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World American politicians are stepping up pressure on Canada and Mexico to stop imports of goods made by forced labour, as required under the continental trade pact. “This horrendous behavior has not abated,” says the letter. They’re pushing for changes in future updates to the trade agreement. Members of CongressContinue Reading

World The Israeli military says it has killed another senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut as cross-border rocket attacks by both sides continued, increasing fears of a full-fledged war in the Middle East. Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon continue a day after hundreds were killed and thousands fledThomson Reuters · Posted: SepContinue Reading

World More than four million people have been affected by floods across six countries in western and central Africa, the World Health Organization says. Over 1,000 killed, 300,000 homes destroyed in Cameroon, Chad, Guinea, Mali, Niger, NigeriaThe Associated Press · Posted: Sep 23, 2024 3:16 PM EDT | Last Updated:Continue Reading

World Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in the United States to set out a “victory plan” to his closest ally this week, in an urgent attempt to influence White House policy on Ukraine’s war with Russia no matter who wins the U.S. elections in November. Ukraine president to speak at UN GeneralContinue Reading

World The man accused of hiding out with a gun near Donald Trump’s Florida golf course in an apparent bid to kill the former U.S. president wrote a letter months earlier describing an “assassination attempt” and offering a bounty on Trump’s life, prosecutors said on Monday. Ryan Routh, 58, keptContinue Reading

World Two strikes by Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians, including four children, in the central Gaza Strip on Monday, medics said, as heavy rains flooded displaced residents’ tent encampments. Latest Israeli airstrike kills 10 Palestinians, including 4 children, in central Gaza StripThomson Reuters · Posted: Sep 23, 2024Continue Reading

World Cholera is spreading in war-torn Sudan, killing at least 388 people and sickening about 13,000 others over the past two months, health authorities say. No end in sight for fighting that has wrecked cities and killed tens of thousandsThe Associated Press · Posted: Sep 23, 2024 9:37 AM EDTContinue Reading

World·Updated The Israeli military has launched its most widespread wave of airstrikes against Hezbollah, simultaneously targeting three regions in Lebanon. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least 274 people were killed and 1,024 wounded. Tens of thousands flee as Israeli military strikes Beirut, southern LebanonThomson Reuters · Posted: Sep 23, 2024 6:46 AMContinue Reading

Sri Lankans elect Marxist candidate in historic presidential voteMarxist candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s first presidential election since the country’s 2022 economic collapse. Dissanayake has promised to champion the country’s poor and rein in the power of wealthy elites. At podium after podium during Sri Lanka’s presidentialContinue Reading