Trump threatens Canada with tariffs; Federal agents shoot man in Minneapolis, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 25 January 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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| 0:56.0 | Federal immigration agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis. |
| 0:59.8 | Videos of the incident show several agents wrestling Alex Preti to the ground before he was shot multiple times. |
| 1:06.1 | The Department of Homeland Security claimed the victim had a gun and resisted attempts to disarm him. |
| 1:11.5 | This was the third shooting involving federal agents in Minneapolis this month. |
| 1:15.6 | Minnesota's governor, Tim Walts, called on the Trump administration to end its immigration |
| 1:19.6 | crackdown in the city. |
| 1:21.9 | Donald Trump threatened to impose a 100% levy on goods from Canada if the country went ahead |
| 1:26.6 | with the trade deal with China. |
| 1:28.4 | Last week, Canada and China agreed to lower tariffs on each other's products, including Chinese |
| 1:33.0 | electric vehicles. Writing on his truth social platform, America's president said he would not |
| 1:38.1 | allow Canada to become a drop-off port for Chinese goods bound for the United States. |
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