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Denmark said Thursday that drone incursions that briefly shut two of its airports and affected military installations overnight were hybrid attacks intended to spread fear, but that officials did not know who was behind them. CBC | World News
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2 detainees killed, another critically injured in Dallas ICE facility shooting: officials
A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on Wednesday, killing two detainees and wounding another before taking his own life, authorities said. CBC | World News
Read More »DWP sending officials to homes of anyone suspected of benefit fraud in crackdown
The Department for Work and Pensions has issued a warning to anyone who is suspected of committing benefit fraud Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Read More »Pakistan officials, rights group condemn killing of 3 transgender women
Gunmen shot and killed three transgender women on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, before fleeing the scene, police said Monday, underscoring the dangers faced by the community across the country. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli strikes kill at least 32 across Gaza City, health officials say
The Israeli army has ordered remaining residents to leave Gaza City, but the UN and aid agencies warn such a mass displacement will worsen the humanitarian crisis across the Palestinian enclave. CBC | World News
Read More »Polish officials insist Russian drones weren’t in airspace by mistake, as suggested by Trump
Poland rejected on Friday a suggestion by Donald Trump that Russian drone incursions into its airspace could have been a mistake, a rare contradiction of the U.S. president from one of Washington’s closest European allies. CBC | World News
Read More »Yemen’s Houthis gather for funeral of slain PM, officials with rebel-controlled government
Hundreds of people in Sanaa, Yemen, gathered Monday for the funerals of Ahmed al-Rahawi, the Houthi prime minister, and other government officials killed last week. On Saturday, the Houthis said they died in an Israeli strike, three days after the group launched a ballistic missile toward Israel. CBC | World News
Read More »Novak Djokovic raises US Open complaint but officials won’t listen to Serb
Novak Djokovic has made an unusual complaint about the US Open. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »White House officials defend firing of labour statistics official as critics warn of trust erosion
Top White House economic advisers on Sunday defended U.S. President Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, pushing back against criticism that Trump’s action could undermine confidence in official U.S. economic data. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. Olympic, Paralympic officials bar transgender women from competing in Olympic women’s sports
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has effectively barred transgender women from competing in women’s sports, telling the federations overseeing swimming, athletics and other sports it has an “obligation to comply” with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump. CBC | World News
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