Diplomats from the G7 group of advanced economies are meeting in Ontario to discuss issues from peace efforts in the Middle East, Sudan, and Haiti to supply chains and critical minerals. As host, Canada also invited 鈥渙utreach鈥� nations including Australia, Brazil, India, Mexico, and Ukraine. The meeting comes amid strained ties between Canada and its southern neighbor over President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs.
Colombia will stop sharing intelligence with Washington until strikes on alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean stop, President Gustavo Petro announced. The United Kingdom has also reportedly stopped sharing information about such vessels, officials saying the attacks are illegal. Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy said the USS Gerald Ford, the world鈥檚 largest warship, had reached the Caribbean amid a wider military buildup. See today鈥檚 story on why concern is mounting over the strikes鈥� legality.
Tokyo-Beijing tensions flared after Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae said that if China tries to seize Taiwan militarily, it could threaten Japan鈥檚 survival and trigger Tokyo to deploy its self-defense forces alongside the United States. Beijing鈥檚 diplomats said the new conservative leader had 鈥渟eriously鈥� damaged ties. Ms. Takaichi鈥檚 support for Taiwan amplifies a trend among Japan鈥檚 leaders in recent years. She has also pledged to accelerate a defense buildup, partly in response to China鈥檚 military expansion.
Protestors forced their way into the COP30 climate conference in Brazil yesterday. Demonstrators, including members of Indigenous tribes and youth activists, reportedly chanted 鈥淭hey cannot decide for us without us!鈥� before security removed them from the building. We look today at some of the frustration over how climate change is being addressed.
The U.S. Supreme Court said it will not hear a case challenging the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, which established the right to same-sex marriage a decade ago. The brief order came with no noted dissents or opinions and represents a setback for conservative legal activists. It takes four justices to agree to hear a case, and three of the dissenting justices in Obergefell are still on the court. More challenges to the case are expected.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was released from prison Monday after a judge ruled he could await his appeals trial in March from home. In a video message to a Paris court, Mr. Sarkozy said his incarceration had been 鈥済rueling.鈥� The ex-president is less than a month into a five-year sentence on criminal conspiracy charges related to his 2007 presidential campaign. He will be under strict judicial supervision.
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights reopened in Atlanta this past weekend after nearly a year of construction. First opened in 2014, the newly expanded center features six new galleries, three new classrooms, and new exhibits 鈥� including one that gives visitors a sense of what it was like for civil rights protesters sitting at a lunch counter. It comes at a time when museums have faced scrutiny from the White House over how they present history.
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