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The sale of Royal Mail’s parent company to a Czech billionaire has been cleared by the government. The £3.6bn takeover by Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group has been given the go-ahead after agreeing “legally binding” undertakings. The government will retain a so-called “golden share” that will require it to approve any major changes to Royal Mail’s ownership, HQ…

Cricket commentator Isa Guha has apologised for calling Indian bowler Jasprit Bumrah the “most valuable primate” during the third Test against Australia. She made the remark while commentating for Fox Sports in Brisbane on Sunday after Bumrah got India off to a stunning start with two quick wickets. Her comment sparked a social media backlash which noted…

The founder of failed media and entertainment firm Ozy Media, Carlos Watson, has been sentenced to nearly a decade in prison for lying about the company to attract investors. Prosecutors said the former MSNBC host and ex-Goldman Sachs banker had orchestrated a years-long scheme that resulted in “tens of millions of dollars” of losses for investors. The…

Leave it to the Bad Gal to make a fashion statement. Rihanna stepped out with A$AP Rocky to go shopping in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Saturday in one of her signature head-turning looks, wearing a pair of high-fashion Croc clogs. The Fenty Beauty founder, 36, went casual in a pair of knit boxer shorts by Alexander Wang…

Accepting the award, she said she was representing “Martinique, its diaspora as well as all the women who were once told that it was too late” and said she was “very, very far, in my head, from telling myself that I was going to win.” A 34-year-old flight attendant from the French Caribbean island of Martinique has…

Twelve people are reported to have died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a ski resort in Georgia. The bodies of one Georgian national and 11 foreigners were found in sleeping quarters on the second floor of a building housing an Indian restaurant in Gudauri on Saturday, the country’s ministry of internal affairs said in a statement.…

A suspected Chinese spy – described as a “close confidant” of Prince Andrew – has been publicly named as Yang Tengbo. Mr Yang, who was known only as H6 until a High Court judge lifted an anonymity order which was shielding his identity on Monday, is barred from entering Britain. He was first excluded in 2023 by…

Donald Trump has said Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have “gotta make a deal” to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. The US president-elect said the conflict “has to stop” and that people were “dying at levels nobody has ever seen”. He also claimed it could take “100 years” to rebuild Ukraine’s cities from the devastation…

David Cameron and George Osborne made a “massive mistake” in courting China from 2010 to 2016, Sir Iain Duncan Smith has told Sky News. The former Tory leader said the Yang Tengbo spying row proves that aspects of national security were overlooked and the UK is now paying the price. Sir Iain, who served in Lord Cameron’s…

Three people, including a teenage suspect, have died and several are injured after a shooting at a school in Wisconsin. A teacher and a teenage student were killed in the attack at Abundant Life Christian School in the state capital Madison. The suspect has been identified as a 15-year-old female student Natalie Rupnow, who went by the…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the monarch butterfly as a threatened species on Tuesday, citing a significant decline in the iconic black and orange insects that has pushed them toward extinction. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Monarch butterflies, known for migrating thousands of miles (km) across North America, have experienced a decades-long U.S. population decline due…

The German parliament accepted Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s invitation to withdraw its confidence in him and his government on Monday, clearing the way for an early election on Feb. 23 necessitated by the collapse of his government. Scholz’s three-party coalition fell apart last month after the pro-market Free Democrats quit in a row over debt, leaving his Social…

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad issued his first statement since being toppled from power, saying he was evacuated to Russia from the Hmeimim base on Dec. 8 as it came under drone attack, after leaving Damascus that morning with rebel fighters closing in. His written statement was published on the Syrian presidency’s Telegram channel and dated Dec. 16 from…

An iceberg twice the size of Greater London and weighing more than a trillion tonnes is making a bid for freedom. The ‘megaberg’, named A23a,has begun ‘spinning’ for the first time in almost 30 years after becoming stuck in a vortex off Antarctica. The huge iceberg, which is 3,800 square kilometres, broke free of Antarctica in 1986…

