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CanadaJun 03, 2025

White House says Trump will double tariffs on steel, aluminum tomorrow

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says U.S. President Donald Trump will double steel and aluminum tariffs Wednesday.Leavitt says Trump will sign an executive order to increase the duties to 50 per cent later today.
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WorldJun 03, 2025

213 prisoners escape from Malir Jail in Karachi, Pakistan

At least 213 prisoners escaped from Malir Jail in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday night. According to the jail administration, the prisoners were evacuated from the barracks as a precaution after the earthquake tremors in Karachi. According to the report, about 80 of them have been recaptured, while 135 prisoners are still on the run. Jail Superintendent Arshad Shah confirmed this on Tuesday morning. He said that more than 600 prisoners were outside their barracks at that time and 213 prisoners managed to escape amidst the chaos. Several media reports were saying that the prisoners escaped by
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WorldJun 03, 2025

An Israeli strike on Gaza kills 14 Palestinians, mostly women and children, hospitals say

An Israeli strike on a residential building in the Gaza Strip on Monday killed 14 people, mostly women and children, according to health officials. The Shifa and al-Ahli hospitals confirmed the toll from the strike in the built-up Jabaliya refugee camp, saying five women and seven children were among those killed. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
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WorldJun 02, 2025

Road accident in northern Nigeria kills 22 athletes returning from a sports festival

A bus veered off a bridge in Nigeria's northern state of Kano, killing at least 22 athletes returning home from a sports festival and leaving several other passengers injured, the state's governor said. The cause of the accident, which happened on Saturday, was not immediately known. The athletes had taken part in the Nigerian National Sports Festival in the southern state of Ogun over the last week. The driver appeared to lose control of the bus and the vehicle, with over 30 passengers, plunged off the Chiromawa Bridge on the Kano-Zaria expressway, according to Abba Kabir Yusuf, the governor
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WorldMay 29, 2025

Federal judge extends order blocking Trump administration ban on foreign students at Harvard

A US federal judge has extended the stay on the Trump administration's move to ban Harvard University from admitting foreign students until a decision is made in the case. Harvard filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Massachusetts on Friday against the Homeland Security Department's decision. The university said in the petition that the government's action is unconstitutional and will have an immediate and devastating impact on Harvard and more than 7,000 student visa holders. It is worth noting that Harvard University is a prestigious university in the US, in which thousands of students fr
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WorldMay 29, 2025

Steve Shand sentenced to six and a half years in prison

Steve Shand, 50, the second person convicted of human trafficking in the deaths of an Indian family from Gujarat who froze to death in minus 38 degrees Celsius while trying to enter the US from Canada, has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison. A Minnesota court in the US announced the sentence against Harshkumar Patel and Shand last evening. Authorities say the two accused were involved in a large-scale human trafficking operation to illegally bring Indians from Canada to the US. In January 2022, the bodies of Jagdish Patel, his wife Vaishaliben and their two children, an 11-year-
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WorldMay 29, 2025

Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading effort to slash federal government

Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. The billionaire entrepreneur posted Wednesday about his decision on X, his social media website. ``As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President DonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,'' he wrote. A White House official, who requested anonymity to talk about the change, confirmed that Musk was leaving. Musk's departure comes one day after he criticized the ce
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WorldMay 29, 2025

U.S. federal court rules against Trump tariffs

United States President Donald Trump hit a major legal barrier for his plan to realign global trade after a federal court on Wednesday blocked both the sweeping "Liberation Day" tariffs and the fentanyl-related duties against Canada and Mexico. The U.S. Court of International Trade decision said Trump does not have the authority to wield tariffs on nearly every country through the use of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act of 1977. Trump hit Canada with economywide duties in March after he declared an emergency at the northern border related to the flow of fentanyl. He partially p
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CanadaMay 27, 2025

King Charles says in historic throne speech "the true North is indeed strong and free"

King Charles says Prime Minister Mark Carney's government vows to protect Canadian sovereignty by building up the military and redefining the relationship with the U-S. The King read the throne speech in Ottawa today to officially open Parliament. He finished his address by saying -- quote -- ``As the anthem reminds us, the true North is indeed strong and free.' The speech confirmed that Canada will join the ReArm Europe plan -- a major defence procurement project to ramp up arms production in Europe. The move could reduce Canada's reliance on the United States as a source of military

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BCJul 29, 2025

Coquitlam RCMP announce guilty plea after lengthy firearm related offence investigation

Following a lengthy police investigation into a 2021 shooting incident that occurred in Coquitlam, 36-year-old Sukhdeep Singh Pansal of Delta, British Columbia, has plead guilty to firearms related charges and has been sentenced to 38 months in prison. On January 16, 2021, at approximately 12:05 a.m., Coquitlam RCMP frontline officers responded to a report of shots fired from a high-rise building located in the 600 block of Whiting Way, Coquitlam. A woman was found with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and was taken to hospital. The Lower Mainland District Emergency Response Team (ERT) ass
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BCJul 29, 2025

North Vancouver RCMP seek public’s help identifying suspect in series of Break and Enters

North Vancouver RCMP are seeking public assistance in identifying a suspect involved in three separate break and enter incidents. On July 8, 2025, North Vancouver RCMP received a report of a break and enter at a residential building in the 2100 block of Chesterfield Avenue, North Vancouver. CCTV footage from the building captured a male suspect gaining access at approximately 4:00 a.m. Nothing was stolen, but damage was caused to the property. On July 10, 2025, police received a second report from the same residential building. The suspect entered the premises and stole approximately $600 in c
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BCJul 29, 2025

Seniors advocate says B.C. will need almost 16,000 new long-term care beds by 2036

A report from British Columbia's seniors' advocate say the province will need almost 16,000 new long-term care beds by 2036 to meet the demands of an aging society. Dan Levitt's report tabled at the provincial legislature pegs the current shortfall at over 2,000 beds, and predicts the gap will "grow exponentially" over the next decade. It says the number of people waiting for beds has grown significantly in the past 10 years to 7, 212 in 2025, and people are also waiting longer. The average wait time for a long-term care bed had almost doubled to 290 days by 2024, according to the report, whic
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BCJul 29, 2025

VPD investigates strong-arm robbery of senior

Vancouver Police have released video of suspects in the alleged strong-arm robbery of an 84-year-old woman downtown on Sunday. The senior was standing near Homer and West Pender Street shortly before 11:30 a.m. on July 27 when she was approached by a man and woman who accused her of stealing from them. One suspect allegedly took the woman’s cane, while the other tried to take the purse off her shoulder. The senior held on to the purse until another person intervened. The suspects were last seen walking north on Homer Street. “Every indication suggests this senior was targeted because s
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WorldJul 29, 2025

Starmer says UK will recognize Palestinian state unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday the U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state in September – unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and takes steps toward long-term peace. Starmer called ministers together for a rare summertime Cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza. He told them that Britain will recognize a state of Palestine before the United Nations General Assembly, “unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, reaches a ceasefire, makes clear there will be no annexation in the West Bank, and commits to a long-term