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Indian authorities shut schools, evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and cancelled trains in parts of the country as rescue teams braced on Thursday for a tropical storm brewing in the Bay of Bengal. CBC | World News
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Israeli strike near Beirut hospital kills 4, including child, and wounds 24, Lebanese officials say
A child and three adults were killed and 24 others were wounded on Monday in an Israeli strike near Rafik Hariri University Hospital, the main public hospital in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, the national Health Ministry said in a statement. CBC | World News
Read More »Liberal, Bloc MPs vote against questioning Canada Soccer officials over drone scandal
A parliamentary committee will not question the coaches of the national women’s soccer team about the Paris Olympics cheating scandal, after Liberal and Bloc Quebecois MPs voted against launching a study today. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Dozens killed in Israeli strikes in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, Palestinian officials say
A total of 87 people were killed or missing under the rubble after an Israeli attack on Saturday on northern Gaza’s town of Beit Lahiya, with more than 40 wounded, the Palestinian enclave’s health ministry said on Sunday. CBC | World News
Read More »Ex-Canadian Olympic snowboarder wanted for murder, running transnational drug ring, U.S. officials say
A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and 15 others are facing criminal charges for allegedly running a drug-trafficking ring that shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine to Canada and used violence — including murder — to achieve its goals, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. The group is connected to homicides in Ontario, the DOJ said. CBC | World News
Read More »Food, medicine running out as Israel presses offensive, say hospital officials in northern Gaza
Palestinian health officials called on Wednesday for a humanitarian corridor to three hospitals in northern Gaza that have come close to collapse as Israeli troops have cut off the area during almost two weeks of heavy fighting against Hamas. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli military kills at least 40 in Gaza, Palestinian officials say, as tanks deepen raid in the north
Israeli military strikes were reported to have killed at least 40 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces tightened their squeeze around Jabalia in the north of the enclave on Tuesday, amid fierce battles with Hamas-led fighters. CBC | World News
Read More »Florida braces for Milton’s arrival, as officials plead with those in storm’s path to get away
Hurricane Milton hurled tornadoes and rain at the Tampa Bay area Wednesday on its steady, potentially catastrophic march toward Florida’s west coast, where officials issued a final plea to residents to evacuate or face grim odds of survival. CBC | World News
Read More »Wimbledon to ‘replace 300 officials’ with AI technology to end 147-year tradition
The All England Club is set to introduce an electronic system onto the Wimbledon show courts. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Trump acted outside his duties in pressuring Pence, officials after 2020 election loss: prosecutors
U.S. prosecutors said Donald Trump was acting outside the scope of his duties as president when he pressured state officials and then-U.S. vice president Mike Pence to try to overturn his 2020 election defeat, in a court filing made public on Wednesday. CBC | World News
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