A 15-year-old schoolgirl killed two people and wounded six others at a private Christian school before turning the gun on herself, cops say. Police say a student and teacher are dead after a female fellow student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, about 80 miles west of Milwaukee, on Monday. Officers flooded the…

THE viral “prisoner” discovered by a CNN news crew cowering in a cell was one of Assad’s evil torturers, a Syrian fact-checking site has claimed. The so-called imprisoned civilian was found trembling under a blanket before being freed by the team, exclaiming: “Oh God, there is light.” The man had named himself to CNN’s Clarissa Ward as…

Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from her post, citing disagreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on how to respond to incoming President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs. She announced her resignation in a letter to Trudeau on Monday, in which she said the two have been “at odds about the best path forward for Canada”,…

Seven foreigners in Fiji were sent to hospital for suspected poisoning after drinking pina coladas at a five-star resort’s bar, local authorities said. Five are tourists, with one from the US and the rest from Australia, aged between 18 and 56. Two others are foreigners living in Fiji, according to local media reports citing the health ministry.…

The remaining five members of the “Bali Nine” Australian drug ring have returned from Indonesia after diplomatic efforts between the countries this month to strike a repatriation deal, the two governments said on Sunday. “The Australian Government can confirm that Australian citizens Matthew Norman, Scott Rush, Martin Stephens, Si Yi Chen, and Michael Czugaj have returned to…

The decision comes after the Irish government said it would ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to broaden its definition of genocide – claiming Israel has engaged in the “collective punishment” of people in Gaza. Israel’s embassy in Dublin, pictured on 7 November 2023 with floral tributes following the Hamas attack a month prior. Pic: PAIsrael’s…

Marcus Fakana, from David Lammy’s Tottenham constituency, had a “holiday romance” with a girl who was 17 while with his family in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Marcus FakanaThe foreign secretary said people should “follow the rules” of other countries when asked about a British 18-year-old who has been sentenced to a year in prison in Dubai.…

Two Russian oil tankers have been badly damaged in the Black Sea, causing an oil spill, authorities in Russia have said. Footage released by Russia’s Southern Transport Prosecutor’s Office showed the bow of one tanker completely broken off, with streaks of oil visible in the water. Both tankers are believed to have drifted before running aground offshore.…

On a cold, dark night in January 1952, a distress call went out over Death Valley. “Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. This is Air Force 001 bailing out north of Barstow, California,” an official crash report would later read. Seconds later, six men jumped out of a 16-ton, two-engine, SA-16 Albatross plane into total darkness. The plane — with…

For the eighth consecutive year, Hawaii’s population is declining, according to the United States Census Bureau’s Vintage 2023 population estimates. Hawaii’s population continues to decline year over year. Honolulu County, which includes the entire island of Oahu, shows the largest decrease. TriggerPhoto/Getty Images/iStockphoto“Hawaii’s population declined since 2016 in part due to increases in out-migration but also because…

Hooligans in Florida terrorized motorists, including one with a baby on board, and set a fire in a chaotic street takeover last month, according to shocking footage. Sportscar drivers accompanied by dozens of belligerent spectators took over the intersection of the South John Young Parkway and Central Florida Parkway on Nov. 30, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office…

The truth is out there — they’re just too scared to tell us. A New Jersey state senator has bluntly accused the government of hiding the truth about the mysterious drones flying over the Garden State, saying the feds are too “fearful” of how people will react. “Whatever these drones are doing, the government really doesn’t want…

A large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over parts of New Jersey and the East Coast in recent weeks, sparking speculation and concern over who sent them and why. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wrote to President Joe Biden asking for answers. New Jersey’s new senator, Andy Kim, spent Thursday night on a drone…

A map shown during the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup has been criticised by Ukraine as an “unacceptable error” after it appeared to exclude Crimea as part of the country. The graphic – showing countries that cannot be drawn to play each other for geopolitical reasons – highlighted Ukraine but did not include the peninsula…

