Amazon is axing 16,000 jobs as it ramps up a push to use artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace.
“The reductions we are making today will impact approximately 16,000 roles across Amazon, and we’re again working hard to support everyone whose role is impacted,” Amazon’s senior vice president of people experience and technology Beth Galetti said in a Wednesday message to employees.
4 charged after hazardous chemicals found near Western University: London police
LONDON — Four people have been charged after hazardous chemicals capable of being used to make explosives were found in a home near Western University.
London police say they were called to the university early Saturday to help campus police with a trespasser in custody.
Police say a loaded handgun was found at the scene of the arrest.
There’s something genuinely funny going on in the United Kingdom right now.
The British government’s Prevent office, housed under the Home Office (think Department of the Interior, but allergic to dissent), partnered with a media nonprofit called Shout Out UK (like a PBS focused on preventing “radicalism”) to come up with a clever new way to re-educate British youth.
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— Huff (@Huff4Congress) January 28, 2026
The Trump administration is once again ramping up its rhetorical pressure on Canada, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issuing a fresh warning to Prime Minister Mark Carney over looming trade negotiations.
Bessent was at an event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to launch what U.S. President Donald Trump has dubbed “Trump Accounts,” an investment vehicle for children.
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Andrew, since you work for a newspaper, you should ask for the transcripts of the call with the Prime Minister’s Office. There are two conflicting versions, and the PMO is notorious for not being fully forthcoming—especially when it comes to the United States. Counter-tariffs are… https://t.co/5gomaHTGCb
— The Food Professor (@FoodProfessor) January 28, 2026
The European Union has agreed to open its borders to mass immigration from India as it signed the bloc’s largest free trade agreement.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a press conference in New Delhi alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday that the bloc has agreed to a “mobility” scheme to allow for the influx of “students, researchers, seasonal and highly skilled workers” from India into Europe.
Ursula von der Leyens "Wir schaffen das." pic.twitter.com/REsFkC2kLX
— Peter Rasmussen (@PeterRa58783464) January 27, 2026
Will the EU rename itself “Brampton”?
Chinese electric vehicles still pose a national security threat despite Canada lifting its tariff blockade, security experts warn, adding that nothing has changed since the previous federal government voiced concerns nearly two years ago.
Yet those experts also warn that the cybersecurity and privacy threats extend beyond Chinese-made vehicles to any car connected to the internet, which requires a robust response from Ottawa.
State-sponsored Chinese hackers have been quietly breaking into the phones of senior British government officials for years—including close aides to recent prime ministers Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak.
The Daily Telegraph reports that spies have “compromised senior members of the government, exposing their private communications to Beijing.”
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Black man gets called a “N*gger” by a customer at Osmows in Cambridge 😳🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/Ppzkzv3ufs
— RTN (@RTNToronto) January 28, 2026
Much of this week and next week will see Conservative Party partisans gathering in Calgary at the party convention and in Ottawa to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Stephen Harper’s election and swearing-in as Canada’s 22nd prime minister.
These will be two weeks for Canada’s conservative movement, filled with reflections on past successes and examining today’s challenges. Much of the discussion will revolve around the lessons that can be learned from the successes of the Harper victory of 20 years ago and what can be ported forward to 2026, as conservatives aspire to earn the privilege of governing Canada again.
Mexico has cancelled a shipment of oil to Cuba, the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, appeared to confirm on Tuesday, but she insisted the decision was “sovereign” and not a response to pressure from the US.
Fuel shortages are causing increasingly severe blackouts in Cuba, and Mexico has been the island’s biggest oil supplier since the US blocked shipments from Venezuela last month.
On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Pemex, Mexico’s state oil company, had “backtracked” on plans to send a much-needed delivery to Cuba this month.
In his “rupture” speech delivered at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney lamented the (apparent) breakdown of the rules-based international order and praised a “new world order” to come. He repeated former Czech president Václav Havel’s admonition against “living in the lie.” The irony was obvious as he proceeded to articulate, as James Albers writes in the Western Standard, “an address saturated with contradictions, misdirection, and half-truths.” In effect, he transformed Havel’s anti-communist warning into what amounts to a pro-communist exhortation.
Sweden is moving forward with plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 13 in serious cases as it grapples with a growing number of children recruited into gangs to carry out violent crimes without facing serious legal repercussions.
Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer said the country was in an “emergency situation” and stopping the use of children in criminal networks was a “crucial task” for the government.
But several authorities, including police, prison officials and prosecutors, have opposed the plan, with some worried that it may lead to even younger children becoming offenders.
Canada was once a great country. For its first hundred years or so, Canada was known for exceptional national projects — railways, pipelines, mining, etc. — and for punching above its weight in international conflicts.
But since the 1960s, it has changed. Liberal leaders decided to remake Canada into a different kind of country, one that prioritized leftist social engineering over the country’s historic identity and achievements.
She went from no cats to a mom of 7 cats overnight 😭🫶
Carolyn told us how she was only planning on adopting to Mama Rosie, but ended up adopting her and her three sets of twins, Forest, Delilah, Flynn, Leo, Koda and Luna too!
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— The Dodo (@dodo) November 4, 2025
The White House has told Ukraine it must cede the Donbas before the US will provide security guarantees, according to reports.
Ukrainian, US and Russian negotiators met for their first three-way peace talks in the United Arab Emirates last week.
Russia has increased the tempo of its airstrikes in recent days, knocking out power for large parts of Ukraine and leaving much of the country to freeze in sub-zero temperatures.
