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Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Mark Carney wins the race to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada's prime minister, congressional Republicans seek to unite to avert a government shutdown, and could surging biodiesel demand mean the end of cheap palm oil? Plus, there are fewer than 100 ocelots in the US - these scientists are trying to save them. Today's Top News   Mark Carney, Ottawa, March 9, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/Pool Former central banker Mark Carney claimed a landslide victory to lead Canada's Liberal Party and to become the country's next prime minister. Here's everything you need to know about him. US President Donald Trump said that the United States had "just about" ended a suspension of intelligence sharing with Ukraine, and that he expects good results out of upcoming talks with Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile in Kursk, Russian forces have advanced and curled behind Ukrainian forces. The Republican-controlled US Congress looked set to move ahead this week to keep the government funded and avert a partial shutdown beginning, as Washington is rocked by the president's rapid moves to slash federal agencies. US immigration agents arrested a Palestinian graduate student who has played a prominent role in pro-Palestinian protests at New York's Columbia University as part of Trump's promised crackdown on some anti-Israel activists. More than half a million people are facing travel disruption at German airports where a 24-hour strike has led to thousands of flight cancellations in a dispute about workers' pay. China will exert utmost efforts to realize "peaceful reunification" with Taiwan, but will take all necessary steps to safeguard China's territorial integrity, its foreign ministry said. Police will be out in force, and subway stations and at least one school will be closed over safety concerns when South Korea's Constitutional Court rules whether to oust or reinstate impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. Syria's leader vowed to hunt down the perpetrators of violent clashes pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad against the country's new Islamist rulers and said he would hold to account anyone who overstepped their authority. Business & Markets   Prices of cooking oil could be buoyed up for years by stagnating production and a biodiesel push in top producer Indonesia that are making traditionally cheap palm oil costlier, eliminating an advantage that also curbed prices of rival oils. Taiwan's Foxconn said it has launched its first large language model and plans to use the technology to improve manufacturing and supply chain management. Trump said that his administration was in touch with four different groups about the sale of Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, and that all options were good. Tesla's stock has dropped by nearly half in three months. Even so, investors are still debating whether the electric-vehicle maker remains overpriced. Listen to Chris Kirkham on the Reuters World News podcast as he weighs in on whether Elon Musk is toxic for the Tesla brand. Ford will inject up to $4.76 billion into its struggling German unit as it tries to revive its car business in Europe, the US carmaker said. For more news on the industry, sign up for the Auto File newsletter. Farmers put plans and investments on hold under Trump USDA spending freeze   Ed Morgan packs his signature "Pigda Lambda" ground pork and lamb mix into tins, West Virginia, February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Douglas Farmers and food organizations across the country are cutting staff, halting investments and missing key funding amid a USDA freeze on a broad swath of grants, more than two dozen farmers and agricultural support groups in seven states told Reuters. All this comes as Trump has imposed new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China, sparking trade wars with the biggest buyers of US farm products. Read more And Finally... Milla, a five-year-old female ocelot, after undergoing an in vitro fertilization procedure at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi, December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Evan Garcia In the race to save the endangered ocelot, scientists are trekking the United States, pursuing fertility treatments and striving to kickstart a new generation of the wild cat. Read more Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters' website Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2025 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036