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As It HappensCommon world map shows ‘distorted view’ of Africa. Advocates are trying to change that Fara Ndiaye says the most common world map has “presented a distorted view of our world” for more than 400 years.  “It dramatically shrinks Africa almost by half while inflating other parts of the …

The city of Seville is accustomed to extreme heat, so much so that it is often called the “frying pan of Spain.”  On summer afternoons, the air is so warm that the streets of this historic town in southern Spain become empty, as merely breathing outside becomes extremely difficult. And it …

Two RCMP constables showed up at a Dartmouth, N.S., home on Friday searching for a drunk driving suspect, seemingly unaware the man they wanted to speak to had been found dead more than a year ago in a homicide case that remains unsolved. The incident was captured on a doorbell camera at the …

As Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office on Monday and announced that NATO would be buying U.S. weapons and shipping them to Kyiv, it was a major pivot for the U.S. president and for an administration that just two weeks ago halted the supply of some military hardware, including …

U.S. President Donald Trump has pledged to deport “the worst of the worst,” yet the majority of people currently detained by immigration agents have no criminal convictions, according to government data regarding ongoing detentions. As well, relatively few have been convicted of high-level crimes — a stark contrast to the chilling nightmare Trump …

A new Amnesty International report says the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — a controversial U.S.- and Israel-backed group that took over aid distribution in the territory more than a month ago — uses a militarized aid mechanism that enables Israel to use starvation as a weapon of war and inflict genocide against Palestinians. The report published Thursday points …

A U.S. plan for Gaza seen by Reuters on Friday proposes a 60-day ceasefire and the release of 28 Israeli hostages alive and dead in the first week, in exchange for the release of 1,236 Palestinian prisoners and the remains of 180 dead Palestinians. The document, which says the plan …

The black bear population in Ontario has seen significant declines in a few areas of the province, according to a new population survey conducted by government researchers, raising concerns about the health of the bears and the impact of hunting them. The research used DNA sampling to more accurately estimate …

The limits of U.S. President Donald Trump’s brand of extremely personalized, belligerent diplomacy have never been more apparent than with the negligible outcomes this week involving two of the world’s deadliest ongoing conflicts. In Gaza, Israel’s military shattered the tenuous ceasefire on Tuesday by inflicting the largest number of deaths in a single …

Paul Simon fans in Toronto and Vancouver will get a chance to catch the legendary singer-songwriter in a theatre setting after he announced Tuesday a return to touring. The Toronto dates occur several weeks into what is being called the Quiet Celebration tour, which kicks off April 4 in New …