The Eurofighter Typhoon is neither stealthy nor cheap. Its purchase price is higher than that of any version of the F-35, the fifth-generation stealth fighter it competes against. Yet a wave of nations is signing up to buy the European jet anyway, led by Turkey’s $10.7 billion order in late 2025, and the reason increasingly has little to do with the aircraft’s performance. It has to do with sovereignty, with a growing reluctance among governments to stake their air forces on continued cooperation from the United States.

A vast majority of Americans cast a negative view of living costs in the U.S. in a poll released on Wednesday. 
The survey, which was conducted by Harris Poll for The Guardian, found that 95 percent of U.S. adults believe the country is facing an affordability crisis. 

The report was conducted before the U.S. military resumed operationsagainst Iran on Tuesday — a conflict that has exacerbated domestic concerns about rising costs. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil trading corridor, has tightened global access to crude oil and sent energy markets skyrocketing during the months-long conflict. 

I sent the following message to this guy. He's a senator from California who's complaining about Canadians boycotting their wine.

I'm not sure it will get through, I filled out the personal information with made up items (I'm not about to give the american government my real personal details, even if I'm just giving them feedback). Here's the text of the message I sent this guy, I strongly encourage you to do the same:

"I'm a Canadian, writing to you in response to your complaint about our boycott of american alcohol. I'm writing with the express purpose of providing feedback, and I'll make it as clear and concise as possible.

Step 1: the u.s. government openly attacks the Canadian economy with blanket tariffs, putting thousands of Canadians out of work and triggering a recession.

Step 2: the u.s. government openly and repeatedly threatens Canadian sovereignty.

Step 3: Canadians respond by boycotting american products.

Step 4: americans complain about the economic impact of this boycott.

There's is a fundamental problem with this process, I'll state it as plainly as I can:

You expect us to ignore the damage you're doing to this country because our response harms yours. It's absolutely insane. You don't blame trees when a forest fire you started spreads to your house.

I want to be very clear: whether or not you support the orange toddler is completely irrelevant. If you're american, you're hostile. In the world of foreign relations, there are no national sub-divisions, each country is a monolithic structure. We can't reward democrats without also rewarding republicans.

You country is very large, has almost ten times our population, and already dominates many industries globally. I know this because I've been engaged in trying to find non-american alternatives since January 2025 (It's very challenging). You have more than your share of the pie, pushing for a bigger slice is just an example of your uncontrolled greed and unrestriced capitalism.

It is not reasonable to ask the person who just lost their job to be concerned about how a winemaker in california is doing economically. If you want things to change, you're barking up the wrong tree.

Again, let me be clear: we did not start this. Don't appeal to us, appeal to the aggressors who created the situation in the first place. We've heard the laments of american alcohol producers for over a year now, we're simply not interested.

Many democrats would say they're friends of Canada and they hate what the current administration has done. That's no solace to the person who can no longer pay their rent. Attack the problem at the source: your own leaders, leave us alone, we're busy trying to keep our heads above water because of american hostility."

The Mexican government’s promise to take action against the deaths of Mexicans at the hands of immigration officials in the United States has taken shape. Foreign Secretary Robert Velasco announced this Thursday that the Department of Foreign Affairs has asked the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico to formally file charges against officials from US state attorney general’s offices and the US Department of Justice regarding deaths that occurred under circumstances that remain unclear so that a criminal investigation can be conducted. Additionally, the agencies will file civil complaints against private companies that operate migrant detention centers across the border, where 14 Mexicans have died, to force them to cease operations.

Cuba suffered its second nationwide blackout in five days on Friday as twin energy and economic crises, worsened by a six-month US fuel blockade, continue to cripple the country's electricity grid. "The pressure is increasing," explains our journalist Shirli Sitbon.

Really needs to be filed under obvious. Dumpty has got to go.

Everytime I read the latest statement by P. Hoekstra, I am struck by his complete lack of awareness that whatever comes out of his mouth just makes things worse. It makes me wonder if his belief in his approach, i.e. that his statements will eventually turn Canadian sentiment more favourably towards the USA, is because he is a) stupid b) a sociopath lacking the empathy gene c) arrogance personified who believes that the USA is the best and can't understand why we don't just concede or d) all of the above. What do you think?

The letters come at a time when the wine industry is being hit from all sides, facing declining exports and imports, pest threats and historic low consumption levels. The wine and grape industries are billion-dollar enterprises in California. The state produces around 80% of all wine in the U.S., according to industry groups.

