SURREY, B.C. – Two men have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Ripudaman Singh Malik. Malik, the man acquitted in 2005 for bombings aimed at Air India jets that killed 331 people, was shot in his vehicle outside his business in Surrey, B.C., on July 14. Tanner […]
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By Jonathan Landrum Jr.
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Tyler Perry will receive an honorary AARP award for uplifting communities and helping people “overcome various obstacles” through his foundation. The organization announced Thursday that Perry will receive the honorary AARP Purpose Prize award during a virtual ceremony on Oct. 25. The famed filmmaker-actor- philanthropist will be recognized for his […]
By Susie Blann
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian forces launched a missile attack on the Kyiv area for the first time in weeks Thursday and pounded the northern Chernihiv region as well, in what Ukraine said was revenge for standing up to the Kremlin. Ukrainian officials, meanwhile, announced a counteroffensive to take back […]
By Huizhong Wu
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – A group of Japanese lawmakers including two former defense ministers met with Taiwan’s president Thursday in a rare high-level visit to discuss regional security. The delegation, led by lawmaker and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said it wanted to reach an agreement with Taiwan on defense […]
By Thomas Adamson and Ata Batrawy
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PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron is welcoming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to his presidential palace Thursday and offering him dinner in controversial talks that mark another step in the Saudi leader’s diplomatic rehabilitation — a move that has drawn harsh criticism in France after the gruesome […]
By Brittany Hobson and Sidhartha Banerjee
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Pope Francis is hosting a reconciliation-themed mass in Quebec before a congregation made up largely of residential school survivors and other Indigenous people, a day after expressing shame and sorrow for the role played by Catholic institutions in the schools. Organizers say many of the speakers who will deliver readings […]
By James McCarten
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
The existential crisis confronting Canada’s automotive industry may finally be over. U.S. Democrats Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin have agreed to propose doing away with a tax-credit plan that favoured American-made electric vehicles. Instead, the Senate majority leader and the West Virginia moderate are proposing an amendment to […]
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter and Maan Alhmidi
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
Parents excitedly logged on to Ontario’s vaccine booking portal Thursday morning to set up long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine appointments for their babies and preschoolers. The booking system for pediatric vaccine appointments for children aged six months to under five years opened at 8 a.m. Toronto mom Isabelle Duchaine said she was […]
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Police, a provincial transit corporation and a transport safety agency were investigating Wednesday after a four-year-old child was hit and killed by a GO train in Mississauga, Ont. The child, who police have not identified, was hit by the commuter train on Tuesday night and pronounced dead at the scene. […]
By Jordan Omstead
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
Mayors in parts of eastern Ontario hit by a tornado said Tuesday the resilience of their rural communities was on display as they recover from a third major storm in nearly two months. Environment Canada confirmed that at least one tornado touched down in an area north of Belleville, Ont., […]
By Paul Wiseman
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. economy shrank from April through June for a second straight quarter, contracting at a 0.9% annual pace and raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession. The decline that the Commerce Department reported Thursday in the gross domestic product – the broadest gauge […]
By Barbara Ortutay
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya as it has in other countries, according to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove. It is the third such test of Facebook’s ability to detect hateful language – either via artificial intelligence or […]
