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Former central banker Mark Carney won the race to become leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister, official results showed on Sunday.

Carney will take over at a tumultuous time in Canada, which is in the midst of a trade war with longtime ally the United States and must hold a general election soon. Carney, 59, defeated former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland who came in second place in a contest in which just over 150,000 party members voted.

Trudeau announced in January that he would step down after more than nine years in power as his approval rating plummeted, forcing the ruling Liberal Party to run a quick contest to replace him.

Carney, a political novice, argued that he was best placed to revive the party and to oversee trade negotiations with President Donald Trump, who is threatening additional tariffs that could cripple Canada's export-dependent economy.

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Ukraine is “fully committed” to constructive dialogue with US representatives in Saudi Arabia next week and hopes to agree the next steps, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

“Ukraine has been seeking peace from the very first second of this war. Realistic proposals are on the table. The key is to move quickly and effectively,” Mr Zelensky wrote on X.

“On our side, we are fully committed to constructive dialogue, and we hope to discuss and agree on the necessary decisions and steps.”

Mr Zelensky said he would visit Saudi Arabia next week and after he meets with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday, Ukrainian diplomatic and military representatives would stay for a meeting the following day with the US team.

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Though the tariffs on goods imported to the U.S. from Canada and Mexico have received a temporary reprieve from President Donald Trump, negative consumer sentiment from Canadians about U.S. products has many American companies on edge.

American liquor, wine and spirit brands have been pulled off shelves in many Canadian stores as part of retaliatory measures to Trump's tariffs that are temporarily on hold until April 2.

Lawson Whiting, CEO of Brown-Forman, the maker of Jack Daniel's, said the removal of his company's whiskey from Canadian store shelves was "worse than a tariff."

"It's literally taking your sales away completely" and "a very disproportionate response to a 25% tariff," Whiting said during an earnings call on Wednesday.

Whiting said Canada only represents about 1% of Jack Daniel's sales, "so we can withstand" it. Still, Whiting said it was disappointing that some Canadian consumers would not be able to get bottles of Jack Daniel's "because it's a big brand in Canada and popular, but we will see how this this plays out and the rumors continue to float around Canada every day."

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Yemen’s Houthi fighters have given Israel a four-day deadline to lift its blockade on food, medicine and aid into Gaza, threatening to resume “naval operations” against the country otherwise.

The ultimatum, issued late on Friday, signals a possible escalation from the rebel group after their assaults tailed off in January following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

“We give the entire world notice: We are granting a four-day deadline,” the group’s leader, Abdel-Malik al-Houthi, said in a video statement.