Trump Administration Said to Drop Lawsuit Over Toxic Chemical

The Trump administration plans to drop a federal lawsuit against a chemical manufacturer accused of releasing high levels of a likely carcinogen from its Louisiana plant, according to two people familiar with the plans. The government filed the lawsuit during the Biden administration after regulators determined that chloroprene emissions from the Denka Performance Elastomer plant … Read more

How Canada could fight Trump tariffs

Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto Watch as leaders of Canada, US and Mexico trade warnings over tariff threats Canada is expected to react forcefully and immediately to tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on its products. Trump has said he going ahead with putting a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico, starting … Read more

One-year-olds among those raped, UN says

Barbara Plett Usher in Port Sudan & Natasha Booty in London BBC News Unicef Hala (not her real name) is one of countless teenagers raped since the war began Warning: This article contains details of sexual violence that some people may find distressing Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children as young as one … Read more