Sunday, May 11, 2025

As Trump heads to the Middle East, fixing explosive crises takes a back seat to deal-making

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman speaks with FOX News Channel, in an interview aired September 21, 2023, Neom, Saudi Arabia.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-middle-east-trip-1.7532075?cmp=rss

Argentina's top court finds 83 boxes of Nazi materials in its basement

Two men wearing blue medical face masks pry open a wooden box on top of a pile of other wooden boxes.

Dozens of boxes of Nazi material confiscated by Argentinean authorities during the Second World War were recently rediscovered in the Supreme Court's basement, the court said on Sunday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/argentina-supreme-court-nazi-materials-1.7532480?cmp=rss

Hamas announces it will release last living Israeli American hostage

A person wears a shirt featuring a person's portrait and the words, 'Bring Edan home now.'

Hamas says Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage in Gaza, will be released as part of efforts to establish a ceasefire, reopen crossings into the Israeli-blockaded territory and resume the delivery of aid.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hamas-release-hostage-gaza-israel-american-1.7532390?cmp=rss

As Trump heads to the Middle East, fixing explosive crises takes a back seat to deal-making

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman speaks with FOX News Channel, in an interview aired September 21, 2023, Neom, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Press

U.S. President Donald Trump will start his Middle East trip Tuesday by visiting Saudi Arabia. The country has opened up and relaxed its strict social code in recent years as it looks for partners to help it transition away from an oil economy. But the war in Gaza — and the famine created by Israel’s blockade of two million people — seems certain to haunt the president’s trip. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-middle-east-trip-1.7532075?cmp=rss

Trump touts 'great progress' as U.S. and China begin 2nd day of tariff talks

Two men shake hands in a carpeted room with flags.

The U.S. and China on Sunday resumed crucial tariff talks that have put the global economy on edge, but presented differing views on where the negotiations presently stand. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-china-tariff-talks-1.7532228?cmp=rss

Russian overtures welcome but ceasefire must come before peace talks, says Zelenskyy

A man stands at a podium with a Ukrainian flag on it.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ceasefire-before-peace-talks-zelenskyy-1.7532183?cmp=rss