One of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s key staffers says he’ll be stepping away from his role as he considers running for a seat in Parliament.

Braeden Caley, Carney’s deputy chief of staff, thanked the prime minister in a letter posted to social media late Sunday for what he called “the honour of a lifetime.”

Caley didn’t specify a timeline or a particular riding where he would seek a nomination in his letter, only that he plans to run in his home province of British Columbia

John Tory Jr. has suspended his campaign to become the Liberal nominee in Beaches–East York , saying the compressed nomination timeline and strong support for other contenders leave “no realistic or viable path to success.”

His withdrawal comes as the east‑end riding’s nomination race tightens ahead of a summer federal by‑election triggered by the resignation of MP Nathaniel Erskine‑Smith . Erskine‑Smith stepped down as the Liberal MP for Beaches–East York in June to pursue opportunities outside federal politics.

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It’s been more than a quarter of a century since a Canadian prime minister touched down on Saudi Arabian soil to meet with the country’s leader. That was until Prime Minister Mark Carney headed south from Turkey to visit the Kingdom last week.

The trip is a part of Carney’s quest to find new global alliances and trading partners aside from the U.S.

Host Maria Kestane speaks to Sabine Nolke, former foreign service officer for Global Affairs, to discuss what exactly Canada could be getting out of

TORONTO — The union representing roughly 5,000 workers at Ford Motor Co. in Canada will hold ratification meetings this week for a tentative contract agreement reached over the weekend.

Unifor says details of the proposed new contract will be presented to members at meetings starting this coming Friday and continuing over the weekend.

The tentative three-year agreement announced on Saturday has received the unanimous endorsement of the Unifor Ford master bargaining committee.

Unifor national president Lana Payne says securing the tentative agreement comes at a vital time for Canada’

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Police said Monday they are investigating the death of South Africa World Cup soccer player Jayden Adams , after his body was discovered this weekend at a property in the city of Cape Town.

The 25-year-old Adams died two weeks after helping South Africa reach the knockout stage of a World Cup for the first time.

Authorities have not released a cause of death.

“Cape Town central police registered an inquest for investigation following the discovery of the body of a 2

BANGKOK (AP) — A huge fire tore through a music bar in Bangkok overnight, killing at least 27 people and leaving 25 hospitalized in critical condition on Monday as investigations began into the Thai capital’s deadliest blaze in 17 years.

Bangkok city officials said the fire at the Rong Beer Na Ladprao bar in a northern part of the Thai capital broke out shortly before midnight Sunday, and it took about half an hour for firefighters to bring it under control.

The bar, which in Thai calls itself

WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers — and the Federal Reserve — are being hit with another high-cost headache .

The gusher of investment in data centers — likely topping $700 billion this year — to power artificial intelligence has made memory chips, computer processors and other equipment, as well as electricity, more expensive. Economists expect it will continue to push up inflation at least through the end of this year.

While it won’t be as large a spike as occurred in 2021-

BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union official on Monday called for limits to be placed on children using social media as a special EU panel looking into the challenge recommended forbidding access for those under 13 until tech companies can prove their platforms are safe.

Growing awareness of the dangers social media poses for young, developing brains has shown up in a wave of new restrictions globally. Australia, the U.K., Turkey, Indonesia and others have passed bans on kids under 16 or 15 from using

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Paris on Monday for talks with two dozen European leaders helping Kyiv fight Russia’s invasion , with the war now in its fifth year.

European foreign ministers were also meeting separately in Brussels where they were expected to discuss Ukraine’s needs and Russia’s threats to the continent.

Both Kyiv and its European backers are keen to press home Ukraine’s recent successes and compel Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the fighting, although Moscow has shown no willingness to compromise despite