With awareness of our carbon footprints growing all the time, some people striving to lead eco-friendly lives are turning their attention to what happens when they die. “I don’t want my last act on this planet to be a polluting act, if I can help that,” Rachel Hawthorn explains. She is getting ready to make her own…

At least three people have been killed and dozens more wounded after an explosive was thrown into a crowd at a festival in Thailand. The attack took place shortly before midnight local time on Friday at the Red Cross Doi Loyfa fair, held annually in the Umphang district in the northern Tak province. Two suspects are being…

Madonna had fans in a frenzy after she shared AI-generated photos of her and Pope Francis getting handsy on her Instagram Story Friday night. The first photo depicted the pope, 87, hugging the “Frozen” singer, 66, from the side with a huge smile across his face. His nose was pressed against her cheek. “Going into the weekend…

History’s earliest known happy hour might have taken place in China’s Lower Yangzi River valley some 10,000 years ago. Scientists have uncovered evidence of an ancient brewing tradition that suggests our ancestors may have been more sophisticated – and possibly more fun – than we previously thought. The collaborative study, bringing together researchers from Stanford University, the…

It may cost you the game but do yourself a favor and don’t hit that soccer ball with your head. That’s the latest warning from doctors who recently found that heading, a common technique soccer players use to pass and control the direction of the ball with their heads, causes more brain damage than previously believed. A…

Detectives are searching for two men after £200,000 worth of luxury handbags and watches were stolen from a north London business. The Metropolitan Police have released pictures of two men it wants to identify after a burglary at the appointment-only showroom Eveyspreloved on Bunns Lane, Mill Hill between 10.30pm and 10.50pm on 3 December. Two Cartier watches…

A council in the US has asked its residents to stop sticking googly eyes on the city’s art. The comedy eyes have appeared on statues and murals around the city of Bend, Oregon, causing a viral sensation. “While the googly eyes placed on the various art pieces around town might give you a chuckle, it costs money…

An OpenAI whistleblower has been found dead in his San Francisco apartment, according to CNBC. Researcher Suchir Balaji, 26, spent four years working for the artificial intelligence company until earlier this year, when he publicly raised concerns that OpenAI had violated US copyright law. “The manner of death has been determined to be suicide,” David Serrano Sewell,…

A woman who has accused rappers Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her when she was 13 after the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000, has acknowledged inconsistencies in her story. The woman, who is identified only as “Jane Doe” (a US legal term to say that she is anonymous), told Sky’s US partner NBC News,…

A former Premier League footballer has been appointed president of Georgia amid heightening tensions over the country’s relationship with Russia. Mikheil Kavelashvili, 53, was a striker for Manchester City between 1996 and 1997, and later played for several clubs in the Swiss Super League. He was elected to parliament in 2016, and in 2022 co-founded the People’s…

The 71-year-old billionaire died while hiking with relatives near Barcelona, Spain, police said. He founded Mango in 1984 and had an estimated worth of $4.5bn (£3.6bn). The billionaire founder of fashion chain Mango Isak Andic has died in a mountain accident today, according to police. The 71-year-old businessman reportedly slipped and fell from a 150-metre cliff while…

Elisabeth Ovesen, formerly known as Karrine Steffans, published a tell-all book in 2005, Confessions Of A Video Vixen, about her experiences of the hip-hop industry. Now, she is speaking out in the wake of the allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs. “What Sean Combs is being accused of is not rare. He’s not an anomaly.” For a year…

Footage posted online shows a First Bus wedged under the bridge on Cook Street on Saturday night. Eight people are injured in Glasgow after a double decker bus hit a railway bridge. One person is in a critical condition, according to the police, and five people were taken by ambulance to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment.…

That buzzing coming out of New Jersey? It’s unclear if it’s drones or something else, but for sure the nighttime sightings are producing tons of talk, a raft of conspiracy theories and craned necks looking skyward. Cropping up on local news and social media sites around Thanksgiving, the saga of the drones reported over New Jersey has…

