Quick note before we start: there will be no edition of this newsletter tomorrow. Today, Monday, I will be rather busy and unable to spend time working on tomorrow’s edition. I am sorry about that. There should be an edition on Wednesday.

Featured News

ABC News: U.S. Trade Rep Greer says tariff policy 'hasn't changed' despite SCOTUS ruling

Al Jazeera: Gunmen on motorcycles kill at least 50 in northwest Nigeria: Report

CNBC: Trump to hike global tariffs to 15% from 10%, ‘effective immediately’

Firstpost: 'El Mencho' killed: Mexican Army takes down most wanted drug lord, his cartel then launches mass attacks across country

Middle East Eye: US ambassador Huckabee says Israel has right to take over ‘all' of Middle East

The Texas Tribune: Cuban man’s death at El Paso tent camp was result of “spontaneous use of force,” ICE says

Canada & USA

Canadian news:

• A snap election still possible, despite potential Liberal byelections wins and more rumoured floor-crossings, say some pollsters

• Dual Canadian British citizens scrambling under new passport rules

• Family of Tumbler Ridge victim postpones celebration of life after threats

• Hundreds rally in sub-zero temperatures to keep Alberta Canadian

• School Board Votes to Support Candidate who Smeared Rival, Acted in ‘Undignified’ Manner

• Smith doubles down on desire for Quebec-style immigration model for Alberta

• Warning shot: How Canada fits into Washington's rebuke of the EU's 'buy European' defence drive

USA news:

• 5th Circuit upholds Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments displays in classrooms

• Georgia says Elon Musk’s America PAC violated election law

• Operating engineers at healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente to join 31,000 currently on strike

• Secret Service Kills Armed Man at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

• South Carolina Hospitals Aren’t Required to Disclose Measles-Related Admissions. That Leaves Doctors in the Dark.

• Texan shot dead by ICE agent months before killings in Minneapolis, records show

• Trump Fires Court-Appointed US Attorney Hours After It Replaces His Illegally-Appointed Former Campaign Lawyer

• Trump says Netflix will face ‘consequences’ if it doesn’t fire board member Susan Rice

• US group allegedly ran fake law firm and court proceedings to scam immigrants

World News

• Clashes erupt in Albania between police and protesters

• Eight bodies recovered in Libya, Greece as Mediterranean death toll rises

• Greenland PM declines Trump's hospital ship, urges him to stop 'random outbursts' online

• IMF calls on China to restructure its economy

• India, Brazil Seal Critical Minerals And Mining Pact; Set Sights on $20 Billion Trade Surge

• Israel kills 12, injures dozens in strikes across Lebanon

• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un re-elected as chief of Workers’ Party

• Pakistan launches deadly strikes on Afghanistan

• Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain, Zia Yusuf to say

• Slovakia threatens to cut electricity to Ukraine over Russian oil spat

• Twelve Palestine Action prisoners granted bail

• US can access minerals, military bases in Somaliland, minister tells AFP

• US draws up plans for “leadership change” and “targeting individuals” in Iran strike

• US military says it attacked vessel in Pacific Ocean, killing three people

What I’m Reading

• Israel wants to execute Palestinians, and the world will allow it

• It's Very Possible To Be Both Happy And Well-Informed

• The overlooked minority—again