Trump rules out running as Vance’s VP to gain third term, but open to Bannon plan: ‘Let AOC go against Trump’

TOKYO — President Trump said Monday that he won’t run as Vice President JD Vance’s running mate to circumvent the Constitution’s two-term limit on the presidency, but said he is still interested in running again — musing about a potential 2028 face-off against New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Trump, 79, made the remarks when a reporter asked about his former chief strategist Steve Bannon’s claim that a secret plan might negate the 22nd Amendment’s term limit.

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Doug Ford says pat on the head from cool kids worth widespread harm Reagan ad will cause

Doug Ford has no regrets about ‘viral’ Reagan ad that angered Donald Trump

An unrepentant Premier Doug Ford says he has no regrets about Ontario’s anti-tariff advertising blitz that derailed Canada’s trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.

While Ontario has paused the $75 million campaign, featuring former president Ronald Reagan, after Ford spoke with Prime Minister Mark Carney, the premier insisted Monday it was effective.

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Inside Syria’s jail for IS suspects as officials say attacks by group are rising

In the complex mosaic of the new Syria, the old battle against the group calling itself Islamic State (IS) continues in the Kurdish-controlled north-east. It’s a conflict that has slipped from the headlines – with bigger wars elsewhere.

But Kurdish counter-terrorism officials have told the BBC that IS cells in Syria are regrouping and increasing their attacks.

Walid Abdul-Basit Sheikh Mousa was obsessed with motorbikes and finally managed to buy one in January.

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Needed: Three reasons to defend Canada and one way to start

When retired Lieutenant-General Michel Maisonneuve stood before an audience in Winnipeg earlier this year, he asked a question that continues to resonate. It boils down to this: “Can you name three reasons to maintain and defend an autonomous Canada?”

It’s the kind of question that should have evoked a chorus of patriotic replies. Yet when posed across the country, the silence that followed, by his account, was overwhelming.

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Italian court approves extradition in Nord Stream case

An Italian court has approved the extradition of a Ukrainian man suspected of taking part in the 2022 explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, his lawyer confirmed Monday.

The explosions destroyed three of the four Nord Stream gas pipelines, which had become a contentious symbol of Germany’s dependence on Russian energy after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

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HEINRICHS: Can anything change Canada’s declining birth rate?

Make America Pregnant Again. A Financial Times article slaps that label on recent pro-family programs announced by the US government. The Trump administration is considering $5,000 cash baby bonuses for every American new mother and a National Medal of Motherhood for women having 6 or more children.

The US is not alone these days in wanting to encourage more babies. Russia and South Korea now pay baby bonuses to new mothers. Hungary’s government says it will exempt mothers of three children from paying income tax. And politicians in India are boldly telling young couples to have three children.

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Trump says he won’t be meeting with Carney ‘for a long time’

KUALA LUMPUR — U.S. President Donald Trump has ruled out a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney this week while the pair are both in Asia.

Trump spoke to reporters on Air Force 1 today en route to Japan, saying he won’t be meeting with Carney “for a long time.”

He also says he doesn’t know when the new tariffs on Canada will come into effect.

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Carney Warns of Trade Shift After Trump’s Canada Tariff Hike

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned Sunday that trade flows are likely to shift away from the United States “for a period of time” following President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a new 10 percent tariff on Canadian goods, saying the hike will make it “more expensive to trade with the United States.”

Carney’s comments were his first public reaction since Trump announced the tariff increase on Saturday, escalating tensions between two of the world’s largest trading partners.

The announcement means the general tariff on Canada is now up to 45 percent, but it is not yet certain when the increase will go into effect.

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Sadiq Khan accused of covering up London’s grooming gangs scandal

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In the small hours of the morning, retired police detective Jon Wedger is on the streets of Tottenham in northeast London to prove gangs are grooming girls for sex in the capital.

“I worked in the Met Police’s vice squad for years, and I’ve never seen so many in one area,” he says. “That’s where the three young girls are.” Wedger confirms that a Somalian girl aged 12 is “working” alongside two English girls aged 15 and 16.

The former officer, who left the Met in 2017 after 25 years, has joined forces with a documentary crew from IBB Media to show the public that child prostitution is happening in plain sight on London’s streets.

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U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports

Warren Shepell had an unsettling experience this month when boarding his flight from Cleveland heading home to Toronto.

Just before getting on the plane, he says two uniformed officers approached him on the boarding ramp (Jetway), and one took his photo.

“I was aghast. I felt ambushed,” said Shepell, a noted Canadian psychologist.

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They sneered at Trump’s ‘eagle graveyards’ – but now Biden’s hated windmills crippling an American legend are haunting the US military

When Donald Trump warned that wind farms were ‘eagle graveyards’ he was mocked by liberals, but now a cabinet secretary is warning that as well as harming wildlife, they threaten America’s troops.

In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum warned that the towers — which dwarf the Statue of Liberty — can interfere with critical military radars.

Burgum said the Department of Defense is investigating the potential threat, while the FAA fears they could disrupt systems at commercial airports along the East Coast, particularly in the densely populated northeast.

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