Life in Hawaii was a beach for Luigi Mangione, before the privileged 26-year-old computer engineer flipped a switch, went off the grid, and allegedly gunned UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in cold blood outside a Hilton hotel in Midtown. Exclusive photos, obtained by The Post, show the murder suspect having fun in the sun, dining with tanned pals…

Apple is facing criticism after its artificial intelligence service generated a BBC News alert that falsely claimed suspected assassin Luigi Mangione had shot himself. Mangione has been charged with murder in New York after police say he gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week. This week, BBC subscribers were sent a message to their phones that…

A frustrated Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for federal assistance after the latest drone sighting temporarily shut down an airport Friday night, the latest in a series of mysterious occurrences taking place across the country. Officials at Stewart International Airport, located roughly 60 miles north of New York City, said they shut down their runways for an…

A group of Akasa Air pilots has raised concerns about ‘training and safety issues’ at the airline, prompting them to seek the intervention of the civil aviation ministry. The airline, however, has dismissed the claims as baseless, as per PTI report. In a letter dated December 11 addressed to Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu, the pilots…

As the newly-named host of the 2034 World Cup in men’s soccer, Saudi Arabia says it will construct or renovate 15 stadiums, create a futuristic city and expand airports in a massive buildout to accommodate millions of athletes, coaches and spectators. That will emit tons of planet-warming greenhouse gases as concrete and steel are manufactured and transported,…

As Argentina’s maverick libertarian President Javier Milei marks one year in office, his efforts to revive the economy are still a work in progress – but his policies are proving influential in the US. Milei came to power with a mission to cut state spending in a country that had been living beyond its means for years.…

A former Manchester City footballer is set be appointed president on Saturday by Georgia’s disputed parliament, after 16 days of pro-EU protests that have swept this country’s towns and cities. Mikheil Kavelashvili, now 53, is a former MP from the increasingly authoritarian ruling Georgian Dream party and the only candidate for the job. The four main opposition…

Many US states change their clocks twice a year but there are strong views about the policy and whether it should continue. Donald Trump wants to scrap daylight saving time across the US, which the president-elect claims will save money. Posting on his social media site, Truth Social, he said he would try to end the practice…

Adoring crowds are flocking to a zoo in Shanghai to watch Junjun, a bear cub just 11 months old, as he frolics in his enclosure playing with toys, such as a favourite tyre, or splashing in a water trough. Standing 1 m (3.3 ft) tall and weighing more than 35 kg (77 lbs), the brown bear’s every…

A defiant South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a second impeachment vote on Saturday over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, a move that shocked the country, split his party and imperilled his presidency half way through his term. Yoon rescinded his Dec. 3 move to impose military rule barely six hours later, after the…

Do separate beds make for happier couples? A look at the research behind this growing trend and other sleep aids This feature is part of a National Post series by health reporter Sharon Kirkey on what is keeping us up at night. In the series, Kirkey talks to sleep scientists and brain researchers to explore our obsession…

In his first public response to the consumer outcry following the fatal shooting of one of his top executives, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said Friday that the US health system “is not perfect” and that coverage decisions “are not well understood.” “We know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we…

If you don’t take sleep too seriously you might want to have a look at this terrifying 3D illustration of the holistic impact that a lack of sleep has on our health The first defined image of a sleep zombie can be revealed by your Daily Star today and it is utterly terrifying. It shows what knackered…

The Great Rift Valley in Africa is undergoing a process that could split the continent in two. A geological phenomenon is occurring in the heart of East Africa that could forever alter the Earth’s map. A new ocean is in the process of forming, a consequence of tectonic movements that are splitting the African continent. This event,…

Tim Cook is scheduled to meet on Friday with Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago, marking the first time that Apple’s chief executive has met with the president-elect since voters elected him to a second term last month. Mr. Cook and Mr. Trump are scheduled to dine on the patio at Mar-a-Lago later on Friday, according to two…

