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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.
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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.
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King Charles hasn't made any official public statements on current high-level political matters that are critical for countries where he is head of state. But in his recent actions, there could be subtle signals and a reflection of the kind of soft power and diplomacy the monarchy can try to exert.
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Canadians may know U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as the face of Donald Trump's tariffs. But nearly 25 years ago, he became a national figure when more than 650 employees of his Wall Street firm located in the World Trade Center were killed on Sept. 11, 2001.
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One trade war down, two to go — maybe more. U.S. President Donald Trump has dialled back tariffs, but his biggest target is now coming into focus. And it's bad news if you're one of the hundreds of thousands of Canadians with a job connected to the auto sector.
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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.
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At the heart of NATO, the world's longest-standing security alliance, is the notion that an attack on one is an attack on all. But with many in Europe doubting a Trump-led United States will really come through for them, France's president says his country may have to play a bigger role — especially with its nuclear arsenal.
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Clashes between Syrian security forces under the country's new, Islamist authorities and gunmen loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad in Syria's western coastal region have killed more than 70 people and left an area outside government control, a war monitor said Friday.
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Pope Francis on Thursday thanked well-wishers 'from the bottom of my heart' in his first audio message since being hospitalized for double pneumonia nearly three weeks ago. The brief message recorded by Francis from Rome's Gemelli hospital earlier in the day was played during a nightly prayer service for the 88-year-old pontiff in St. Peter's...
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European Union leaders on Thursday committed to working together to bolster the continent's defences and to free up hundreds of billions of euros for security after U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated warnings that he would cut them adrift to face the threat of Russia alone.
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The United States broke a longstanding diplomatic taboo by holding secret talks with the militant Palestinian group Hamas on securing the release of U.S. hostages held in Gaza, sources told Reuters on Wednesday, while U.S. President Donald Trump warned of "hell to pay" should the Palestinian militant group not comply.
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A divided U.S. Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to let President Donald Trump's administration withhold payment to foreign aid organizations for work they already performed for the government, as the Republican president moves to pull the plug on American humanitarian projects around the world.
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Muhammad Abu Sahloul, who was among 42 minors released last week as part of a ceasefire deal, says he was detained by Israel in January 2024 and spent 13 months in custody. His mother searched for him but eventually feared he had died during the Israel-Hamas war.
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Japan has deployed more than 2,000 troops and firefighters from across the country to fight a forest fire in a northeastern coastal city that has damaged dozens of homes and forced the evacuation of more than 1,200 people. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares of forest in Ōfunato since it started last Wednesday, according to the Fire and...
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The first phase of the ceasefire, which included a surge in humanitarian assistance, expired on Saturday. The two sides have yet to negotiate the second phase, in which Hamas was to release dozens of remaining hostages in return for an Israeli pullout from Gaza and a lasting ceasefire.
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The Toronto man known as "The Dictator" — accused of orchestrating multiple murders on behalf of the transnational drug-trafficking ring led by a former Olympian — has been extradited to the U.S. Andrew Clark is among 29 cartel-linked defendants taken into U.S. custody from Mexico on Thursday.
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Iowa lawmakers on Thursday became the first in the nation to approve legislation that removes gender identity protections from the state's civil rights code. That's despite massive protests by opponents who say it could expose transgender people to discrimination in numerous areas of life.
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Thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers who have been fired or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration's dismantling of the agency were being given a 15-minute window before the end of this week to clear out their workspaces.
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Mexico's president is getting high grades for her handling of U.S. President Donald Trump, both in public opinion and in Mexico's markets. Her government has scored notable successes against the Sinaloa cartel in recent days and weeks. But she has had to walk a fine line in a nation sensitive to U.S. interference.
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The brutal murder of 24-year-old Sam Nordquist, a transgender man who was tortured and killed in New York state in a case that officials have called "beyond depraved,” has sparked vigils across the U.S. and in Canada as the 2SLGBTQ+ community mourns. But police say they have no evidence that it is a hate crime, raising questions around when the...
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Israelis on Wednesday mourned the Bibas family, which symbolized the trauma the country suffered in the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, as the Palestinian militant group agreed to free the last hostage bodies included in the initial phase of the Gaza ceasefire.
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A Texas pipeline company's lawsuit accusing Greenpeace of defamation, disruptions and attacks during protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline goes to trial in North Dakota on Monday, in a case the environmental advocacy organization says threatens free speech rights and its very future.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday he would increase annual defence spending to 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product by 2027 and target a three per cent level last seen decades ago, a signal to U.S. President Donald Trump that Britain can help boost Europe's security.
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