Mark Carney Wins Race to Replace Trudeau as Canada's Prime Minister

Mark Carney Wins Race to Replace Trudeau as Canada's Prime Minister

OTTAWA, March 9 (Reuters) - Former central banker Mark Carney won the race to become leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister, official results showed on Sunday. Carney will take over at a tumultuous time in Canada, which is in the midst of a trade war with longtime ally the United States under President Donald Trump and must hold a general election soon.

Reuters
Read More

Veterans Fired From Federal Jobs Say They Feel Betrayed, Including Some Who Voted For Trump

Veterans Fired From Federal Jobs Say They Feel Betrayed, Including Some Who Voted For Trump

Veterans fired from federal jobs say they feel betrayed, including some who voted for Trump. Nathan Hooven is a disabled Air Force veteran who voted for Donald Trump in November. Barely three months later, he’s now unemployed and says he feels betrayed by the president’s dramatic downsizing of the federal government that cost him his job.

Read More

New Tariffs Imposed on Goods Entering the US From Canada, Mexico, and China

New Tariffs Imposed on Goods Entering the US From Canada, Mexico, and China

Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on goods entering the US from Canada, Mexico, and China. The US president signed an executive order putting a 25% tariff or tax on imports of all goods coming from Canada and Mexico to get both countries to crack down on illegal immigration and drug trafficking. Additionally, goods from China will be subject to a 10% tariff on top of existing tariffs until the country addresses fentanyl smuggling.

Theo Edwards for YAME Digital
Read More

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) play a vital role in immigration enforcement. They oversee all aspects of the process, which includes identifying individuals, as well as their arrest, detention, and removal under immigration law. ERO typically learns about these individuals through Interpol notices, suspected terrorists, cases involving counter-proliferation crimes, the terrorist watch list, or the no-fly list. Currently, 1,563 Sierra Leoneans are scheduled for imminent removal.

Read More