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May 4, 2025
Militant suspected of firing rockets into Israel is handed over to Lebanese army by Hamas
BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas has handed over a militant suspected of firing rockets into northern Israel, the Lebanese Army said on Sunday.
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May 4, 2025
Experts start complex recovery of a superyacht that sank off Sicily, killing 7
ROME (AP) — Marine salvage experts on Sunday began operations to recover from the seabed off Italy's Sicilian coast the British-flagged supe...
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May 4, 2025
Authorities announce arrest in 1993 cold case murder of Cleveland nurse
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio authorities said they’ve solved the more than decade-old fatal stabbing of a Cleveland Clinic nurse, announcing recent...
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May 4, 2025
Authorities announce arrest in 2013 cold case murder of Cleveland nurse
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio authorities said they’ve solved the more than decade-old fatal stabbing of a Cleveland Clinic nurse, announcing recent...
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May 4, 2025
Violence, harassment and burnout: Ontario’s education workers are in crisis, study finds
A University of Ottawa study highlights the escalating violence and harassment faced by Ontario’s education workers, threatening worker well...
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May 4, 2025
Violence, harassment and burnout: Ontario’s education workers are in crisis, study finds
A University of Ottawa study highlights the escalating violence and harassment faced by Ontario’s education workers, threatening worker well...
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May 4, 2025
Nicaragua withdraws from UNESCO in protest at press freedom award
PARIS (AP) — UNESCO on Sunday announced the withdrawal of Nicaragua from the U.N. cultural and educational body because of the awarding of a...
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May 4, 2025
Nicaragua is quitting a UN agency over a press freedom award. Here’s a look at the issue
PARIS (AP) — The United Nations agency that promotes education, science and culture and also works for the preservation of outstanding cultu...
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May 4, 2025
SNL jokes about Donald Trump helping Mark Carney win federal election in cold open
The comedy show has been poking fun at the relationship between Canada and the United States, particularly after Trump’s comments about turn...
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May 4, 2025
Canadian students in Netherlands for 1945 liberation celebrations
HALIFAX - As the Netherlands marks the 80th anniversary of the country’s liberation by the Canadian Army, more than 1,000 Canadian students...
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May 4, 2025
2 boats capsized in China’s southwest after sudden storm, leaving 20 missing
BEIJING (AP) — Two boats carrying roughly 70 people capsized in the Wu river in China's southwestern Guizhou province Sunday afternoon, leav...
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May 4, 2025
14 missing after 2 boats capsize in China’s southwest following sudden storm, with 3 confirmed dead
BEIJING (AP) — Two tourist boats carrying roughly 70 people in total have capsized in the Wu river in China’s southwestern Guizhou province,...
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May 4, 2025
Tourist boats capsize in sudden storm in southwest China, leaving 9 dead and 1 missing
BEIJING (AP) — Four boats capsized in a sudden storm on a river in southwestern China, leaving nine dead and one missing, state media said M...
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May 4, 2025
Toronto Marathon causes TTC diversions on over 30 bus and streetcar routes
More than 30 routes will be diverted between 5 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Sunday due to widespread road closures to accommodate the event.
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May 4, 2025
Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs due process rights
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump, in a new interview, was circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid...
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May 4, 2025
Battered by war and economic crisis, Lebanon holds first local elections in almost 10 years
HARET HREIK, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese voted Sunday in the country's first local elections in almost a decade, months after a U.S.-brokered ce...
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May 4, 2025
Sudan’s army says RSF paramilitaries carry out drone attack on Red Sea port city
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s paramilitaries launched a drone attack Sunday targeting a military airbase and other civilian facilities in the coastal...
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May 4, 2025
Paramilitaries carry out drone attack on Red Sea port city, Sudan’s army says
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched a drone attack Sunday targeting a military airbase and civilian facilities i...
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May 4, 2025
Cuts have eliminated more than a dozen US government health-tracking programs
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s motto is “ Make America Healthy Again,” but government cuts could make it harder t...
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May 4, 2025
Entrepreneurs working to find funds to restore historic theatres across the Prairies
EDMONTON - Not a day goes by that David Stupnikoff doesn't think about the Princess Theatre.
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May 4, 2025
‘It tells you about another life’: Inside a Toronto bookstore that does more than sell books
Tucked inside the Toronto Reference Library, Bookends South has quietly supported readers, library programs, and a community of volunteers f...
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May 4, 2025
Pritzker and Ocasio-Cortez: A billionaire and a former bartender emerge as Trump resistance leaders
ATLANTA (AP) — The billionaire heir and the former bartender.
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May 4, 2025
America’s long history of ‘checks and balances’ is being tested by Trump like rarely before
ATLANTA (AP) — It's what one historian calls an “elaborate, clunky machine,” one that's been fundamental to American democracy for more than...
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May 4, 2025
What’s the manosphere? Inside the online world of misogyny that’s targeting boys and young men
While it resonates with some, others say social media companies and influencers are trying to lure them in. But there are ways to resist.
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May 4, 2025
She was diagnosed with cancer at age 3. Now 11, this girl is taking on the Sporting Life 10K for the camp that changed her life
On May 11, more than 23,000 people are expected to run, walk or roll 10 kilometres down Yonge Street for this charity.