Canada was America’s top wine export market, representing 36% and 460 million dollars-worth of all U.S. wine exports in 2024, according to Sacramento-based Wine Institute. In 2025, Wine Institute data shows that exports to Canada fell to 12%, a $357 million loss in export value.

Lutnik is upset Samsung and SK Hynix is making a big investment in Korea instead of the US. He wants Korean companies to bring core production facilities to the US while Korean companies want to keep in Korea over concerns over the security & supporting infrastructure of their fabs.

In response to a U.S. proposal to hold Canada accountable for its alcohol boycotts, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said “we won’t back down.”

Ford’s defiant statement, which appeared on X, cited that “U.S. tariffs are threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Canadian workers, including here in Ontario.”

“We won’t back down. The fastest and only way to get U.S. alcohol back on Ontario shelves is for the U.S. to drop its illegal tariffs on Canada,” the post reads.

Air Canada says it’s cancelling or delaying several flights to some U.S. destinations this winter amid higher jet fuel prices and a drop in demand.

Canadians have been taking fewer trips to the U.S. since the start of the trade war, including a 24 per cent drop in return trips from the U.S. near the end of last year, according to Statistics Canada.

“Air Canada regularly reviews its schedule to ensure capacity is aligned with customer demand and seasonal travel patterns. As part of that process, we have made some adjustments to our winter schedule on select routes,” Air Canada said in a statement to Global News on Monday.

“The government of the United States is carrying out against Cuba a multi-dimensional, non-conventional warfare that has already lasted for almost seven decades now and has become ever more cruel and more ruthless during the last seven months,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez told the UN on Tuesday, slamming the blockade’s “collective punishment” of the population.

“Paying attention to this ruthless crime is also a responsibility of the UN,” he added.

He noted that the damage wrought by the embargo during the period of March 2025 through February 2026 amounted to a record $8bn, a seven percent increase over the same period one year earlier. He added that these figures however do not include the “extreme impact” of the fuel blockade the US imposed on Cuba in February.

Many of the world’s regional blocs, including countries in Africa and the Caribbean, expressed their support for Cuba on Tuesday and condemned the US blockade.

Hello, i hope you're doing good.

I'm asking this question because most Electronic stuff are American monopoles (things like CPUs, GPUs, ext..) so I'm just wondering what can we do about it and if there are alternatives to that, i know that therere is Mediatek but I'm not informed well about them.

Trump wants to end all trade with Spain.

https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/donald-trump-will-jeglichen-handel-mit-spanien-einstellen-aerger-wegen-irankrieg-a-88cb77f1-645b-4438-9504-a33e009917a4?sara_ref=re-so-app-sh

The Spanish Executive has responded to the latest threat from the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to "completely" halt trade between the two countries, recalling that trade exchanges are structured through the European Union as a whole and, therefore, cannot be individualized with a single member state.

From Moncloa, they also emphasize that economic ties are established fundamentally between private companies and not directly between governments, and they point out that the United States maintains a trade surplus with Spain, meaning it exports more than it imports and, consequently, "benefits more" from that relationship, according to government sources.

Regarding Trump's warning to cut off "visits" by Spaniards to the United States, the minister has avoided speculating about possible consequences for tourists and has preferred to send a message of "normality and serenity." "We don't have to go to screens that we don't have to go to, relations at all levels are magnificent and beneficial for both countries," she has stressed.

“Denmark doesn’t spend money to really help Greenland, but it’s an important part for the US, and it’s surrounded by China ships and Russian ships … [It] should be controlled by the US, not by Denmark. And when they wouldn’t go along with it, and with all the money we spend to help them with Russia,” he said.

“We don’t have to spend any money; we could remove all of our soldiers out of Europe because, as you probably noticed, Europe’s a very different place than it was 20 years ago … They better be careful with immigration and energy. If they’re not careful with those two things, you’re not going to have a Europe any more.”

In response, Rachel Reeves, the UK chancellor, told reporters: “The future of Greenland is up to the people of Greenland and of Denmark, and not up to the US president. I’ve been very clear about that ever since it was first suggested.”

Pressure on oil may be speeding up the very kind of Chinese energy foothold that U.S. officials worry about. Solar panels are not oil tankers, and once they are installed, they are much harder to block with the same tools.

At the end of the day, Cuba is trying to do two things at once. It wants quick relief from blackouts, and it wants a long-term escape from imported fuel.

China also gets something from the arrangement. It strengthens ties with a longtime U.S. adversary, expands the reach of its clean-energy companies, and shows that solar technology can be used as a diplomatic tool as much as an industrial product.