Australia’s Albanese calls national election for May 3 Australian prime minister sets off five-week election campaign set to be dominated by cost-of-living issues. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gestures during a news conference in Sydney, Australia, on December 12, 2024 [Mark Baker/AP Photo] By John PowerPublished On 28 Mar 202528 Mar 2025 Australian Prime Minister Anthony…
‘We won’t back down’: Global leaders threaten backlash to Trump auto tariff Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that ‘nothing is off the table’ in retaliation to 25-percent car tariffs. Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses US President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs in Ottawa, Ontario, on March 27 [Blair Gable/Reuters] By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 27…
Panama approves embattled ex-President Martinelli’s passage to Nicaragua Ricardo Martinelli has been convicted of money laundering in his native Panama and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Alejandro Perez, Ricardo Martinelli’s lawyer, holds up a sticker on March 27 to celebrate the former president’s imminent passage to Nicaragua [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo] Published On 28 Mar…