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World Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday, but his deputy prime minister said he believed Fico would survive. Robert Fico shot while attending a meeting of his government in the town of HandlovaThe Associated Press · Posted: May 15, 2024 9:42 AMContinue Reading

World·Video The first portrait of King Charles since his coronation, a 2.6-metre-by-two-metre work by British artist Jonathan Yeo, was unveiled this week in London. Monarch got his first look at the artwork on Tuesday at Buckingham Palace John McHutchion · CBC News · Posted: May 15, 2024 9:24 AM EDTContinue Reading

World Ukrainian forces withdrew from some parts of the country’s northeast and battled Russian troops in other areas Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to postpone all his upcoming foreign trips underscored the seriousness of the threat his soldiers face. Ukrainian troops fall back from Lukyantsi and Vovchansk, both inContinue Reading

World·New An inky black miniature poodle named Sage won the top prize Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, an event that often has proven to be a poodle’s realm. It was the 11th triumph for poodles of various sizes at prestigious canine event The Associated Press ·Continue Reading

World Stepped-up Russian attacks on Kharkiv a problem that Kyiv cannot ignoreAn intense, days-long campaign by Russia — including both ground assaults and airstrikes — has stepped up pressure on a border region in northeastern Ukraine that Kyiv cannot afford to ignore, given that it is home to the country’s second-largest city of Kharkiv. Ukraine’s 2nd-largest city hasContinue Reading

World An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” has been detained in France on a 2021 felony warrant after a three-year search. Ian Cleary has been the subject of an international searchContinue Reading

Donald Trump’s legal team set out to demolish the credibility of the key witness in his criminal trial, assailing Michael Cohen as an untrustworthy, ill-tempered, revenge-hungry narrator. For two days, a jury heard Cohen methodically build up elements of the case against his former boss and confidant. But just seconds intoContinue Reading

The United Nations is facing scrutiny after lowering its counts of Palestinian women and children killed since Israel began bombing Gaza in its seven-month war against Hamas.  The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which releases impact reports on the situation in Israel and Gaza every twoContinue Reading

‘We escape from one death to another death,’ says displaced mother in Khan YounisHanan and Mohamed Barghout fled their home in Gaza City with their children after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. They found themselves in Khan Younis for a few months before they say heavy Israeli bombardment droveContinue Reading