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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Ukraine’s top military commander said Thursday he visited troops holding the front line in a key eastern city besieged by Russian forces, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy …
Read More »Ukraine grapples with widespread power outages after Russian barrage
Russian drone and missile strikes wounded at least 20 people in Kyiv, damaged residential buildings and caused blackouts across swathes of Ukraine early Friday, authorities said. A child was also killed in separate attacks in the southeast of the country. In the heart of the Ukrainian capital, rescue crews pulled …
Read More »India, once a solid U.S. ally, grapples with Trump’s 50% tariff, one of the highest in the world
In the heart of India’s diamond hub, in the western city of Surat, orders have been paused, gem-polishing machines silenced and fears of more damage and job losses are high. That’s because as of Wednesday, the export tariffs on Indian goods heading to the United States sit at 50 per …
Read More »Trump isn’t just a Canadian campaign issue. Australia grapples with its U.S. relationship in election
U.S. President Donald Trump is looming large in the final weeks of Australia’s general election campaign, spelling trouble for conservative Opposition leader Peter Dutton just as a new poll shows Australians’ faith in the United States at an all-time low. Trump’s blustery style and often disruptive policies, including “reciprocal” tariffs …
Read More »‘Dumbfounded and disgusted’: Canada’s car capital grapples with Trump tariffs
A long-awaited tariff announcement from U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday spurred confusion and concern in Canada’s automotive capital. The president, in a lengthy Rose Garden address at the White House, provided some relief to Canada by leaving it out of a list of nations facing new reciprocal tariffs from the …
Read More »U.S. southeast grapples with widespread outages, flooding in wake of deadly Hurricane Helene
Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday — as the cleanup began from the tempest that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. southeast and left millions of customers without power. Helene blew ashore in Florida’s Big Bend region …
Read More »‘Almost died a few times’: Northern Ontario city of Sudbury grapples with opioids
GREATER SUDBURY, Ont. — Crystal Plume sits in the shade of a tree near a busy intersection in downtown Sudbury and carefully injects fentanyl into a vein on the back of her hand before licking the speck of blood left behind. The 36-year-old who regularly panhandles in the northern Ontario …
Read More »Vancouver Island community grapples with how to accommodate people living in RVs
The small Vancouver Island community of Duncan is struggling to find housing solutions for people who live in RVs as some of them face tripling rent increases and restrictions on where to park. While recreational vehicles are generally more affordable places to live, they are subject to city bylaws across the …
Read More »Expect more wildfires — in Europe and beyond — as society grapples with warming climate
The frightening wildfires afflicting Europe during bouts of extreme heat this summer are a scourge the world will see more of in the future, scientists say. That raises questions about what can be done to mitigate their impact as society grapples with the larger challenges of trying to limit the warming of the …
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