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November 23, 2025
Ukraine peace plan darkens the mood across a war-torn nation
For the survivors of Bucha, where hundreds of Ukrainians were killed in 2022, the proposed amnesty is perceived less as reconciliation than...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Sectarian tensions flare in Syria’s Homs after the killing of a Bedouin couple
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The killing of a husband and wife from a Bedouin tribe in Syria’s Homs province on Sunday triggered renewed sectarian...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Suspect in father’s second-degree murder arrested, Peel police say
Officers responded to reports of a disturbance at a home on Clearjoy Street, where they found a man in his 50s who had been shot, Peel polic...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Man wanted for second-degree murder in father’s homicide in Brampton, Peel police say
Officers responded to reports of a disturbance at a home on Clearjoy Street, where they found a man in his 50s who had been shot, Peel polic...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Aftermath of Chicago’s intense immigration crackdown leaves lawsuits, investigations and anxiety
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago has entered what many consider a new uneasy phase of a Trump administration immigration crackdown that has already le...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
In Quebec’s Nunavik region, constant water shortages compromise health care
PUVIRNITUQ - Even if they're surrounded by vast bodies of water as far as the eye can see, residents of Quebec's Far North lack a reliable w...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Doctor and nurses are leaving Nunavik over water shortages that affect care
PUVIRNITUQ - Doctors and nurses in Quebec's Nunavik region say constant water shortages are a factor that is pushing some colleagues to leav...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Many hoped UN climate talks in Brazil would be historic. They may be remembered as a flop
This year’s U.N. climate conference in Brazil had many unique aspects that could have been part of an historic outcome.
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
A sheriff, a billionaire, a tinge of scandal. California governor’s race packs drama, uncertainty
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The race for California governor features former presidential wannabes, a county sheriff, two women who could become the...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
50 schoolchildren escape captivity in Nigeria, 253 students and 12 teachers still being held
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped ca...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Pope calls on kidnappers in Nigeria to free 265 students and teachers after 50 pupils escape
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped ca...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Pope calls on kidnappers in Nigeria to free 265 students and teachers after some pupils escape
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped ca...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Developing nations push for climate action and debt relief at G20 summit in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Poorer nations attending the Group of 20 summit in South Africa have used the meeting to push leaders on climate action...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Israel targets Hezbollah chief in first strike on Beirut in months
HARET HREIK, Lebanon (AP) — Israel's military said an airstrike on Sunday on Beirut targeted a senior militant from the Lebanese Iran-aligne...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Israel says it targeted Hezbollah militant in its first attack in Beirut in months
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike Sunday struck Beirut for the first time since June. Its military says it was targeting a Hezbollah milita...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Israel says it killed a senior Hezbollah official in its first strike on Beirut in months
HARET HREIK, Lebanon (AP) — Israel on Sunday struck Lebanon’s capital for the first time since June, saying it killed Hezbollah’s chief of s...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Israel says it killed a senior Hezbollah official in first strike on Beirut in months
HARET HREIK, Lebanon (AP) — Israel on Sunday struck Lebanon’s capital for the first time since June, saying it killed Hezbollah’s chief of s...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Israel targets senior Hezbollah official in first strike on Beirut in months
HARET HREIK, Lebanon (AP) — Israel on Sunday struck Lebanon’s capital for the first time since June, saying it targeted Hezbollah’s chief of...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Christmas tree retailers find lots to like at a Pennsylvania wholesale auction
MIFFLINBURG, Pa. (AP) — Christmas went on the auction block this week in Pennsylvania farm country, and there was no shortage of bidders.
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
What to do with a colonial statue? A French town’s reflective twist on a haunting war monument
Malek Kellou was a child in Algeria when he first saw the statue of a French colonial war hero. His mother told him to keep quiet. The secon...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Japan ‘crossed a red line’ with Taiwan military intervention remarks, Chinese foreign minister says
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Japan “crossed a red line” with comments by its new leader suggesting a potential military intervention over Taiwan, C...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Big changes to the agency charged with securing elections lead to midterm worries
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Since it was created in 2018, the federal government's cybersecurity agency has helped warn state and local election offi...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
The man who double-crossed Ryan Wedding: The inside story of the life and murder of an FBI witness
The case against ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding traces back to one man: the Montrealer the FBI tasked with becoming a “co-operating witness.”
