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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. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. navy would immediately start blockading the Strait of Hormuz, raising …
Read More »Trump hosts 1st Board of Peace meeting, announces pledges for reconstruction-peacekeeper funding for Gaza
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. Five countries have committed troops for an international security force for Gaza, the commander of the …
Read More »Zelenskyy says U.S. too often asks Ukraine, not Russia, for concessions, ahead of Geneva peace talks
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. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced hope on Saturday that U.S.-brokered peace talks in Geneva next week would be …
Read More »Ukrainian drone damages Russian Black Sea port ahead of U.S.-brokered peace talks
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. A Ukrainian drone strike ignited fires at one of Russia’s Black Sea ports, officials said on …
Read More »Iran adds 7 more years to sentence of jailed Nobel Peace laureate, supporters say
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. Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after …
Read More »Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ gets its legitimacy from the UN, an agency he routinely belittles
Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace.” It sounds like an imaginary superagency that kids playing might dream up, sending pretend agents out to bring peace to the world’s trouble spots. Or even a board game. In both instances, the rules are arbitrary. “Once this board is completely formed, we can do …
Read More »Latest Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 1 and wound 31 people amid U.S.-led peace talks
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. Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least one person and wounded 31 overnight into Saturday just …
Read More »Finance minister says Canada will not pay $1B US if it joins Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
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. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said on Tuesday that Ottawa does not plan to pay the $1-billion …
Read More »Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ proposal met with skepticism, caution amid shaky Gaza ceasefire
Winter hasn’t been kind to Gaza. Freezing rain has lashed the coast, and brisk Mediterranean winds have blown down tents that house many of Gaza’s population of close to two million homeless Palestinians. There is neither peace nor reconstruction. The two-year war eased with a ceasefire three months ago, but …
Read More »Quebec struck peace with doctors, but critics say patients lost out
It was a deal reached just in time for the holidays, averting the threat of multiple medical clinic closures and the departure of hundreds of doctors from the health system. But as the dust settles on the agreement between the Quebec government and family doctors, the initial relief is giving …
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