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World Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has a parole hearing Monday at a federal prison in Florida. At 79, it could be Peltier’s last chance to be freedContinue Reading

World An initial projection provided by the European Union indicated far-right parties have made big gains at the European Parliament, but two mainstream and pro-European groups, the Christian Democrats and the Socialists, remained the dominant forces. Pro-Europe parties remain dominant, but far right swells at expense of GreensThe Associated Press ·Continue Reading

World France’s finance minister said on Monday that the snap election called by President Emmanuel Macron after a bruising loss to the far right in European Parliament elections would be the most consequential legislative vote in the republic’s history. Macron could be ceding domestic agenda until 2027 if National RallyContinue Reading

World Solemn prayers and speeches rang out this week inside the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of sites in the Sikh religion, as the northern state of Punjab marked the 40th anniversary of Operation Blue Star, a deadly Indian military operation. Ceremonies mark India’s storming of the Golden TempleContinue Reading

Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas since October in a raid in the Gaza Strip on Saturday that Palestinian officials said killed more than 200 people. The hostage rescue operation and an intense accompanying air assault took place in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, a densely built-up and oftenContinue Reading

Here’s what happens when you try surveying criminal-law professors about an unprecedented case in their state of New York: the guilty verdict of Donald Trump. CBC News asked them two things: their view of the case and of Trump’s chances of winning an appeal. We contacted two dozen professors specializingContinue Reading

World Retired major-general William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic Earthrise photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state.Continue Reading

World Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man on a square in the capital of Copenhagen, the state news agency Ritzau reported Friday. Copenhagen police confirmed on X that one person was arrested in the caseThe Associated Press · Posted: Jun 07, 2024 5:55 PM EDT |Continue Reading

World·Analysis As Italians join citizens from 26 other countries to elect a new European parliament, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is displaying the same political acumen and patience that saw her rise from the margins to centre stage in Italy, and transformed her into a power broker in the European Union.Continue Reading