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October 6, 2025
ICC judges deliver verdicts in the trial of an alleged militia leader from Sudan
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court judges are delivering their verdicts Monday in the trial of an alleged Arab milit...
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October 6, 2025
ICE ad blitz aims to lure local law enforcement officers to join Trump mass deportation efforts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on television advertising in select metro...
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October 6, 2025
ICE airs ads stirring up local frustration to recruit police for mass deportation efforts
The campaign is part of ICE’s $30 billion initiative to hire 10,000 more deportation officers by the end of the year to supercharge deportat...
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October 6, 2025
Photos show a water buffalo festival in Thailand at the start of harvest season
CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — The humble water buffalo has become a prized show animal in Thailand. They were celebrated Monday at an annual buf...
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October 6, 2025
Avalanche in Slovenia kills 3 Croatian mountain climbers
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Three mountaineers from Croatia were killed when they were swept away by an avalanche in neighboring Slovenia ove...
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October 6, 2025
The Supreme Court will evaluate Trump’s expansive claims of presidential power in its new term
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is beginning a new term with a sharp focus on President Donald Trump's robust assertion of executive pow...
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October 6, 2025
UN rights body orders probe into human rights in Afghanistan, with a focus on women and girls
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights body agreed Monday to set up an ongoing probe of human rights violations in Afghanistan under the...
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October 6, 2025
Rep. Wesley Hunt is running for US Senate in Texas, defying GOP leaders to take on Cornyn and Paxton
Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt is running for the U.S. Senate in Texas, defying Senate GOP leadership and adding a new element to an already co...
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October 6, 2025
10 more deportees from the US arrive in the African nation of Eswatini
MANZINI, Eswatini (AP) — A group of 10 migrants deported from the United States arrived early Monday in the African nation of Eswatini, auth...
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October 6, 2025
Plane carrying deportees from the US arrives in the African nation of Eswatini, lawyer says
MANZINI, Eswatini (AP) — A plane carrying a group of Southeast Asian migrants deported from the United States landed in the African nation o...
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October 6, 2025
Thailand’s water buffaloes have upgraded their status from draft animals to prized competitors
CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — It was 5-year-old Tod's first time competing in a beauty pageant and the bright red interior of his ears turned ou...
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October 6, 2025
A beauty pageant for buffaloes in Thailand raises status of the humble animal
CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — It was 5-year-old Tod's first time competing in a beauty pageant and the bright red interior of his ears turned ou...
The Toronto Star
October 6, 2025
Minorities had hoped to break into Syria’s new political order in the weekend vote but few succeeded
LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — Syria’s minority religious and ethnic communities were divided in the runup to the first parliamentary elections after...
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October 6, 2025
The Latest: Israeli and Hamas officials meet in Egypt on a US peace plan for Gaza
Israeli and Hamas officials are meeting in an Egyptian resort Monday for indirect negotiations on a U.S. peace plan for Gaza.
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October 6, 2025
The Latest: Israeli and Hamas officials discuss US peace plan for Gaza
Israeli and Hamas officials are holding indirect talks in an Egyptian resort Monday on a U.S. peace plan for Gaza.
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October 6, 2025
The Latest: Israeli and Hamas officials set to discuss US peace plan for Gaza
Israeli and Hamas officials are set to hold indirect talks in an Egyptian resort Monday on a U.S. peace plan for Gaza.
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October 6, 2025
A boat with 10 Chinese nationals capsizes on the Danube River. Reports say some are missing
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Rescuers are searching for several people after a boat carrying 10 Chinese nationals capsized on the Danube River on...
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October 6, 2025
A Chinese migrant dies when boat capsizes on the Danube between Serbia and Croatia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — One person died when a boat carrying at least 10 Chinese nationals capsized on the Danube River between Serbia and C...
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October 6, 2025
Inside the latest conflict at the Toronto Harbour — where rowers are facing off against wake boats
Wake surfing is a relatively new sport in which a rider rides a wake produced by a specialized boat. It’s adding another layer of tension on...
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October 6, 2025
Everything went wrong on this two-hour commute. It could be the worst in Toronto
Why this commute is set to drive one rider off the TTC.
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October 6, 2025
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Latest news and opinion from thestar.com on municipal politics at city hall and issues facing Mayor Olivia Chow and Toronto city council.
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October 6, 2025
‘People are done with yesterday’s leaders’: Here’s why councillor Brad Bradford wants to be Toronto’s next mayor
Bradford, 39, is the first to publicly declare a run for council’s top job in the October 2026 municipal election, promising to deliver “gen...
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October 6, 2025
Ontario Trillium Benefit and Canada Workers Benefit land this week. Here’s what you need to know
Here’s what you should know about the money that could be coming your way.
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October 6, 2025
This couple has been in Canada for years. They applied for permanent residence — but are baffled they are still waiting for security clearance
Time-consuming security screenings for temporary or permanent resident applications have been on the rise, often with no obvious reason.
