As Canada prepares to host the G7 foreign ministers summit, Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly is set to raise urgent concerns over the escalating trade war with the United States and perceived threats to Canadian sovereignty. Joly intends to warn her European and British counterparts that if the United States can impose aggressive tariffs on Canada, their closest ally, then no nation is truly safe from similar economic tactics. Despite the G7's official agenda focusing on Ukraine, the

US President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin, threatening "devastating" sanctions if Moscow refuses to accept a ceasefire agreement in the ongoing Ukraine war. Speaking after a meeting with Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheal Martin at the White House, Trump revealed that US negotiators are en route to Russia for talks aimed at brokering a ceasefire. This development comes shortly after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed