Revellers around the world toasted the start of 2026 on Thursday, bidding farewell to a volatile year when temperatures soared, US President Donald Trump upended global trade, and the brutal conflict in Ukraine raged on.While a fragile truce took hold in devastated Gaza, violence in Sudan continued unabated. A new American pope was installed at …
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New Year celebrations took on a sombre tone in Sydney as revellers held a minute of silence for victims of the Bondi Beach shooting before fireworks lit up the harbour city at the stroke of midnight.People around the world toasted the end of 2025, bidding farewell to one of the hottest years on record, packed …
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“Avatar: Fire and Ash” retained the top spot at the North American box office after it debuted the week before, reeling in $64 million during the weekend after Christmas, industry estimates showed Sunday. The third installment in director James Cameron’s blockbuster series stars Zoe Saldana as Na’vi warrior Neytiri and Sam Worthington as ex-Marine Jake Sully, who …
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky consulted with allies on Saturday and won renewed expressions of support ahead of a meeting with US President Donald Trump, hours after Russia pummelled Kyiv with drones and missiles in its latest attack on the capital.During a stopover in Canada en route to Florida for the Trump meeting, the Ukrainian president …
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“Avatar: Fire and Ash,” the third installment in James Cameron’s blockbuster sci-fi fantasy series, debuted atop the North American box office with $88 million in ticket sales in the weekend before Christmas, industry estimates showed Sunday.”Fire and Ash” grossed $345 million worldwide in its opening weekend, and is expected to do very well abroad, according …
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After accepting a job near Montreal, Mansef Aloui packed up his life in Tunisia, hopeful his children would thrive in Canada — but his pathway to settle in the country has been shut down.”I’m broken. My life has been upended. My daughter is in her room, she cries day and night,” the 50-year-old told AFP, …
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Six members of Canada’s parliament travelling from Jordan were denied entry to the occupied West Bank on Tuesday by Israeli authorities who accused the delegation of being sponsored by “a terror entity.”Jenny Kwan, an opposition lawmaker with Canada’s left-wing New Democratic Party, told AFP that one MP, Iqra Khalid of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal …
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For decades, Arctic Snowplows has sold its Canadian-made galvanized steel products to “anywhere there is snow” across the border in the United States, says company president Mike Schulz.But a year into President Donald Trump’s trade war, some of those customers have been lost, with buyers unwilling to stomach higher prices forced by US tariffs on …
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The first high-profile Canadian performance on the 2026 World Cup stage did not go smoothly: hockey legend Wayne Gretzky mispronounced several country names during the tournament draw — including Jordan — prompting widespread ridicule.But once the event was over, “it felt like the starter’s pistol went off,” and the sprint to the tournament was underway, …
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Canada on Tuesday launched a CAN$1.7 billion ($1.2 billion) program to recruit leading global researchers, part of the effort to poach intellectual talent looking to leave the United States because of President Donald Trump’s policies.Top Canadian institutions — including the country’s largest hospital network and the University of Toronto — have previously announced multimillion dollar …
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