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Budapest threatened to block a new package of European Union sanctions against Russia and to stall efforts to help Ukraine until Russian oil deliveries to Hungary resume. The EU’s foreign ministers are set to meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss the bloc’s 20th round of sanctions against Moscow, a …
Read More »Trump’s drastic cuts to federal agencies temporarily halted by U.S. judge
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration must temporarily halt its sweeping government overhaul because Congress did not authorize it to carry out large-scale staffing cuts and the restructuring of agencies, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco sided Friday with a group of unions, non-profits …
Read More »Polio vaccinations halted by blockade as latest Israeli strikes kill 9 children in Gaza
The Israeli military launched one of the biggest waves of strikes on Gaza in weeks on Tuesday, residents said, and health officials issued a new warning that health care faced total collapse from Israel’s blockade of all supplies. Gaza’s Health Ministry said a United Nations-backed polio vaccination campaign meant to target over 600,000 …
Read More »Students, schools gearing up for first in-person orientation since COVID-19 halted events
As the countdown to the first day of school begins, post-secondary institutions in Canada are getting ready to host their first fully in-person orientation week for incoming students — a rite of passage that was postponed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For Maddie Fines, a first-year student at …
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