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U.S. President Donald Trump's freeze of foreign aid has caused turmoil and confusion, including in the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh, where a million people live — mostly stateless Rohingya refugees who fled across the border to escape a brutal military crackdown in their home country, Myanmar. 

Canadian and American artists and human rights advocates are decrying changes made by U.S. President Donald Trump at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. One human rights lawyer warns that attempts to "capture culture" are typical of authoritarian governments.

"Our mutual respect and admiration of the falls is a reflection of how we should really be with one another," says Niagara Falls N.Y., Mayor Robert Restaino.

For 65 years, Antarctica — which is one and a half times the size of Canada — has been governed by a treaty of nations. But with rising geopolitical tensions and a shifting world order, that governance system is now under pressure.

Latvia's defense minister says there's room for an even bigger NATO presence in his country. The remarks come as Russia resupplies and rebuilds its military bases in the Baltic region and NATO struggles with the question of how to reinforce the tiny nation in a crisis.