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
A viral Facebook post claimed there was a new vaccine for peanut allergies. How to spot hyper-realistic health misinformation
AI misinformation has spread around the internet but can be particularly harmful when it comes to health and medicine But there can be ways...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
These Ontario surgeons are so fed up with OHIP’s billing system that they’ve opened up a private practice
Hamilton surgeons who reconstruct breasts after mastectomies have fought for years over a billing code for their technique. They still get r...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
These Ontario surgeons are so fed up with OHIP’s billing system that they’ve opened up a private practice
Hamilton surgeons who reconstruct breasts after mastectomies have fought for years over a billing code for their technique. They still get r...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
UK leader suggests former Prince Andrew should testify in US investigation into Jeffrey Epstein
LONDON (AP) — Pressure is increasing for the former Prince Andrew to give evidence to a U.S. congressional committee investigating the convi...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
New Nunavut premier takes office as federal government pushes infrastructure drive
OTTAWA - As John Main settled in for one of his first interviews since being chosen as Nunavut’s new premier, his phone rang while he was in...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
A shocking Toronto murder, a troubling defence, and a changed society: an excerpt from a new book
An execution, based in part on a contested confession, amplified opposition to the death penalty as more and more Canadians began to see cap...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Slovenians reject in a referendum a law on assisted dying for terminally ill patients
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenians on Sunday rejected in a referendum a law that allowed terminally ill patients to end their lives, acco...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Slovenians vote in a referendum on assisted dying for terminally ill patients
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenians on Sunday voted in a referendum on a law to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives.
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Slovenians reject in a referendum on assisted dying for terminally ill patients
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenians on Sunday rejected in a referendum a law that allowed terminally ill patients to end their lives, acco...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Rubio set to meet with Ukraine, European allies in Geneva over US peace plan
GENEVA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was expected in Geneva on Sunday for talks with Ukraine and its European allies on the lat...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Ukraine and Western allies meet in Geneva to discuss US peace plan
GENEVA (AP) — Talks between Ukraine and its Western allies on a U.S.-proposed peace plan to end Russia's invasion are underway in Geneva, Uk...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
In Geneva, US and Ukraine officials report progress on ending Russia’s war but offer few specifics
National security advisers from the U.K., France and Germany have rallied around Kyiv in a push to revise the plan, which is seen as favorin...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
US and Ukraine report making progress toward ending Russia-Ukraine war but provide scant details
National security advisers from the U.K., France and Germany have rallied around Kyiv in a push to revise the plan, which is seen as favorin...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
The G20 summit in South Africa ends with the glaring absence of the US after Trump’s boycott
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Group of 20 summit in South Africa ended Sunday with the glaring absence of the United States — the next country to...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
The G20 summit in South Africa is set to end with another diplomatic spat involving the US
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Group of 20 summit in South Africa is set to end Sunday with another diplomatic spat involving the United States aft...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Bosnian Serbs vote to choose president after separatist leader Dodik was removed from office
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Voters in the Serb-run part of Bosnia cast ballots on Sunday to elect a new president after former pro-R...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Montreal’s Wing Noodles closing after nearly 80 years, sparking concern in Chinatown
MONTREAL - Garnet Lee started working at Wing Noodles when he was eight years old, packaging wonton covers and occasionally taking breaks to...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Houthi court in Yemen hands down death sentences to 17 people accused of spying
CAIRO (AP) — A Houthi-controlled court in Yemen's capital convicted 17 people of spying for foreign governments and sentenced them to death...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
More and more Ugandan men seek DNA paternity tests, often with heartbreaking results
NABUMALI, Uganda (AP) — Among the most sensitive family disputes Moses Kutoi mediates are those involving upset men questioning why some of...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Bolsonaro’s conviction brings vindication for some Brazilians who lost loved ones to COVID-19
SAO PAULO (AP) — Simone Guimarães, a retired 52-year-old teacher in Rio de Janeiro, lost at least five relatives to COVID-19: her husband, s...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
US signals broader efforts to protect Nigeria’s Christians following Trump’s military threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration is promoting efforts to work with Nigeria's government to counter violence against...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Guinea-Bissau’s president seeks second term in close race marked by tensions
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau will vote on Sunday in a presidential election marked by political and ethnic tensions with Presi...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Guinea-Bissau votes as president seeks second term and main opposition party is barred
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau began voting on Sunday as President Umaro Sissoco Embalo seeks a second term in the West African...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
Fugitive on Canada’s most-wanted list arrested in Toronto
The suspect was number 15 on the list of 25 most-wanted suspects for breach of parole as a federal offender.
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
St. Nick is coming to town Sunday: What you need to know for the city’s 121st annual Santa Claus Parade
Road closures, TTC adjustments, weather and all the details about the annual holiday event.
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025
St. Nick is coming to town today: What you need to know for the city’s 121st annual Santa Claus Parade
Road closures, TTC adjustments, weather and all the details about the annual holiday event.
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2025