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Alberta Petition to Break Away From Canada Is Dealt a Court Blow

A judge sided with an Indigenous group that had asked for a petition by separatists to force a vote on the oil-rich province seceding from Canada to be thrown out.

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Australia politics live: Albanese denies tax reforms aimed at courting votes from growing gen Z cohort

Angus Taylor to give budget reply speech tonight. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAngus Taylor is outlining a new plan from the Coalition to block many welfare payments for noncitizens, part of the opposition’s rebuttal to the government’s budget on...

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Netanyahu's office says he had secret meeting with UAE president - but Emirates deny claim

Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he secretly visited the United Arab Emirates earlier this year during the US-Israeli war with Iran - but the UAE has denied the trip took place.

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Israel Says Netanyahu Made a Secret Trip to U.A.E., Which Says He Didn’t

The claim and the denial signaled both how close Israel and the United Arab Emirates have become, and how delicate that relationship remains.

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Cartel corruption claims push US-Mexico relations to breaking point

With Mexico under pressure from Trump to tackle drug trafficking groups, analysts say ‘it’s the most tense situation since the 1980s’Relations between Mexico and the United States are being pushed to breaking point amid accusations by Washington that Mexican officials have been “in bed for years” wi...

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As Starmer Rejects Calls to Resign, Some Make Comparisons to President Biden

In Britain, some argue that Prime Minister Keir Starmer, by rejecting calls to step aside, risks repeating the mistakes of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

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JD Vance threatens health funding to states that don’t comply with White House anti-fraud effort

Medicare has already paused hospice and home healthcare agency signups as potential fraud is investigatedUS politics live – latest updatesJD Vance has threatened to “turn off” federal funding for government health insurance programs in states that refuse to comply with the Trump administration’s cra...

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Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill 22 people, health ministry says

Eight children are among those reported dead after a series of air strikes hit the south of Beirut.

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France Clears Cruise Ship to Sail After Norovirus Outbreak Sickens Dozens

The ship’s 1,700 passengers had been prevented from disembarking to Bordeaux for hours while officials investigated a wave of illness on board.

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Republican redistricting effort is ‘evil incarnate’, Stacey Abrams tells new Guardian podcast

In interview with Stateside with Kai and Carter, Abrams says Republicans have raised the stakes beyond party linesFormer Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has slammed Republican-led states’ efforts to redraw their congressional maps to favor their party as “evil incarnate”.In an intervie...

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Cynthia Shange, Who Defied Apartheid at a Beauty Pageant, Dies at 76

She was the first Black South African to enter the Miss World contest, placing in the top five in 1972.

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Utah woman who wrote book on grief gets life without parole for killing husband

Kouri Richins was convicted for lacing her husband’s cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanylSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA Utah mother who published a children’s book about grief after the death of her husband and was later found guilty of killing him has been senten...

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Senate fails to curb Trump’s war on Iran even as Republican opposition grows

Resolution fails by 49-50, with Lisa Murkowski and fellow GOP members Rand Paul and Susan Collins voting in favorThe Senate on Wednesday rejected the seventh attempt by Democrats to force an end to American involvement in the war on Iran, even as the ranks of Republicans opposed to Donald Trump’s st...

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Passengers allowed to leave norovirus-hit cruise ship

Passengers on the ship showing no symptoms are allowed to leave, authorities say, after 49 people fell ill from gastrointestinal sickness.

NYT

How China Sent a Message to Trump on His Arrival

Beijing welcomed President Trump with a high-ranking vice president, but the choice of a ceremonial leader suggests China is trading symbolism for substance.

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More U.S. Spy Planes are Surveilling Cuba

As President Trump threatens to act against Cuba, experts are debating whether the flights, which the United States is not taking pains to hide, are just intimidation or foreshadow military force.

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Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform U.K., Faces Investigation for £5 Million Gift

The Conservative Party referred the case against Mr. Farage, the leader of a right-wing populist party in Britain, to a parliamentary watchdog.

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Netanyahu Made a ‘Secret Visit’ to U.A.E. During Iran War

The visit to meet with the Emirati leader, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, was another sign of how Israel and the Emirates have drawn closer together.

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Family of British couple jailed in Iran say they have lost contact

Lindsay and Craig Foreman were given 10-year sentences after entering the country on a motorcycling tripThe “terrified” family of a British couple jailed for 10 years in Iran on spying charges have said they have lost all contact with them.Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 53, were arrested in January...

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Georgia’s Republican governor calls for special session to redraw electoral maps

Brian Kemp’s move makes Georgia latest southern state to initiate map-making after dismantling of Voting Rights ActThe Republican governor of Georgia called a special session for next month to redraw electoral maps, the latest southern state to initiate new map-making after the US supreme court’s di...

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Senate rejects latest Democratic effort to end Iran war by wafer-thin margin

Resolution fails by 49-50, with Lisa Murkowski and fellow Republicans Rand Paul and Susan Collins voting in favorThe Senate on Wednesday rejected the seventh attempt by Democrats to force an end to American involvement in the war on Iran, even as the ranks of Republicans opposed to Donald Trump’s st...

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US Senate rejects seventh war powers measure as more Republicans break rank

Resolution failed in a 49-50 vote, with Lisa Murkowski and fellow GOP members Rand Paul and Susan Collins voting in favorThe Senate on Wednesday rejected the seventh attempt by Democrats to force an end to American involvement in the war on Iran, even as the ranks of Republicans opposed to Donald Tr...

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Top Gaza Negotiator Urges Hamas to Embrace Rebuilding Plan

Nickolay Mladenov, who is overseeing the U.S.-led truce in Gaza, has tried to convince the militant group to give up its arms, but it has so far refused amid Israeli cease-fire violations.

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Missouri man charged for posting bomb-making tutorials that aided New Orleans attack

Jordan Derrick charged in connection with deadly attack in the French Quarter on New Year’s Day 2025US politics live – latest updatesFederal authorities have filed charges against a Missouri man accused of publishing online tutorials on how to manufacture explosives that the terrorist who carried ou...