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May 4, 2025
Ex-principal sues prestigious Toronto private school, alleges wrongful dismissal amid ‘old boys club’ atmosphere
One of Toronto's oldest schools is at the center of a contentious lawsuit involving the dismissal of the principal.
The Toronto Star
May 4, 2025
What’s the manosphere? Inside the online world of misogyny that’s targeting boys and young men
While it resonates with some, others say social media companies and influencers are trying to lure them in. But there are ways to resist.
The Toronto Star
May 4, 2025
Elbows down, Prime Minister: Stop fighting the trade war with the U.S. by granting Canadians free trade with America and beyond
Trade with our giant neighbour can't really be replaced, writes University of Toronto professor Kevin Bryan. Tariffs are an understandable r...
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May 4, 2025
A man attacks Turkish opposition leader in Istanbul, raising fears over politicians’ safety
ISTANBUL (AP) — The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party was attacked as he left a memorial ceremony in Istanbul on Sunday.
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May 4, 2025
Turkish opposition leader is attacked in Istanbul, raising fears over politicians’ safety
ISTANBUL (AP) — The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party was attacked as he left a memorial ceremony in Istanbul on Sunday.
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May 4, 2025
Experts see hopeful signs as Mark Carney prepares to talk trade with Trump
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney will be watched closely by Canadians infuriated by Donald Trump — and by an anxious business communi...
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May 4, 2025
How to pick a pope? Here are the issues and hotly debated candidates as the cardinals prepare to vote
To answer the question — who will be chosen? — is to become lost in the legend, mystery and shadow of the papal election process; to assign...
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May 4, 2025
At least 1 dead after 14 people shot at a Houston family party, police say
HOUSTON (AP) — At least one person was killed when up to 14 people were shot at a party in Houston early Sunday, police said.
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May 4, 2025
Putin says he hopes there will be no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments broadcast Sunday that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen and that h...
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May 4, 2025
How bad will mosquitoes be in Ontario this year? Here’s your mosquito forecast
As Toronto enters mosquito season, experts explain the factors contributing to the blood suckers and how the season is shaping up.
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May 4, 2025
How bad will mosquitoes be in Ontario this year? Here’s your mosquito forecast
As Toronto enters mosquito season, experts explain the factors contributing to the blood suckers and how the season is shaping up.
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May 4, 2025
After spending my teen years feeling like an outcast, I vowed to fit in at all costs. Then, a Toronto improv class pushed me out of my comfort zone — and into a new community
Ever since I was 12, I had been telling myself that people would always judge me for being myself. But what if I was the one judging them by...
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May 4, 2025
Trump tells Meet the Press its ‘highly unlikely’ for U.S. to use military force to annex Canada
U.S. President Donald Trump reveals in a new interview with NBC that he doesn’t plan to use military action against Canada to make the count...
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May 4, 2025
This year’s 24-hour live coverage of Sweden’s epic moose migration is over. It’ll return in 2026
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The seventh season of Swedish slow TV hit “The Great Moose Migration” ended Sunday night after 20 days of 24-hour live cove...
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May 4, 2025
24-hour live coverage of Sweden’s epic moose migration draws to a close
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The seventh season of Swedish slow TV hit “The Great Moose Migration” will end Sunday night after 20 days of 24-hour live c...
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May 4, 2025
China’s Xi Jinping to pay official visit to Russia, alongside Victory Day celebrations
MOSCOW (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will pay an official visit to Russia from May 7–10, the Kremlin confirmed Sunday.
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May 4, 2025
UK police arrest several Iranian men over alleged attack plot
LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism officers arrested several Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target in London,...
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May 4, 2025
UK police arrest Iranian men over alleged attack plot in major counterterror operation
LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism officers arrested four Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target and three oth...
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May 4, 2025
Israeli Cabinet ministers to vote on whether to expand Gaza fighting
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Top Israeli Cabinet ministers were set to meet on Sunday to vote on whether to intensify the country’s military oper...
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May 4, 2025
A missile from Yemen halts flights in Israel hours before top officials vote on plans for Gaza war
BEN-GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Israel (AP) — A missile launched by Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen on Sunday briefly halted flights and co...
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May 4, 2025
A missile from Yemen halts flights in Israel hours before vote on intensifying Gaza war
The attack on Ben-Gurion International Airport came hours before top Israeli Cabinet ministers were set to vote on whether to intensify the...
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May 4, 2025
WWII survivors share haunting memories as France marks 80th anniversary of Nazi surrender
PARIS (AP) — As France prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender to Allied forces, survivors of World War II reflect on pa...
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May 4, 2025
Vehicle crashes into entrance at Manila airport, killing 2 people including a 4-year-old girl
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A vehicle crashed into an entrance at Manila's airport on Sunday morning, leaving two people dead including a 4-y...
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May 4, 2025
Vehicle crashes into entrance at Manila airport, killing 2 people including a young girl
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A vehicle crashed into an entrance at Manila's airport on Sunday morning, leaving two people dead including a you...
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May 4, 2025