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As the Catholic Church mourns the death of Pope Francis and its all-male College of Cardinals prepares to elect his successor, some say an accidental email sent last month captured the contradictions at the core of Francis’s legacy on women. In January, Francis made his highest-ranking female appointment, naming Sister …
Read More »Ukraine says it captured 2 Chinese soldiers fighting for Russia in Donetsk region
The Ukrainian military has captured two Chinese men fighting with the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Tuesday. Zelenskyy said a clash with Chinese soldiers occurred near the villages of Tarasivka and Bilohorivka in the Donetsk region, where six Chinese military personnel engaged Ukrainian …
Read More »OPP officer’s body cam captured him being shot near Hagersville, Ont., Crown tells murder trial
Footage from a body camera worn by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Const. Greg Pierzchala will show the moment he was shot while responding to a vehicle in a ditch in December 2022 outside Hagersville, the Crown told the opening of the first-degree murder trial of the two accused. Crown prosecutor Fraser McKracken also …
Read More »Russia orders retreat from Kherson, its only captured Ukrainian capital since invading
Russia’s military announced on Wednesday that it’s withdrawing from Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson and nearby areas, in what would be another humiliating setback for Moscow’s forces in the eight-month-old war. Ukrainian authorities did not immediately confirm the move — and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested in recent days that …
Read More »Bears that attacked two Squamish women won’t be captured or killed
Conservation officers say they don’t plan to capture a pair of bears that attacked two women in Squamish, B.C.. saying the incidents appear defensive in nature. Conservation officers in Squamish, B.C., have temporarily closed part of a wildlife management area near the community’s downtown after two surprise bear attacks were reported …
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