The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/07 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/07 at 23:00 EDT

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I'm Neil Kumar. Just days after Canada was hit with another wave of Donald Trump's tariffs, the U.S. has now slapped extra duties on some 90 other countries, anywhere from 10 to 50%. And the U.S. President says he's not done yet, even though the tariffs are starting to hit his own country's economy. Karen Paul's reports. U.S. President Donald Trump

And his economic advisors say tariffs already in effect have raised billions. So last month it averaged just over $30 billion. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnik on Fox News. The tariffs went up. I think we're going to be heading towards $50 billion a month. But the uncertainty of the global trade war is also starting to rattle the U.S. economy. Job growth has slowed. Inflation is rising. Things like appliances, electronics, furniture.

Ernie Tadeshi of the Budget Lab at Yale University says the timing of those price increases points to tariffs. U.S. consumers are absorbing most of the costs of the tariffs. The remainder is probably almost all being shouldered by American businesses in the form of smaller margins, lower profits. Karen Paul's, CBC News, Washington. Russia has confirmed that a high-stakes meeting between President's Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump is being planned. The breakthrough comes as Trump pushes to end the fighting in Ukraine with an ultimatum for Russia entailing steep economic consequences. Chris Reyes reports. On the ground in Ukraine, little sign of Russian attacks easing.

This week, Ukrainian officials reporting more deadly strikes in different parts of the country, among the dead, children. While in Moscow, President Vladimir Putin seemed to confirm that meeting would President Donald Trump. Both sides showed their interests, Putin said, and hinted the UAE might host the meeting. On when, a Kremlin aid would only say approximately next week. President Trump has been just as vague. They would like to meet with me, and I'll do whatever I can to stop the killing. Seemingly left out of the Trump-Puton meet, President Volodymyr Zelensky,

who's been visiting troops and making public statements about his own meetings with Trump and other European leaders. Meanwhile, Putin told reporters he's not against meeting Zelensky, but added, it's far from happening. Chris Reyes, CBC News, London. Canadian tennis phenos, Victoria, Victorian tennis phenom, Victoria and Boko has won the National Bank Open. In a forced third set, the 18-year-old beat out Japan's Naomi Osaka. She has now taken the tennis world by storm, pulling off the wind, to be clear. Come number one.

Hamilton, Ontario, celebrating a homegrown basketball superstar. Shea Gildes Alexander led the Oklahoma City Thunder to this year's NBA championship, and now he's received a hero's welcome in his hometown. Philip Lee Shanak was there. Crowds packed Hamilton Stadium to see NBA superstar Shay Gilgis Alexander, or SGA, get the city's highest honor. Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horvath presented him with the key to the city and officially declared August 7th, Sheig Gilgis Alexander Day.

The 26-year-old NBA All-Star was the first Canadian to be named Finals MVP, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to the league championships. Gildjus Alexander also claimed the league's scoring title and was the regular season MVP. The only other players who've done that in a single seasoner, Shaquille O'Neal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Michael Jordan. He's only the second Canadian to be named League MVP, and he was the key to team Canada's bronze medal finish in the Fiba World Cup, Canada's first medal ever.

Gilgius Alexander says the coaching and encouragement he got in Hamilton shaped who he is. Philip Lyshanock, CBC News, Hamilton, Ontario. And that is your world is hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.