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Canada advances major west-coast pipeline to cut reliance on US market
OTTAWA (Realist English). Prime Minister Mark Carney has reached a landmark agreement with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to begin work...
Canada’s western rift deepens as Alberta pushes new pipeline to Pacific despite fierce opposition from British Columbia
OTTAWA (Realist English). Canada’s effort to reduce its economic dependence on the United States is colliding with a renewed battle...
Brookfield raises $20bn for record energy transition fund amid AI-driven power boom
TORONTO (Realist English). Brookfield Asset Management has closed a $20bn fund dedicated to energy transition projects, one of the largest...
Canada turns to Nordic partners to reduce U.S. trade reliance and expand defence ties
OTTAWA (Realist English). Canada is stepping up defence and trade cooperation with Nordic countries as part of efforts to lessen...
Canadian oil sands emerge as lowest-cost producers in North America amid global downturn
CALGARY (Realist English). Canada’s oil sands producers — including Imperial Oil, Suncor, and Cenovus — have become some of the...
Canada bets on LNG to fuel its energy future and counter US trade risks
KITIMAT (Realist English). Once dubbed “the town of tomorrow,” the remote community of Kitimat in British Columbia is again at...
Canada slaps 100% tariffs on non-US steel and aluminium amid escalating trade dispute
OTTAWA (Realist English). Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced sweeping new trade measures on Thursday to protect Canada’s steel and...
Carney pledges support for oil sector and emissions cuts as Canada repositions for Trump-era trade
SASKATOON (Realist English). Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to work closely with Canada’s oil industry to increase production and...
King Charles III reaffirms Canadian sovereignty amid Trump’s 51st state rhetoric
OTTAWA (Realist English). King Charles III affirmed Canada’s sovereignty in a symbolic throne speech to Parliament on Tuesday, addressing lawmakers...
US Treasury chief says sanctions helped trigger Iran unrest
DAVOS (Realist English). US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has publicly acknowledged that American sanctions played a role in destabilising Iran’s...
Oxfam warns billionaire wealth hits record as inequality deepens
LONDON (Realist English). The combined wealth of the world’s billionaires has climbed to a record $18.3 trillion, with the super-rich...
Nearly 4,000 killed in Iran protests, rights group says
TEHRAN (Realist English). At least 3,919 people have been killed during the recent wave of protests in Iran and the...
Committee for the Defense of the AAC in Bratislava Calls for Release of Detained Clergy
BRATISLAVA (Realist English). A meeting of the Committee for the Defense of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) and Christianity in...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
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