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Canada finance minister quits after clash with Trudeau over Trump tariffs, spending
OTTAWA - Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quit on Monday after clashing with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on issues including...
Dec 17, 20244 min read
German Chancellor Scholz loses no-confidence vote, paving way for election
BERLIN - The German parliament accepted Chancellor Olaf Scholz's invitation to withdraw its confidence in him and his government on...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Teenage girl shoots dead fellow student and teacher at Wisconsin school
A 15-year-old girl opened fire in a Wisconsin school classroom on Monday, fatally shooting a fellow student and a teacher and wounding...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Assad gives account of last hours before leaving Syria
BEIRUT - Syria's Bashar al-Assad issued his first statement since being toppled from power, saying he was evacuated to Russia from the...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Stricken oil tankers show risks of Russia's ageing 'shadow fleet'
MOSCOW - Russian authorities sought to limit the damage on Monday from oil spilled into the Kerch Strait by two ageing tankers that were...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Mayotte cyclone kills several hundred, maybe thousands, in worst storm in century
PARIS/MORONI - Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Seven tourists hospitalised in Fiji from suspected alcohol poisoning
WELLINGTON - Seven tourists including four Australians were hospitalised in a suspected case of alcohol poisoning at a resort in Fiji,...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Israeli forces carry out air, ground attacks in Gaza; dozens dead
CAIRO - Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 53 Palestinians, including a journalist and rescue workers, medics said, and the Israeli...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Canada promised Trump a border crackdown. Easier said than done
SAINT-GEORGES-DE-CLARENCEVILLE - Six Lego-like concrete blocks mark the end of a rural road at the U.S.-Canada border. The police...
Dec 17, 20244 min read
Inside South Korea's right-wing YouTube world openly embraced by Yoon
SEOUL - When South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol cited claims of election hacking and "anti-state" pro-North Korean sympathisers as...
Dec 17, 20244 min read
South Korea court begins review of Yoon impeachment
SEOUL - South Korea's Constitutional Court on Monday began reviewing the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his Dec. 3 martial...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Brazil heron takes flight after plastic cup removed from throat
RIO DE JANEIRO- A heron took flight in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, stretching its wings and soaring over a river after veterinarians saved...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
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