SEC said that before Musk's delayed disclosure of his ownership in Twitter, he allegedly spent more than $500m purchasing additional shares in the company and was able to buy the stock from the "unsuspecting public at artificially low prices"...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/14/us-elon-musk-twitter-stock-purchase-lawsuit
