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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. When news that a series of downtown Prince George businesses were damaged by a fire broke …
Read More »CIA chief meets Cuban officials to deliver message: Trump wants ‘fundamental changes’
Listen to this article Estimated 3 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. CIA director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials, including Raúl Castro’s grandson, during a high-level visit …
Read More »Invasive spotted lanternfly found in Ontario. U.S. officials say stomp it
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. A recent spotted lanternfly discovery in St. Catharines, Ont., is renewing concern about the destructive insect …
Read More »Early season wildfires in Maritime provinces has officials urging caution
Weekend wildfires in both New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have officials urging caution. It’s only the end of April, so the early fire season is already causing concern. In New Brunswick, Musquash Fire Chief Wayne Pollock’s crew was called out to Old Saint John Road in the Fundy Shores area …
Read More »Iran offers to end chokehold on Strait of Hormuz if nuclear talks are deferred, officials say
Iranian sources on Monday disclosed Tehran’s latest proposal to bridge gaps with the U.S. over worldwide shipping woes resulting from the war started two months earlier, which would push wider talks about Iran’s nuclear program until later. That suggestion is unlikely to satisfy Washington, which says nuclear issues must be …
Read More »Iran’s foreign minister leaves Islamabad without meeting U.S. envoys, Pakistani officials say
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. Iran’s foreign minister left Pakistan on Saturday evening, two Pakistani officials told The Associated Press, before …
Read More »2 killed in Israeli strike on south Lebanon despite ceasefire, health officials say
An Israeli airstrike killed two people in the southern village of Touline on Friday, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said, as Israel’s army ordered residents to evacuate another southern Lebanese town, a day after Israel and Lebanon extended their ceasefire by three weeks. The Israeli military said Hezbollah was operating from the town, without providing …
Read More »Israel kills senior Iranian naval officials, Trump continues threats to Tehran to negotiate
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. U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran on Thursday to “get serious” about a deal to end …
Read More »U.S. military leaders lay out timeline of attacks that killed Khamenei, Iranian officials
The U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran this weekend were described on Monday as a “massive, overwhelming attack” that came just hours after approval from U.S. President Donald Trump, the commander-in-chief of the military. Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a Monday morning news …
Read More »4 killed in shootout involving U.S.-registered boat, Cuban officials say
Cuba’s government said late Wednesday that the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism. The announcement came hours after Cuba said its soldiers killed four people and wounded six …
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