On a painted wall outside Damascus’s Mustahed Hospital are photographs of the faces of dead men. A constantly changing crowd of people examine them, squinting against the low winter sun at men who look as if they died in great pain. Noses, mouths and eye sockets are twisted, damaged and squashed. Their bodies are in the hospital,…

Australia’s government says it will create new rules to force big tech companies to pay local publishers for news. The long-awaited decision sets out a successor to a world-first law that Australia passed in 2021, which was designed to make giants like Meta and Google pay for hosting news on their platforms. Earlier this year Meta –…

The market for GLP-1 weight loss drugs could exceed $100 billion by 2030, analysts say Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent critic of the food and pharmaceutical industries, discussed his views regarding GLP-1 weight loss drugs in a televised broadcast. Kennedy, who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services…

Donald Trump once publicly speculated that Time would never name him the news magazine’s “Person of the Year.” Now, the honor has been bestowed on him twice. Time on Thursday named Trump as this year’s choice, recognizing the president-elect as the individual or group deemed to have wielded the greatest influence on global affairs “for good or…

Journalist John Cantlie was abducted in 2012 in Syria by ISIS, but he still hasn’t been found, despite the British government previously claiming he is alive in 2019. As rebels set about freeing those imprisoned by the reposed Assad regime, more missing people are being found. Earlier on Wednesday, a man who said he was locked up…

Marcus Fakana, from north London, has been sentenced to a year in prison in relation to the holiday romance. It is illegal to have sex with a person under 18 years of age in Dubai. An 18-year-old British man, who was sentenced to a year in prison in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old British girl,…

The president-elect spoke to Time last month in a wide-ranging interview about securing peace deals, insisting the Middle East “is going to get solved” and Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles is “just escalating this war and making it worse”. Donald Trump has been named Time magazine’s Person Of The Year. The US president-elect beat a number of…

Police previously said Tom Voyce, 43, had tried to cross a flood-swollen river in Northumberland when his car was pulled along with the current during Storm Darragh. A body has been found in the search for former England rugby player Tom Voyce. He went missing on Saturday while attempting to drive across a flood-swollen river in Northumberland.…

Meanwhile, the Queen enjoyed a fun-filled afternoon at Clarence House – where a surprise visitor handed out presents to children. Apple boss Tim Cook rolled out the red carpet for the King at the tech company’s London headquarters today – while the Queen welcomed special guests to Clarence House for an afternoon of festive fun. The King…

Lawyer Thomas Giuffra, who is representing the men, said the way Combs allegedly went after them was “very consistent”. His legal team argues the complaints are “full of lies”. Three men have accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of plying them with drinks laced with drugs, then raping them while they were unconscious. The separate lawsuits, seen by Sky’s…

Travis Timmerman says he was detained by a border guard in late May after crossing the mountains into Syria on a religious pilgrimage. A US man who says he was locked up after crossing into Syria by foot seven months ago has been found safe after rebels liberated the country. There was hope it could be missing…

Neanderthals went extinct roughly 39,000 years ago, but in some sense these close cousins of our species are not gone. Their legacy lives on in the genomes of most people on Earth, thanks to interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. New research is providing the most precise estimate to date of when this mixing occurred – with…

South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung said on Friday the best way to restore order in the country is to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, a day ahead of a planned parliamentary vote over Yoon’s short-lived imposition of martial law. Yoon’s move to impose military rule on Dec. 3 was rescinded before six hours but it plunged…

Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he was pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes and commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 others who were serving long prison terms. The moves come over a week after the president signed an unconditional pardon for his son Hunter. Officials said last week that the White House…

Most recipients, 96%, were older adults with a median age of 77 An annual report by the Canadian government showed that deaths by euthanasia have steadily grown since it became legal. Since the establishment of Canada’s Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) law in 2016, more than 60,000 people have used euthanasia to die. Euthanasia accounted for 15,343…

