North America
Canada signs a ten-year assistance deal with Ukraine
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed a new assistance deal when making a surprise visit to Kyiv on February 24
CanadaWTO meeting to struggle to make progress in key areas
The WTO Ministerial Conference gets underway today with an agenda of contentious issues
InternationalUS WTO reform proposals will gain little traction
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai will make the case for WTO reform at next week's ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi
United StatesUS private sector lunar landing will help NASA
A private company supported by NASA funding achieved the soft landing of a robotic spacecraft on the moon yesterday
United StatesMigrants could help US urban areas if allowed to work
Migrants are a potential, if partial, solution to labour shortages in urban areas when given the right to work
United StatesBiden cannot count on student debt as a campaign issue
President Joe Biden yesterday announced a further move to cancel student debt but only 150,000 people will benefit
United StatesAnti-deepfake rules will be contested despite harms
A group of prominent technology experts has called for criminalising artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfakes
InternationalUkraine relies on external aid to resist the invasion
External military and financial aid is critical to Ukraine’s efforts to resist the Russian invasion
Ukraine
