MEXICO: Pres. Warns Trump On Tariffs

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday she would seek dialogue and cooperation with President-elect Donald Trump following his renewed threat to impose a 25 percent tariff on goods from both Canada and Mexico over illegal immigration and drugs.

Throughout the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump threatened to issue a 25 percent tariff on goods coming from Mexico if it did not comply with his demands on curbing illegal immigration. On Monday, he warned Mexico and Canada that he would quickly impose tariffs on imports unless they cracked down on illegal immigrants as well as fentanyl and other drugs coming across their respective borders into the United States.

Responding to the president-elect’s latest warning, Sheinbaum suggested that Mexico would respond with a retaliatory tariff against the United States.

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Prosecutor Seeks Jail, Election Ban for Le Pen

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A Paris prosecutor has asked for a prison sentence of five years and a five-year ban from political office for right party leader Marine Le Pen in an illegal party funding case.

Nicolas Barret asked for the ban to become effective immediately after the verdict, even if the defence team appeals, ruling Le Pen out of runing again for president in 2027.

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#IRAQ: Law Would Lower Age Of Consent To 9

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A controversial proposed age of consent law would allow old men in Iraq to marry children as young as nine years old, and "legalize child rape" activists claim. 

Ultra-conservative Shia Muslim parties have launched a bid to pass a new law that would slash the existing age of consent in the nation in half from the existing limit of 18. The changes, proposed by the dominant Shia parties in Parliament.

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#GERMANY: Gov't Collapses After fFinance Min. Fired

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The ruling German coalition has collapsed: Chancellor Olaf Scholz, of the Social Democrats (SPD) has sacked Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the Liberals (FDP), saying. Lindner "has broken my trust too many times."

The leaders of what is known in Germany as the "traffic light coalition" - SPD, FDP and the Greens - had gathered at the chancellery in Berlin in the evening.

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#UK: Conservatives Nominate Black Woman Leader

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Kemi Badenoch has promised to win back voters who have deserted the Conservatives after securing an historic victory in the party's leadership contest.

The 44-year-old becomes the first black woman to lead a major political party in the UK.

She defeated fellow right-winger Robert Jenrick, 42, by 12,418 votes after a marathon contest to replace Rishi Sunak, who led the party to the biggest defeat in its history in July's general election.

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#CANADA: Saskatchewan Party Wins Fifth Term

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Premier Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party won a fifth consecutive majority government Monday, losing in the big cities but retaining its iron grip on rural areas to secure victory in the conservative Western province.

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