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Thursday April 23rd, 2026 morning edition

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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer raised other trade issues with Canada while testifying at the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, including teasing a future “enforcement action” over provincial bans on U.S. alcohol.

“Overall, they’ve indicated that they want to be trading more, they want to have more trade agreements with more countries,” Greer said.

Earlier Wednesday, Carney said “no” when asked by reporters if Canada was willing to make any additional concessions in trade talks.

“We understand what some of the – what the Americans would call trade irritants or trade issues – are.

He also criticized Canada’s position on trade as “the worst strategy every” and claimed “they suck” or leach off of the U.S. economy.

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“We’re not going to get agreement (on trade issues) when we keep insulting people,” she added later. »

Nature Festival urges attendees to “dress appropriately” after being mistaken for nudist event

Authored by dexerto.com

A UK wildlife festival has clarified that it is not a nudist gathering after confusion led some people to believe it was a naturist event.

Cumbria Nature Festival shared the message on Facebook after receiving enquiries that suggested attendees had misunderstood the event’s purpose, prompting organisers to step in before things got awkward.

In a Facebook post addressing the confusion, Cumbria Nature Festival made it clear the event is focused on wildlife and conservation, not nudism. »

PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida was fired for not listening to Jim Ryan

Authored by eurogamer.net

Shuhei Yoshida, the former long-tenured leader of Sony's first-party PlayStation Worldwide Studios, has said he was fired from the role by Jim Ryan - the boss of PlayStation - because he didn't listen to him.

"Jim Ryan wanted to remove me from first-party because I didn't listen to him.

As Yoshida later remarked, he and Ryan were part of the same PlayStation generation so they knew each other well. »

Iran's military more capable than Trump administration is publicly acknowledging, sources say

Authored by cbsnews.com

Roughly 60% of the naval arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is still in existence, the officials said, including fast-attack speed boats.

Iranian air power has been significantly degraded but not erased, said the officials, who requested anonymity from CBS News because they were not authorized to discuss the matters publicly.

"We've taken out their navy, we've taken out their air force, we've taken out their leaders," Mr. Trump said Tuesday. »