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May 1, 2025
Russian drone attack on Odesa kills 2 people and wounds 15
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa early Thursday killed two people and injured 15 others, Ukra...
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May 1, 2025
Attack in Russian-occupied Ukrainian region leaves 7 dead, Moscow-appointed officials say
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone attack left at least seven people dead in the partially-occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson Thursday...
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May 1, 2025
At least 9 dead in drone strikes after US and Ukraine sign minerals deal
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone attack left at least seven people dead and a Russian strike on Odesa killed two people on Thursday, o...
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May 1, 2025
3 Pakistani security personnel killed in raid on a militant hideout
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces overnight raided a militant hideout in northwest Pakistan, sparking a shootout in which...
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May 1, 2025
Kenyan opposition MP is killed in ‘targeted’ shooting
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan opposition legislator was shot dead in the capital Nairobi in what police have described as a “targeted and p...
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May 1, 2025
South Korea’s acting leader Han resigns amid reports he will run for president
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s acting leader, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, said Thursday he is resigning to take on “heavier respon...
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May 1, 2025
South Korea’s acting leader Han resigns amid reports he will run for presidential election
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s acting President Han Duck-soo said Thursday he was resigning amid reports he will run in next month’...
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May 1, 2025
India and Pakistan face their latest crisis. Here’s a look at their history of armed conflict
NEW DELHI (AP) — A deadly attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir last week has plunged relations between India and Pakistan to new lows,...
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May 1, 2025
India will include caste details in its next census
NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramific...
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May 1, 2025
India will include caste details in its next population census
NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next population census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and politi...
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May 1, 2025
Australian locals rescue great white shark stranded in shallow water
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tourist Nash Core admits he felt some fear when he and his 11-year-old son waded into the ocean off the Australi...
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May 1, 2025
Several countries sending firefighting planes to Israel to help tackle major wildfire
JERUSALEM (AP) — Several countries were sending firefighting aircraft to Israel on Thursday as crews battled for a second day to extinguish...
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May 1, 2025
Rubio calls India and Pakistan in effort to defuse crisis over Kashmir attack
NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called senior officials in India and Pakistan in an effort to defuse the crisis that fo...
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May 1, 2025
Africans say a Black pope would be nice to have. But they are not too hopeful
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans thin...
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May 1, 2025
North Korea and Russia begin building their first road link
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea and Russia have begun building their first road link, the two countries announced, hailing the constru...
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May 1, 2025
New Zealand hit by destructive winds, heavy rain and snow and high waves
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Severe weather warnings covered swathes of New Zealand on Thursday with heavy downpours prompting a state of...
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May 1, 2025
US funds supported Nepal’s growing LGBTQ+ community. Now that money is gone
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The metal gates are padlocked now at the Parichaya Samaj center that advocates for LGBTQ+ rights and supports the qu...
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May 1, 2025
Homeless camp in Oregon national forest to be cleared
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service on Thursday is set to evict dozens of homeless people living in an encampment in a federal forest...
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May 1, 2025
These papal tailors aren’t expecting a traditional order for new cassocks to outfit the next pope
ROME (AP) — Two papal tailors and no conclave orders.
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May 1, 2025
A crackdown on diversity programs is reshaping college graduation ceremonies
PHOENIX (AP) — As a first-generation college student, Austin Kissinger was looking forward to celebrating graduation with others of similar...
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May 1, 2025
Florida leads as state and local governments sign on for Trump’s mass deportations
MIAMI (AP) — The roster of local police departments and state agencies that have joined President Donald Trump’s drive for mass deportations...
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May 1, 2025
In this Indian city, smartwatches are part of the solution to dealing with searing heat
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — It’s a little past 10 a.m. and the heat is already blazing on the outskirts of the Western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
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May 1, 2025
TransLink to expand Metro Vancouver bus service with newly approved investment plan
BURNABY - Metro Vancouver's transportation authority says a plan is in place to fund the largest increase in bus service in the region since...
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May 1, 2025
Andrea Horwath hospitalized. Thousands without power. How ‘one heck of a storm’ left southern Ontario running for cover
Andrea Horwath was left hospitalized and thousands were without power, as a record-setting windstorm swept across much of southern Ontario o...
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April 30, 2025
Ex-FBI informant who made up bribery story about the Bidens will stay in prison, judge rules
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal judge has denied the U.S. government's request to release from prison a former FBI informant who fabricated a sto...
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April 30, 2025
UN calls for Mali to probe alleged executions by army and Russian mercenaries
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — United Nations experts on Wednesday urged Malian authorities to investigate reports of alleged summary executions and...
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April 30, 2025
FBI reassigns agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that fo...
