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World Clashes between Syrian security forces under the country’s new, Islamist authorities and gunmen loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s western coastal region have killed more than 70 people and left an area outside government control, a war monitor said Friday. Clashes in coastal regions appear co-ordinated, andContinue Reading

World Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s energy and gas infrastructure in their latest drone and missile attack, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said talks with the U.S. on ending the three-year war will take place next week. At least 10 injured in attack, as satellite data shows Ukraine also hasContinue Reading

World·Updated The discovery of a huge unexploded Second World War-era bomb near the tracks severed Paris’s high-speed rail links with London and Brussels on Friday, affecting weekend getaway plans and causing cascading travel disruptions. France’s transport minister says discovery led to 500 trains from busiest Paris station being cancelledThe AssociatedContinue Reading

Sixty-four years ago, with the world gripped by the fear of a nuclear confrontation between superpowers, France’s then-president Charles de Gaulle reportedly posed a question to John F. Kennedy on a visit to Paris: Was the U.S. president willing to sacrifice New York to save Paris?  Kennedy apparently never directly answered,Continue Reading

One trade war down, two to go — maybe more. U.S. President Donald Trump has dialled back his tariffs against Canada after rattling the economy from the markets, to factories, to the borders.  But that was this week’s battle. There’s another one next week when his steel and aluminum tariffs takeContinue Reading

World·Updated Canadian alleged drug kingpin Ryan Wedding has been added to the FBI’s list of 10 most-wanted fugitives, as the reward offered for information leading to his arrest has been raised to $10 million US. FBI says Wedding is believed to be living in Mexico Thomas Daigle · CBC NewsContinue Reading

World European leaders on Thursday said they would stand by Ukraine and spend more on defence in a world upended by Donald Trump’s reversal of U.S. policies. As leaders meet, at least 5 killed in Ukraine within previous 24 hours in Russian attacksThomson Reuters · Posted: Mar 06, 2025 8:57Continue Reading

World South Korean fighter jets mistakenly dropped eight bombs on a civilian district on Thursday, injuring 15 people and damaging houses and a church during military exercises in Pocheon, the Air Force and fire agency said. South Korea’s Air Force said eight 225-kg bombs from two jets fell outside the shooting rangeThomsonContinue Reading

World The United States broke a longstanding diplomatic taboo by holding secret talks with the militant Palestinian group Hamas on securing the release of U.S. hostages held in Gaza, sources told Reuters on Wednesday, while U.S. President Donald Trump warned of “hell to pay” should the Palestinian militant group notContinue Reading