The Trump administration’s move to ease fuel shipments to Cuba’s nascent private sector is part of a plan to make the island more reliant on the U.S. for supplies, increasing Washington’s leverage to bring about political and economic change, according to people familiar with the strategy. Read More

Netflix Inc. dropped out of the fight to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., clearing the way for rival bidder Paramount Skydance Corp. to clinch its US$111 billion deal for the historic Hollywood studio. Read More

Iran said nuclear talks with the U.S. have progressed “very intensely and very seriously” as the two sides continued negotiations over a deal into the early evening in Switzerland. Read More

At an event in Toronto on Wednesday, International Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Canadians are pretty much on the same page when it comes to our current, let's say, basic situation. Not just the Donald Trump and trade situation, but the much larger one. The one that recently caused our friends at the other national newspaper to investigate “how Canada became poorer than Alabama.” Read More