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Japan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a law requiring transgender people to undergo sterilization surgery in order to officially change their gender is unconstitutional. CBC | World News
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Joly announces more funding for Armenian refugees, stops short of threatening sanctions on Azerbaijan
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced another $ 1 million in humanitarian funding Wednesday to help displaced ethnic Armenian refugees who recently fled a military operation launched by Azerbaijan — but she stopped well short of threatening to sanction Azeri government officials over the attack. CBC | World News
Read More »Horror and heartache among innocents on both sides as Middle East fighting worsens
In a brutal conflict that has claimed thousands of lives, the only thing they have in common is wretched grief. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Royal Family fans slammed as ‘flag waving idiots’ in brutal attack by Steve Coogan
Actor Steve Coogan accused royalists of supporting a “power structure” that holds back working-class people. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Ukraine bracing for another winter of Russian attacks targeting energy grid, Zelenskyy says
Russia fired almost a dozen Shahed drones against Ukrainian targets and falling debris from an intercepted drone damaged power lines near a nuclear plant in the country’s west, knocking out electricity to hundreds of people, officials said Wednesday. Ukraine’s air force said it stopped all the drones that were launched. CBC | World News
Read More »Cap on bankers’ bonuses dropped in ‘obscene’ decision
Unions have blasted the Bank of England and City regulators for an “obscene” decision to scrap a decade-old cap on bankers’ bonuses. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Republican Mike Johnson secures needed votes to be next U.S. House Speaker
Rep. Mike Johnson secured enough votes to be elected U.S. House speaker on Wednesday, as Republicans were eagerly elevating the little-known conservative leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority. CBC | World News
Read More »At least six foreign nationals face losing their visas over anti-Semitic behaviour
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has warned “if you come to this country, you abide by British values” as fury mounts over the conduct of some pro-Palestine protesters. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »UN secretary-general says comments on Hamas attack were ‘misrepresented,’ as Israel retaliates with visa ban
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Read More »Off-duty pilot allegedly took mushrooms, hadn’t slept for 40 hours before trying to cut jet’s engines
An off-duty airline pilot riding in an extra cockpit seat on a Horizon Air flight said “I’m not OK” just before trying to cut the engines mid-flight, and later told police he had been struggling with depression, according to charging documents made public Tuesday. CBC | World News
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