Nearly half of US teens are “almost constantly” online, though the platforms they spend their time on vary significantly, according to a new Pew survey. Despite some variety in their overall online habits, virtually all teenagers use YouTube. Of the 1,391 teenagers polled by the Pew Research Center, 90 percent said they use the site, a slight…

The richest person in the world just hit an even higher milestone. Elon Musk’s net worth has reached $400 billion, according to Bloomberg, making him the first person ever to cross that mark. Behind his nearly $20 billion jump in wealth was a deal that shot up Musk’s rocket company SpaceX’s valuation to roughly $350 billion, Bloomberg…

Expect big M&A moves in the media-telecom sector, a closely-watched forecast from accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers says. If the prevailing wisdom among media executives the last several years was “it’s not worth trying to buy our rival, or scale up with a bolt-on acquisition, because it’ll get tangled up in red tape government reviews” then, post-Election Day, the…

A congressman says it’s Iran. Former officials believe it’s Chinese drones. The Free Press investigates the mysterious sightings. For the past four weeks, car-sized objects have been reported flying over critical infrastructure and military assets in New Jersey. They come from the ocean, appearing around sunset, and sometimes turn off their lights. Residents demand answers, but despite…

Nearly one billion people world wide – around 24% of all those aged below 50 – have an incurable STI, with experts warning that nobody appears to have a plan to deal with it A whopping 900 million people have an incurable STI, a new study claims. According to a team led by epidemiologist Manale Harfouche from…

Did you know there has been a hidden epidemic sweeping the world? A new study finds nearly a billion people are dealing with a painful and socially traumatizing infection that has no cure. More than one in five people between the ages of 15 and 49 are living with genital herpes — a staggering statistic that reveals…

In the days since Luigi Mangione was charged with murder for gunning down a top health insurance executive, more than a thousand donations have poured into an online fundraiser for his legal defense, with messages supporting him and even celebrating the crime. In New York, “Wanted” posters with the faces of CEOs have appeared on walls. Websites…

More than 20 price comparison websites across Europe on Wednesday criticised Google’s proposed changes to its search results, saying they still fail to comply with EU tech rules and urged regulators to impose charges against the Alphabet (GOOGL.O), opens new tab unit. Google has been discussing with the comparison sites, hotels, airlines, restaurants and retailers for more…

RIYADH, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Rights organisations strongly criticised FIFA on Wednesday after world soccer’s ruling body officially awarded the 2034 men’s World Cup to Saudi Arabia. Hosting the global showpiece tournament is the pinnacle of Saudi Arabia’s massive push into sports and entertainment over recent years as it seeks to improve its international image. “FIFA’s reckless…

The New Zealand government on Tuesday proposed to ban greyhound racing from 2026, saying the percentage of dogs injured in races remained significantly high. New Zealand’s greyhound racing industry has long faced criticism for not doing enough to protect the welfare of the animals, with three reviews on the industry over the past decade all recommending major…

New UFO sighting conspiracies in New Jersey has perked NFL star Aaron Rodgers’ curiosity nearly two decades on from an experience in the same State. Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets are out of NFL playoff contention, and the future Hall of Famer has become curious about New Jersey’s latest phenomenon: Aliens. Mysterious, drone-like objects have…

The fugitive Syrian dictator is believed to be in Moscow with his wife and three children, and is said to have more than $2 billion in assets; Meanwhile, Asma Assad battles cancer for the second time A day and a half after the overthrow of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria, Russia still refuses to provide information on…

A green trucker jacket similar to that of alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione has reportedly surged in sales as the internet frenzy over his looks continues. According to Complex, the sherpa-lined, hooded jacket from Levi’s, which rings in at $225, is flying off the shelves after a Reddit user speculated it was the same coat worn…

John Wick, Robin Hood and the Gotham City Joker — Luigi Mangione has inspired many comparisons since United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead in New York City. Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, was dramatically captured after five days on the run near a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, 300 miles west from the midtown Manhattan…

President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy. They were also prime trolling opportunities for Trump. Throughout his first term in the White House and during his campaign to return, Trump has spun…