TOKYO (AP) – Japan and Canada signed a strategic agreement Friday aimed at strengthening cooperation in defense, economic and energy security as military strikes on Iran by the United States and Israel fueled concern about international oil supplies.
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil shot to its highest price since 2023 after surging again because of the Iran war, and a weak update on the U.S. job market knocked stocks lower to cap Wall Street's worst week since October. The S&P 500 dropped 1.3% Friday. The Dow plunged as many as 945 points before finishing with a loss of roughly 450, and the Nasdaq sank 1.6%.
WASHINGTON (AP) – American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The unemployment rate blipped up to 4.4%. Hiring deteriorated from January, when companies, nonprofits and government agencies added a healthy 126,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday.
TOKYO (AP) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the royal line of succession for his “deplorable” actions. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Carney said the actions that have caused him to be stripped of his royal titles “necessitate” his removal from the line of succession.
Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon as the U.S. apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, intensifying its campaign targeting the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran’s president apologized Saturday for attacks on “neighboring countries” even as its missiles and drones flew toward Gulf Arab states and U.S. President Donald Trump threatened that the country would be “hit very hard.”
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Pentagon policy limiting journalists’ access to the building is depriving Americans of vital information about U.S. military operations while the country is at war, a New York Times attorney argued Friday in urging a judge to block the new rules.
March 2 – The Washington Post says DHS remains unfunded despite heightened terror threat. As America’s conflict with Iran continues, the Department of Homeland Security is warning law enforcement about the heightened risk of lone wolf attacks. Yet the agency tasked with keeping Americans safe – remains unfunded.
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) – Belarus’ authoritarian president has pardoned 18 more prisoners as part of his recent effort at a rapprochement with the United States. In a decree announced on Thursday, President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 18 prisoners, including 15 people convicted on extremism charges. A total of 11 pardoned prisoners are women.
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