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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. Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened on Monday for limited traffic, a key step in …
Read More »Rafah border crossing into Gaza opened for limited passage, Israel says
7 hours ago News Duration 3:06 Israel reopened the Rafah border crossing on Sunday for people to travel between Gaza and Egypt, the first opening of effectively the sole route in or out of the Palestinian territory since May 2024. Israel seized the border crossing in May 2024, nine months …
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 »Other Conservatives ‘frustrated’ with Poilievre, says Liberal House leader a day after 2nd floor crossing
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. Hours after the Liberal government picked up another member in a surprise floor crossing, Government House …
Read More »Hamas says it will hand over hostage body as Israel expected to open Rafah crossing
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Hamas said it will hand over the body of a hostage on Wednesday, as Israel said it would allow Gaza’s gateway to Egypt to open in the next …
Read More »Israel denies Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt is reopening
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will reopen Monday for people returning to Gaza, the Palestinian Embassy in Egypt said Saturday, but the territory’s sole gateway to the outside world will remain closed to people trying to leave. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issued a statement …
Read More »Sixteen caught crossing illegally into U.S. from Quebec in days before Trump tariff threat
On a late Saturday afternoon, two days before U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened tariffs on Canadian goods over migrants and fentanyl, the RCMP alerted U.S. Border Patrol about a group of people crossing illegally from Quebec into an area near Chateaugay, N.Y. Border Patrol agents initially spotted the group, but then …
Read More »Jury selection starts in Minnesota trial of 2 men charged after family died crossing Manitoba-U.S. border
A trial in Minnesota for two men accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canada border, including four members of an Indian family who froze to death in Manitoba as they tried to make it across in 2022, starts this morning with jury selection. Potential jurors are being called from across parts …
Read More »RCMP detain 8 people near Manitoba border crossing, human smuggling charges laid – Winnipeg
By Daisy Woelk Global News Posted September 9, 2024 6:28 pm Updated September 9, 2024 9:55 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size RCMP officials say eight people have been detained after they walked over the Canada-U.S. border illegally. Tara Seel, a media relations officer …
Read More »Dump truck driver charged after pedestrian killed crossing street in Toronto – Toronto
Toronto police say the driver of a dump truck that struck and killed a 53-year-old man in November has been charged. Police said on Nov. 13 at around 10:35 a.m., officers responded to a pedestrian-involved collision. A dump truck was driving westbound on Eglinton Avenue toward Dufferin Street when it …
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