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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. The letters spelling out U.S. President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of the Kennedy Center …
Read More »More than a dozen students killed in overnight fire at girls’ school in Kenya, official says
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. At least 16 students died in an overnight fire that started in the dormitories of a …
Read More »Board of Peace official overseeing Gaza ceasefire acknowledges little progress made
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. The high representative for the International Board of Peace overseeing the Israel-Hamas ceasefire acknowledged that little …
Read More »Iranian soccer official says he’s talking to authorities after former IRGC commander denied entry to Canada
A senior Iranian soccer official says he’s been in contact with “relevant authorities” after Canada’s immigration minister confirmed the government revoked travel documents granted to a former commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps to attend a FIFA meeting in Vancouver. The incident, which has drawn pointed questions from Conservatives, …
Read More »Iran war has cost U.S. an estimated $25B thus far, Pentagon official says
The Pentagon’s chief financial officer said Wednesday to a congressional committee that the war with Iran has cost an estimated $25 billion US so far, as Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth gave public testimony for the first time since airstrikes were launched on Feb. 28. The hearing before the House’s armed …
Read More »‘We failed,’ Ontario health authority official tells inquest into Indigenous woman’s death
What to know about the inquest It’s Day 12 of the Ontario coroner’s inquest for Heather Winterstein, a 24-year-old who died of sepsis in the St. Catharines hospital. The Indigenous woman first sought care on Dec. 9, 2021, for body pain from a fall. She was sent home with Tylenol …
Read More »Iran threatens attacks on Gulf oil infrastructure as Israel kills another regime official
Iran’s state television published a threat on Wednesday saying the country would be attacking oil and gas infrastructure in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates amid a new wave of strikes on its Persian Gulf neighbours and Israel. Iran used some of its latest missiles to evade air …
Read More »Top U.S. counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigns over Trump’s war on Iran
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. Joe Kent, the director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, saying …
Read More »Man in Michigan synagogue attack lost family members in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, official says
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. A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials …
Read More »Mining in Ontario’s Ring of Fire closer than ever, even without official fast-tracking
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. The Ring of Fire mining development in Northern Ontario has not been officially designated for fast-tracking …
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