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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. In writer and director Ugo Bienvenu’s Arco, there isn’t just a vision of the future. There …
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Middle East worries about possible U.S. strike on Iran as Trump makes threats
Iranian officials reached out to the wider Middle East on Wednesday over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike on the country, while the value of Iran’s currency reached a new low a month after the start of protests that spread nationwide and sparked a bloody crackdown. Two nations, …
Read More »Should the Canadian Coast Guard be armed? The jury is still out, but the navy says no
The commander of the navy says there’s no reason — in circumstances outside of war — to arm Canada’s fleet of coast guard ships. And Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee tells CBC News that in the event of a conflict, there are potential ways the civilian vessels can be quickly given the …
Read More »These Trinidadian fishermen were killed in a U.S. boat strike. Now their families are suing
LISTEN | Full interview with ACLU lawyer Jeffrey Stein: As It Happens6:44Families of Trinidadian fishermen killed in a U.S. boat strike sue for wrongful death When the U.S. launched its first deadly strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela last September, Chad Joseph called his wife to assure …
Read More »Indigenous leaders urge citizens to carry status cards or tribal IDs in U.S.
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Indigenous leaders on both sides of the border are advising their citizens on how to deal …
Read More »Small plane crash in Colombia kills 15, including congressman
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A small plane crashed Wednesday in a rural area of Norte de Santander province in northeast …
Read More »Trump 2.0’s Nazi-coded social feeds
Front Burner Decoding a spate of posts made by U.S. government accounts that resemble or borrow from the fascist and extreme far-right traditions. CBC News · Posted: Jan 29, 2026 6:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 4 hours ago Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of …
Read More »What we know about plans to open the Rafah border crossing this week
For Palestinians in Gaza, the Rafah border crossing to Egypt is their gateway to the world. But since Israel seized it in May 2024, it has been largely shut. Now Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the crossing will reopen soon, as the U.S.-brokered Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan moves into its …
Read More »GM Canada layoffs hit Oshawa plant, putting up to 1,200 autoworkers out of work Friday
The day Oshawa, Ont., autoworkers have dreaded for months has arrived, as GM Canada is poised to cut a shift at the city’s plant, costing over a thousand workers their jobs. Up to 1,200 workers throughout the auto supply chain are expected to complete their final shift on Friday as …
Read More »5-year-old detained in Minneapolis last week still in Texas detention facility with his father
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. Democratic Reps. Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett visited a five-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father …
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