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April 30, 2025
Snowmelt means possibly contaminated water being discharged from Yukon mine site
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says the spring snowmelt means a "large amount" of extra water is being managed at the site of the Eagle G...
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April 30, 2025
Appellate court won’t lift restrictions on DOGE access to Social Security information
A federal appeals court says it won't lift restrictions on the access that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has to Social Sec...
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April 30, 2025
Nenshi says Alberta premier’s efforts backfired on the federal Conservative party
EDMONTON - In the wake of a federal election that saw the Liberals form a minority government, Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says it's cl...
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April 30, 2025
Memorial wall to fallen USAID staffers is removed from the agency’s former building
WASHINGTON (AP) — Contractors hired by the Trump administration have removed a memorial wall to fallen staffers from the now-closed headquar...
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April 30, 2025
PHOTO ESSAY: Immigrants in the Texas Panhandle live in limbo under Trump’s crackdown
PANHANDLE, Texas (AP) — This is a documentary photo story curated by AP photo editors.
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April 30, 2025
Toronto cop who was given ‘last chance’ resigns ahead of misconduct hearing on domestic violence allegations
Seth Rietkoetter was previously disciplined for Tasering and kneeing the neck of a Black University of Toronto student in a high-profile cas...
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April 30, 2025
Democratic Leader Jeffries says Trump’s 100 days filled with ‘chaos, cruelty and corruption’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bringing the kind of punch many voters are demanding, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Wednesday that President...
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April 30, 2025
Former Alberta minister calls for government transparency, tables cabinet notes
EDMONTON - The former Alberta cabinet minister removed from caucus says he's been pestering the government in question period and tabling a...
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April 30, 2025
North Carolina court says stripping governor of election board appointments can go ahead for now
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court ruled Wednesday that a law stripping the governor's authority to appoint State Board of...
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April 30, 2025
Watier anti-aging cream sold by Amazon, Shoppers Drug Mart recalled over microbial contamination
Over time, the cream may develop micro-organisms that cause spoilage and harmful health effects for users, says Health Canada.
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April 30, 2025
North Carolina is pursuing its own restrictions amid Trump’s pushback against DEI
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Following the lead of several conservative states and the president himself, North Carolina Republican lawmakers have a...
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April 30, 2025
Lovefest or Cabinet meeting? For Donald Trump, it’s both
WASHINGTON (AP) — Near the end of President Donald Trump’s marathon Cabinet meeting Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted that the...
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April 30, 2025
Belarus releases US citizen who was jailed for years
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus on Wednesday released a U.S. citizen who had been jailed on allegations of plotting to assassinate the count...
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April 30, 2025
RCMP investigate latest case of gunshot targeting home of N.S. lobster buyer
MAVILLETTE - Police are investigating the latest case of someone allegedly firing a gun at the home of a lobster buyer in southwestern Nova...
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April 30, 2025
Jeff Sperbeck, former agent for John Elway, dies after injury at 62
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Jeff Sperbeck, a business partner and former agent for NFL Hall of Famer John Elway, died Wednesday after suffering...
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April 30, 2025
A former Trump official backs World Heritage status for the vast Okefenokee Swamp
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former agriculture secretary is urging the administration to support adding a vast, federally...
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April 30, 2025
Filipino nurses shaken by Vancouver festival attack say tragedy ‘will not define us’
Filipino-Canadian nurse Glesy Banton-Victoria says she had planned to attend the Lapu Lapu Day street festival in Vancouver on Saturday but...
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April 30, 2025
Officer killed in gunman’s Pennsylvania hospital siege was felled by police fire, prosecutor says
YORK, Pa. (AP) — A police officer killed while responding to a Pennsylvania hospital siege was struck by a shotgun blast fired by another of...
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April 30, 2025
Prosecutor says officer killed in gunman’s Pennsylvania hospital attack was hit by fire from police
YORK, Pa. (AP) — An officer killed while responding to a Pennsylvania hospital siege was struck by a shotgun blast fired by police that also...
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April 30, 2025
Prosecutor says officer killed in gunman’s Pennsylvania hospital siege was hit by police fire
YORK, Pa. (AP) — An officer killed while responding to a Pennsylvania hospital siege was struck by a shotgun blast fired by police that also...
The Toronto Star
April 30, 2025
Defeated Manitoba Tory leadership candidate wants to win seat in byelection
WINNIPEG - Wally Daudrich, who was recently defeated in the race to lead Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives, says he still plan...
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April 30, 2025
Russia’s foreign minister visits the Dominican Republic to strengthen economic and commercial ties
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Russia expects to open its first embassy in the Dominican Republic as Foreign Minister Sergey Lavro...
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April 30, 2025