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Mark Carney will succeed Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister.Credit…Cole Burston for The New York Times

The Liberal Party of Canada yesterday chose Mark Carney, a technocrat with deep experience in financial markets, to replace Justin Trudeau as its leader and the country’s prime minister, and to take on President Trump.

Carney, who steered the Bank of Canada through the 2008 global financial crisis and the Bank of England through Brexit, has never been elected to office. He won 85.9 percent of the votes cast by more than 150,000 Liberal Party members.

Carney is expected to be sworn in as prime minister early this week, officially ending the Trudeau era. But because he does not hold a seat in Parliament, he is expected to call federal elections soon. His opponent will be Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party.

Quotable: “America is not Canada,” Carney said in his acceptance speech, referring to Trump’s threats to annex the country. “And Canada never, ever will be part of America in any way, shape or form. We didn’t ask for this fight, but Canadians are always ready when someone else drops the gloves.”

A funeral yesterday in Qamishli, Syria, for one of the people killed in the fighting.Credit…Orhan Qereman/Reuters

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