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Carney aims for June deal with EU to define ‘associate member’ status in bid to undercut US influence

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday he hopes to finalize an agreement by June establishing Canada as the European Union’s first “associate member.” Carney announced the target date at the conclusion of a two-day Canada-EU summit in Montreal, where he joined European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa […]

Washington Examiner · Oct 30
Senate is skeptical about making daylight saving time permanent despite Trump's pressure

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is unlikely to act before the end of the year on a House-passed bill that would make daylight saving time permanent, defying President Donald Trump and dashing the hopes of Americans who don't like having to change their clocks twice a year. As daylight saving time ends early Sunday and much of the country turns the clocks back an hour, several senators are holding up legislation that would eliminate the...

PBS NewsHour · Oct 29
JD Vance letter may offer last chance to avert fresh conflict between US and Iran

US vice-president writes to top Iranian security official in sign Washington has not abandoned diplomacy Hopes of averting a major new conflagration between Iran and the US soon after Tuesday’s midterm elections could rest on Iran’s response to a personal letter from the US vice-president, JD Vance, offering to restart diplomacy. The letter, written after predominantly Qatari mediation, was sent to the secretary of Iran’s supreme national security council, Mohsen Rezaei on Sunday. It requires Tehran to agree to make commitments on its nuclear programme at the start of a process that would lead to the opening of the strait of Hormuz within seven days in return for US sanctions relief. Continue reading...

The Guardian · Oct 29