The Toronto Star
October 6, 2025
French appeals court revisits shocking Gisèle Pelicot rape case
NIMES, France (AP) — Less than a year after the landmark verdict in a drugging and rape trial that shook France last year and turned Gisèle...
The Toronto Star
October 6, 2025
The new leader of Japan’s ruling party, poised to be first female prime minister, faces challenges
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s embattled governing party now has its new leader, former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conserv...
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October 6, 2025
Israel and Hamas prepare for talks in Egypt over possible Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli and Hamas officials are meeting in an Egyptian resort Monday in hopes of hammering out a potential ceasefire in Gaza on...
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October 6, 2025
Pivotal talks between Israel and Hamas begin in Egypt on eve of Gaza war anniversary
The indirect negotiations will take place in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where the Israeli delegation is set to arrive Monday.
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October 6, 2025
Israel and Hamas prepare for talks in Egypt on eve of Gaza war anniversary
The indirect negotiations will take place in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where the Israeli delegation is set to arrive Monday.
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October 6, 2025
Western Balkan leaders reaffirm commitment to EU future
GOLEM, Albania (AP) — Leaders of the Western Balkan countries on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to a joint European future, pledging to...
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October 6, 2025
Western Balkan leaders meet in Albania to discuss accelerating EU integration
GOLEM, Albania (AP) — The presidents of the Western Balkan nations gathered Monday in Albania to discuss ways they can accelerate their econ...
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October 6, 2025
Western Balkan leaders meet in Albania to discuss EU integration
GOLEM, Albania (AP) — The presidents of the Western Balkan nations gathered Monday in Albania to discuss ways they can accelerate thir econo...
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October 6, 2025
French PM resigns hours after naming government, plunging France further into political chaos
PARIS (AP) — Facing criticism from all sides, France’s new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his gov...
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October 6, 2025
French Prime Minister resigns after less than a month in office
PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned Monday, just a day after naming his government and after less than a mon...
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October 6, 2025
French Prime Minister resigns after only 2 weeks in office
PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned Monday, just a day after naming his government and after only two weeks...
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October 6, 2025
Legault, Ford, Great Lakes governors to hold news conference after weekend meeting
QUÉBEC - The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers Leadership Summit is wrapping up today in Quebec City with participants taking...
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October 6, 2025
B.C.‘s legislature resumes with four official parties and two independents
VICTORIA - The provincial legislature resumes sitting today with four official parties, two independents, and the expectation of searing pol...
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October 6, 2025
Prosecutors appeal for longer sentence for Erin Patterson in mushroom poisoning murders
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian prosecutors on Monday filed an appeal seeking a longer guaranteed prison term for Erin Patterson, who...
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October 6, 2025
Israeli fire in the West Bank killed their kids. Palestinian families want to know why
One child was shot while sitting on her mother’s lap. Another, hit by an airstrike as he stepped inside his home. Two others, killed while p...
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October 6, 2025
The Nobel Prize in medicine will be announced Monday, starting this year’s awards
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The 2025 Nobel Prize announcements start Monday with the medicine prize being announced by a panel at the Karolinska Instit...
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October 6, 2025
The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on peripheral immune tolerance
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries concern...
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October 6, 2025
The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on the human immune system
The award is the first of the 2025 Nobel Prize announcements and was announced by a panel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
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October 6, 2025
Police in Australia seize guns from dozens of owners who hold views rejecting government authority
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Police in Western Australia have seized guns and revoked or suspended firearms permits from dozens of owners...
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October 6, 2025
Rescuers in India search for missing after landslides kill 24 in Darjeeling region
NEW DELHI (AP) — Rescuers were scouring India's northeastern tea-growing hill district of Darjeeling on Monday for missing people a day afte...
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October 6, 2025
Classes suspended in Alberta as provincewide teachers strike set to begin today
EDMONTON - Some 51,000 members of the Alberta Teachers Association are poised to begin a strike today.
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October 6, 2025
UNESCO is choosing a new director who will face a big funding shortage after US exit
PARIS (AP) — An Egyptian antiquities professor and ex-tourism minister is facing off against a Congolese economist who promoted schooling in...
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October 6, 2025
UNESCO is choosing a new director, who will face a funding shortage after US exit
PARIS (AP) — An Egyptian antiquities professor and ex-tourism minister is facing off against a Congolese economist who promoted schooling in...
The Toronto Star
October 6, 2025
A former Gaza hostage’s memoir keeps the focus on those still held by Hamas
HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) — Eli Sharabi spent 16 months in filthy tunnels under the Gaza Strip with his legs chained, surviving on moldy pita. T...
The Toronto Star
October 6, 2025
Photos from 2 years of war between Israel and Hamas bear witness to its horrors
It's been two years since Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel, plunging the region into war. Photos taken by Associated Press journalist...
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October 6, 2025