Canada

Mexico agrees to send 10,000 members of its national guard ‘to prevent drug trafficking from Mexico to the US, in particular of fentanyl’, says Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum

Guinness-maker highlights changing political landscape globally and the threat of tariffs as a key risk to its business

US president sparks fears of trade war with sweeping tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China

The Canadian response – the imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on the $30 billion on imports originating in the US, is effective immediately

US president has warned he will impose levies on European Union

US president unleashes general levies of 25% on Canada and Mexico and 10% on China

Carmakers, food producers and construction will be worst hit but consumers across the US, Mexico and Canada could suffer

Author turns to new and often-overlooked source material for a fresh examination of the nation before independence

Ireland will be exposed if Donald Trump introduces blanket tariffs on imports from the EU

Ireland regularly reports having Europe's highest rates of the potent STEC strain

Planet Business: Mark Zuckerberg’s watch, Michael Barr’s pre-emptive move and possible successors to Justin Trudeau

Former Bank of England governor holds holds Canadian, Irish and British citizenship

PM’s boyish charisma was not enough to reassure Canadians facing rising housing prices, groceries inflation and the prospect of huge tariffs imposed by the US

Trudeau says he will remain in post until ruling Liberal party elects new leader

Everything written about Alice Munroe after revelations about her daughter’s sexual abuse will record the Nobel Prize-winning author’s failure as a parent and human being

With the Liberal Party trailing the Conservatives by 25 per cent in the polls, Canada’s long-serving prime minister will soon either step down as leader or call elections that he’ll most likely lose

Planet Business: Instagram advertising forecast, Chrystia Freeland’s resignation and the highest-paid female sports stars

Official figures suggest national turnout fell to 59.71 per cent in the recent general election, 3.19 per cent down on the 2020 election

It may be a little self-serving for Irish voices to be squawking about the potential threat to corporate tax take, but the worry is real

Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum to write to US president-elect to tell him tariff would put common businesses at risk

Canadian authorities are preparing for a surge in migrants crossing from the US, while allies of the incoming US president have raised alarm over a recent spike in migrants coming in from Canada

A new book explores how Rachel Cusk’s writing illustrates a conflict between restlessness and stasis – an attention to the ways in which time pauses and passes

Patrick McKenna fitted right into the political hothouse in Montreal in 1978, which provided him with the adrenaline rush he had been missing since leaving Belfast

We hear from the man running The Irish Times pub in Prague, as well as some tips for travelling Europe by train and surviving long-distance flights

Canada's PM seems unmoved after nearly two dozen backbench Liberal MPs signed letter last week calling for him to step down

Cruising on the Viking Polaris serves up experiences way off the beaten track and takes in a dawn view of Manhattan, with a side dish of science

In a US trade war, the EU could be tempted to take retaliatory action against American corporate tax in Ireland

Ottawa has accused Indian officials of planning the assassination of a Canadian Sikh separatist leader in Vancouver in 2023

Move comes after Canada and India expel diplomats over killing of Sikh activist

Period homes in Aosta and Camburat, a rural hideaway near Quebec or a lakeshore house in Carraroe

Increases in extent and severity of forest wildfires most notable across vast areas of the northern hemisphere and undermines their critical role in storing carbon

TV series hopes to help build a battalion of young ‘goose detectives’ monitoring flight paths from Ireland to Arctic - and back

Justin Trudeau says his government has ‘compelling evidence’ Indian government agents engage in activities that pose threat to public safety in Canada

Canadian government reverses policy amid growing concerns that immigrants are contributing to the country’s deepening challenges around housing, healthcare and other issues

I was not disappointed. The natural landscape leads to jam-packed summers brimming with camping trips, sunrise swims and mountain hikes

For this Blackrock native, training gives her days meaning, structure and direction amid other struggles

Documentary details horrific cruelty towards and abuse of First Nations children in residential schools and discovery of unmarked graves

Catholic Church’s influence on Irish life is waning, yet only Israel spends more time on religious education at primary level

Business groups raise concerns over measures to reduce the number of foreign workers entering country

Q&A with Olive Heffernan; ‘We’re looking at taking this practice which is notoriously destructive, and allowing it encroach on one of our most fragile ecosystems’