Day: February 2, 2025

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, is in Panama to meet its president and tour the canal. Mr Rubio’s meeting with President Jose Raul Mulino has taken on urgency following President Trump’s stated determination to take back the canal, with military force if necessary. Also on the programme: We look at how the US freeze on foreign aid has impacted HIV treatment in South Africa; and the storytellers of Marrakesh – spinning a yarn for a new record. (Photo: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is received by Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha. Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS)

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Trudeau isn’t pulling punches—$30B in tariffs now, with $125B more coming. American consumers are about to feel this in their wallets. Beer, bourbon, and appliances just got a lot more expensive. So much for ‘winning’ trade wars…and I’m an American who loves Molson beer.

— Robert Morton (@Robert4787) February 2, 2025