By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Pacific Kansas City said on Saturday it would halt any new rail shipments originating in Canada, and all new U.S. shipments destined for Canada starting on Tuesday if talks with its Canadian labour union fail to progress. North American industry groups and shippers are bracing for an unprecedented […]
X to close operations in Brazil ‘effective immediately’
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Media platform X said on Saturday it would close its operations in Brazil “effective immediately” due to what it called “censorship orders” from Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes. X claims Moraes secretly threatened one of its legal representatives in Brazil with arrest if it did not comply with legal orders to […]
Russia’s Kadyrov equips Tesla truck with machinegun for war
(Reuters) – The leader of Russia’s Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, published a video on Saturday of himself driving a Tesla Cybertruck with what looked like a machinegun mounted on top, saying he would send it to the Ukraine conflict zone. Kadyrov, known for extravagant publicity stunts, heaped praise on both the vehicle and Tesla Motors […]
At least 17 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike in central Gaza, health officials say
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ramadan Abed CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -At least 17 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike in the Gaza town of Zawayda on Saturday, health officials said, as Israel issued new evacuation orders, citing Hamas rocket fire nearby. Most of the people killed were from the same family and they […]