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3 days ago | 
thedeepdive.ca | ER Velasco
Within minutes of announcing a self-imposed Easter ceasefire, Russian forces launched coordinated assaults across eleven different directions, casting immediate doubt on the sincerity of President Vladimir Putin’s pledge.
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3 days ago | 
thedeepdive.ca | ER Velasco
As Elon Musk eyes the exit door of the Trump administration, his legacy project—the now-infamous five-accomplishments-per-week emails—has unraveled into what many in the federal workforce describe as “a joke with no punchline.”Launched in February over X, Musk’s directive required all federal workers to email five weekly bullet points detailing their accomplishments. Failure to comply, he warned, would be treated as a resignation.
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4 days ago | 
thedeepdive.ca | ER Velasco
Yale University is reportedly offloading up to $6 billion of its private equity holdings—roughly 15% of its $41.4 billion endowment—as elite academic institutions come under intensified fiscal and political pressure following federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration.
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4 days ago | 
thedeepdive.ca | ER Velasco
China has issued a stark warning to nations weighing closer alignment with the US on trade policy, vowing “resolute” retaliation against any country that undermines Chinese interests to curry favor with Washington. “China firmly opposes any party reaching a deal at the expense of China’s interests. If this happens, China will not accept it and will resolutely take reciprocal countermeasures,” the Ministry of Commerce said Monday.
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4 days ago | 
thedeepdive.ca | ER Velasco
The Liberal Party has unveiled its costed election platform with sweeping promises and staggering numbers: $130 billion in new spending over four years, deficits climbing as high as $62.3 billion, and a commitment to bring Canada’s finances back to balance—eventually—by relying on undefined savings and optimistic economic multipliers.
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6 days ago | 
thedeepdive.ca | ER Velasco
A US federal court has ruled that Google illegally holds monopoly power in key digital advertising markets, marking a second major antitrust blow within a year for the tech giant. District Judge Leonie Brinkema concluded that Google violated Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act by monopolizing the open-web display publisher ad server and ad exchange markets and by unlawfully tying its ad server (DFP) to its ad exchange (AdX).
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1 week ago | 
thedeepdive.ca | ER Velasco
The EU is reportedly considering a suite of retaliatory measures — including export restrictions to the US — as trade talks with Washington stall and tariffs begin to bite. Recent data from the European Commission shows EU services imports from the US exceeded €400 billion in 2023, while exports to the US plateaued just above €300 billion — widening the EU’s services trade deficit with the US to more than €100 billion.
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1 week ago | 
thedeepdive.ca | ER Velasco
In the recent pivotal leadership debate, key frontrunners Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre engaged in sharp exchanges while Jagmeet Singh was considered a meddlesome middle. Carney's hidden strength is to be boring and pedantic. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 17, 2025Poilievre, leading the Conservatives, methodically attacked Liberal policies on affordability and governance, asserting, “The question you have to ask is after a decade of Liberal promises, can you afford food?
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1 week ago | 
thedeepdive.ca | ER Velasco
An emerging crisis in the global supply of rare earth elements is drawing heightened scrutiny from both Wall Street and government officials, as speculation mounts that China—one of the world’s leading producers—may restrict exports.
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1 week ago | 
thedeepdive.ca | ER Velasco
President Donald Trump is considering a temporary delay on auto parts tariffs, a move that could offer short-term relief to automakers grappling with the ripple effects of his protectionist trade agenda. “I’m looking at something to help car companies with it,” Trump said Monday in the Oval Office, suggesting he may pause certain import duties to give companies more time to transition manufacturing to the US.
