The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/23 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/23 at 20:00 EDT

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When debts got you, you've got us. Give Credit Counseling Society a call today. Visit NoMoreDets.org. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazel Wood. In Newfoundland and Labrador, a 12-day judicial recount has resulted in a riding flip. The conservatives are picking up a seat initially believed judicial recount has resulted in a riding flip. The Conservatives are picking up a seat initially believed to have been won by a Liberal candidate. Heather Gillis has the details.

Conservative Jonathan Rowe has won the riding of Terranova the Peninsula's after a lengthy judicial recount. Rowe won the recount by 12 votes. After election night, Liberal Anthony Germain won by 12 votes, and it was a margin so small that it triggered an automatic recount. The recount started nearly two weeks ago in Marystown. It took elections workers and scrutineers nearly two days to sift through the bulk of the 41,000 ballots.

But an unprecedented number of ballots, 1,041 of them, were disputed. Judge Garrett Handrigan had to go through every single one of the ballots and make a decision. Rose win means the Conservatives have made inroads in Newfoundland and Labrador and have increased their share of seats in this province from one before the election to three. Heather Gillis, CBC News, St. John's. Now to another judicial recount. The Conservatives are holding on to a southwestern Ontario riding. Kathy Borelli won in Windsor to Comsey Lakeshore by just four votes. A US judge is temporarily blocking Donald Trump's attempt to keep foreign students out of Harvard. It would have forced up to a

quarter of the student body out of the university. Alexander Silberman reports. I am not sure how it's gonna work when I try to re-enter the United States. Marco Avenia says the end of his studies at Harvard University is now up in the air after US Homeland Security revoked the school's ability to enroll international students. Avenia, a Canadian PhD student from Montreal, says he's finished his in-person coursework but could miss out on opportunities to present his research due to the ban. For people who are at an earlier stage than I am, those people would be in quite a bit of trouble right now.

Harvard University sued the government and asked for a restraining order. The action from Homeland Security marks the latest escalation in a battle between the government and Harvard. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has accused the school of fostering anti-Semitism. Harvard calls the government's move unlawful and is pledging to continue supporting foreign students. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Regina. Donald Trump is threatening to hike U.S. tariffs on imports from the European Union. The president now recommends a 50% levy on EU goods set

to kick in on June 1st. I believe such customs don't help anyone. German's foreign minister says such tariffs will only make both economies suffer. Johann Vadefuhl says Europe will defend its market and continue to exert pressure on the U.S. Originally the tariff for EU goods was set at 20 percent. The president today also threatened a 25 percent import tax on iPhones not manufactured in the U.S. and possibly other iPhone, other phone companies. Russia and Ukraine have each released hundreds of prisoners of war as part of the largest exchange since the invasion began. And the swap is expected to continue this weekend. Dominik Vleitis has

the latest. Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes! Ukrainian prisoners celebrating their release. In all, Russia and Ukraine each handed over 390 soldiers and civilians in an exchange that took place on Ukraine's border with Belarus. This is, Ukraine's defence minister said, just the beginning of the largest prisoner exchange of the war so far.

The two countries agreed to exchange a total of 1,000 prisoners each following two hours of talks in Turkey last week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it the only concrete result during Russia and Ukraine's first face-to-face meeting in three years. He accused Russians of blocking all other efforts at moving closer to a ceasefire. Dominic Vlades for CBC News, Riga Latvia. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.