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Jawad Younes, 11, and his cousins were playing soccer in the lot between their houses, as they often did. His little brother, four-year-old Mehdi, had joined them but grew tired, so Jawad took him home and handed him off to their mother before returning to the game. Minutes later, an …
Read More »On Easter, Pope Leo urges world leaders to end wars, conquest
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. Pope Leo urged global leaders in his Easter message on Sunday to end the conflicts raging across the world and abandon any schemes for power, conquest or domination. …
Read More »In rare daytime drone blitz, Russia attacks western Ukrainian city largely spared from war’s damage
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. The eyes of the world have been focused on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, but as …
Read More »Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 1.8% in February, war’s impact not yet reflected
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. Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 1.8 per cent in February, Statistics Canada said on Monday, …
Read More »Why Trump can’t afford to brush off the Iran war’s economic impact
U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to downplay the effect of the Iran war on the domestic economy even as American drivers are already feeling the impact on their wallets every time they fill up their cars and trucks. During a news conference in Florida Monday evening, Trump implicitly acknowledged …
Read More »Pope Leo’s 1st Christmas sermon decries treatment of Palestinians in Gaza, harm of wars on the ‘defenceless’
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. Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon, in an unusually direct …
Read More »U.K. officers are ‘policing toxic culture wars,’ police chief says after TV producer’s arrest
Britain’s most senior police chief on Wednesday defended the arrest of an Irish comedy writer over comments about transgender issues, saying officers were in an impossible position in arbitrating between free speech and criminal content. Graham Linehan, co-creator of popular TV comedy shows Father Ted and The IT Crowd, said on Tuesday …
Read More »Shawn Levy, filmmaker to helm new Star Wars film, to be inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame
Shawn Levy’s next project may take him to a galaxy far, far way, but he will soon have a star much closer to home. The Montreal-born filmmaker, who’s directing the recently announced Star Wars: Starfighter, will be inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame this year. Levy broke out with 2002 teen …
Read More »Star Wars: Starfighter, starring Ryan Gosling, set for 2027
Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling will star in a new Star Wars film that will reach movie theatres in May 2027, Walt Disney’s Lucasfilm announced on Thursday. Star Wars: Starfighter will take place five years after the events of 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, a Lucasfilm statement said. The movie is “an entirely new adventure …
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