President Biden in Canada for talks

Ukraine, Haiti, trade, defense and immigration are on the agenda for Biden and Trudeau. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following President Biden in Canada for talks [President Joe Biden meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the InterContinental Presidente Mexico City hotel, Jan. 10, 2023.] Credit: Andrew Harnik/AP/File photo US-Canada US President Joe Biden is on his long-awaited [trip to Canada]( for talks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Biden intends to repair bilateral relations that were strained during the former Trump administration. The two leaders are expected to [discuss a plethora of issues](, including the war in Ukraine, North American supply chains, climate change, the opioid crisis, defense cooperation, the deteriorating situation in Haiti, immigration and trade. Canada is usually the first foreign trip a US president makes after taking office, a tradition that Biden broke from. Ethiopia The Ethiopian government has removed the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) from the country’s [list of terrorist groups](. It comes more than four months after a peace agreement ended a conflict with the group, which began in late 2020 and left hundreds of thousands of people dead. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appointed senior TPLF official Getachew Reda as head of the interim Tigray regional administration. The deal has also allowed for the [resumption of basic services]( and aid deliveries to the Tigray region, which has faced shortages of food, fuel, cash and medicine. Israel The coalition of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has [approved legislation]( that would protect him from being deemed unfit to rule due to his corruption trial. Thousands of people have been protesting across the country, blocking traffic and scuffling with police, with critics saying the law encourages corruption. Opposition politicians condemned the new law on Thursday. The move comes a day after Israel’s ambassador to the US was [summoned over a vote]( in the Knesset earlier this week to roll back legislation from 2005 that ordered the evacuation of four Israeli settlements established in the northern West Bank. --------------------------------------------------------------- From The World [An Iraq vet grapples with lingering toll of war]( [Smoke rises from the Trade Ministry in Baghdad after it was hit by a missile during US-led attacks, March 20, 2003.]( Credit: Jerome Delay/AP/File photo Former US Army Sgt. Kayla Williams was among the 160,000 coalition troops who were deployed for the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq. Now, 20 years later, she [reflects on her experiences]( with The World's host Marco Werman. [Russia's war turns Armenia into a booming tech sector]( [Colleagues gather at a cafeteria in the offices of Picsart, in Yerevan, Armenia.]( Credit: Levi Bridges/The World Thousands of Russian tech workers have [fled to Armenia](, helping the country’s tech sector double in size and fueling dramatic economic growth over the last year. --------------------------------------------------------------- Bright spot Ethiopian photographer and educator Aïda Muluneh is showcasing the culture of her birth country in a series of 12 photographs displayed at more than 300 bus stops across Boston, New York, Chicago and Abidjan, Ivory Coast, where she is based. Muluneh seeks to capture her country’s national, political and cultural identity, while also portraying her own experiences as an Ethiopian woman and immigrant. 🇪🇹 📸 [Listen to the story]( by The World's Bianca Hillier 🎧 and see some striking images from this project. [Aïda Muluneh's "To pursue the ceaseless way," is exhibited at a bus stop in the Boston area. The photograph is part of "This is where I am," presented by the New York-based Public Art Fund.] Credit: Timothy Schenck, Courtesy of Public Art Fund, NY In case you missed it on The World --------------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to subscribe to The World's Latest Edition podcast using your favorite podcast player: [RadioPublic](, [Apple Podcasts](, [Stitcher](, [Soundcloud](, [RSS]( [The World logo]( [The World on Facebook]( [The World's Twitter account]( [Donate]( | [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [Edit your subscription]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [View in your browser]( Top of the World is written weekday mornings by the team at [The World](. [The World]( is produced by [PRX]( and [GBH](.