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A man accused of setting more than a dozen fires across Winnipeg last year was carrying a notebook when he was arrested that contained “future potential targets” — including the health minister’s constituency office and the CBC, search warrant documents allege. Jesse Wheatland, 35, was charged after a months-long string …
Read More »Trump targets Obamas again with doctored image posted on social media
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. U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday posted a falsified image of former president Barack Obama and …
Read More »Iran targets U.S. airbase as both sides exchange periodic strikes
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 targeted a U.S. airbase on Thursday after the U.S. military struck one of its drone …
Read More »Kyiv residents stranded in tower blocks as Russia targets power system
Olena Janchuk spends another day of freezing isolation in her highrise apartment. The former kindergarten teacher has severe rheumatoid arthritis and has been trapped for weeks on the 19th floor of her Kyiv tower block, 650 steps from the ground. Long daily blackouts caused by Russia’s bombardment of power plants …
Read More »U.S. launches ‘vengeance’ strikes against ISIS targets in Syria, Hegseth says
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. The U.S. military launched airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in …
Read More »In the shadow of a famed Mexico City stadium, a battle for water targets the World Cup
Behind a wall and across from Exit 7 of Mexico City’s famed Azteca Stadium, sits a water well with blue piping protruding from the ground that’s at the centre of a conflict threatening to disrupt preparations for the World Cup’s third visit to the country. The well was drilled by …
Read More »Israel targets Hamas leadership with strike in Doha, Qatar
Qatar ‘strongly condemns’ attacks Natalie Stechyson here, a senior writer with CBC News. Qatar “strongly condemns” Israel’s attack, wrote Majed Al Ansari, adviser to the prime minister and spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a post on X. “This criminal assault constitutes a blatant violation of all international …
Read More »Israel launches deadly airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley
Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley on Tuesday killed 12 people, the region’s governor Bachir Khodr told Reuters, in the deadliest airstrikes since last year’s truce ended months of fighting between Israel and the armed group Hezbollah. The Israeli military said earlier on Tuesday it had begun striking targets belonging …
Read More »Student journalists wary of getting caught in crossfire as Trump targets universities
As It Happens6:36Columbia newspaper editor says students are self-censoring out of fear Some student journalists in the U.S. are thinking twice before writing about controversial issues and getting caught in the crosshairs of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, says the editor-in-chief a Columbia University student magazine. This self-censoring comes amid a wave of …
Read More »Trump orders U.S. bombing of ISIS targets in Somalia
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he ordered military airstrikes on a senior Islamic State attack planner and others from the organization in Somalia. “These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “The strikes …
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