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Holiday shoppers are seen in a mall in the city centre of Sydney, Australia, December 17, 2020.

Australia sees second straight budget surplus, inflation easing sharply

Reuters |Updated 6 minutes ago |2 min read

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's government will boast a second consecutive budget surplus on Tuesday, courtesy of strong employment and high commodity prices, giving it cash to afford more cost of living relief and industry incentives. Figures ...

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey speaks during Britain's Labour Party annual conference, in Brighton, Britain, September 27, 2021.

UK's Labour pledges 'ironclad' commitment to Ukraine during Kyiv visit

Anastasiia Malenko |Updated 25 minutes ago |2 min read

By Anastasiia Malenko KYIV (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party affirmed its "ironclad" commitment to Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv on Monday by the party's foreign and defence chiefs. David Lammy and John Healey met Ukraine's defence ...

A general view of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2023.

US to force China-linked firm to sell land near US missile silos

Alexandra Alper, David Ljunggren |Updated 55 minutes ago |2 min read

By Alexandra Alper and David Ljunggren WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday gave a Chinese-linked company and its partners 120 days to sell property they had bought near a U.S. Air Force base in Wyoming that is home to part of the ...

An Israeli tank holds a position as smoke rises in Gaza, near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Israel, May 13, 2024.

Top Biden official doubts Israel can achieve 'total victory' in Gaza

Humeyra Pamuk |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration does not see it likely or possible that Israel will achieve "total victory" in defeating Hamas in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said ...

Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith makes a keynote speech at the LNG 2023 energy conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada July 13, 2023.

Alberta urges Canada PM Trudeau to head off port and rail strikes

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The western oil- and grain-producing province of Alberta on Monday urged Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do all he could to head off potentially devastating strikes by railway and port workers. Staff represented by ...

Ottawa cabbies protest Uber outside Ottawa City Hall in this 2015 file photo.

City surrendered to Uber's bullying tactics and abandoned Ottawa cabbies, judge rules

Blair Crawford · Postmedia News |Updated 2 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

A judge has ruled in favour of Ottawa taxi drivers in their $215-million class action lawsuit against the City of Ottawa over how the city “abandoned” them when ride-hailing company Uber arrived in 2014. The decision by Ontario Superior Court Justice ...

Coroner Stéphanie Gamache ahead of the inquest into the 2021 death of Raphaël André on Monday, May 13, 2024. “We are going to concentrate on and look at and understand the structures in place in Montreal for vulnerable people like Raphäel André at the moment of his death,” she said.

Coroner's inquest into death of unhoused Innu man begins

Ren̩ Bruemmer, Montreal Gazette |Updated 2 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

The coroner’s inquest into the death of Raphaël André, a 51-year-old Innu man whose body was discovered inside a portable outdoor toilet in January 2021 steps away from a unhoused aid shelter, began Monday with a reconstruction of the last hours of ...

Rapper Kendrick Lamar appears at the MTV Video Music Awards, on Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif., left, and Canadian rapper Drake appears at the premiere of the series "Euphoria," in Los Angeles on June 4, 2019.

Drake begs CP24 chopper to stop flying over Toronto mansion: 'I'm trying to sleep'

Mark Daniell |Updated 2 hours ago |4 min read Gallery Premium content

Amid his beef with Kendrick Lamar, several security breaches and a shooting outside his Bridle Path mansion, Drake needs some sleep. In a post to his Instagram Stories page over the weekend, the Toronto rapper wrote: “@cp24breakingnews can we discuss ...

The logo of Meta Platforms is seen in Davos, Switzerland, May 22, 2022. Picture taken May 22, 2022.

RFK Jr and super PAC sue Meta, claiming election interference

Stephanie Kelly |Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr and a super PAC supporting him filed a lawsuit on Monday against Facebook parent Meta Platforms, alleging the tech giant interfered in the ...

A damaged gate of Al-Aqsa university, which was destroyed during Israel's military offensive, stands in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip April 14, 2024.

White House: We do not believe genocide is occurring in Gaza

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday that President Joe Biden's administration did not view the killings of Palestinians in Gaza by Israel in its war with Hamas as a ...

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