There are three other

— the data cited by the White House — at $27.2 billion and $916 billion respectively, though the percentages of GDP for both were the same., Canada’s GDP in 2024 was about $2.241 trillion. This means that the country would have needed to spend $44.82 billion total on defense order to meet the 2% NATO guideline, making it short by approximately $15.52 billion.

“No, they don’t owe us that money, but they aren’t paying their fair share, and that’s a fair criticism.” said Mark Cancian, a senior advisor in the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ defense and security department.Discounting whether they should be deemed subsidies, adding the trade deficit for goods and services in 2024 to Canada’s gap in defense spending the same year results in a total of only about $51 billion. Using the highest calculation of the goods deficit only for 2024 pushes the total up, to approximately $86 billion.The White House’s final point was that the U.S. “covers about 60 percent of the bill for NORAD.”

as a means of defense against possible long-range attacks from the Soviets, NORAD is ajointly run by the U.S. and Canada that is charged with preventing air and maritime attacks against North America.

There is no publicly available data on NORAD spending by the U.S. or Canada. The 60% figure cited by the White House refers to a

for the operations and support of NORAD’s North Warning System that is still in place today.BEIJING (AP) — A huge explosion rocked a chemical plant in

’s eastern Shandong province around noon Tuesday, killing at least five people and injuring 19, according to local emergency management authorities. Another six people were missing.It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion.

The blast was powerful enough to knock out windows at a warehouse more than two miles (three kilometers) away, according to a video shared by a resident, who declined to give his name out of concern about retaliation.The resident said his home shook. As he went to the window, he saw a column of smoke from the site more than seven kilometers (4.3 miles) away.