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Venezuela opposition candidate to appear on presidential ballot for three parties
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela unity opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez will appear as three parties' candidate on the ballot for July presidential elections, after two additional parties said on Tuesday they were able to list him in their ...
Five Eyes countries working to fight critical minerals dumping, Canada minister says
By Divya Rajagopal TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada and its Five Eyes Alliance partners are working on put forward a response to tackle the price manipulation of critical metals, Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday. The U.S., ...
US calls on Iraq to safeguard US troops after new attacks
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military called on Iraq's government on Tuesday to take steps to safeguard American troops in both Iraq and Syria after failed attacks a day earlier by Iran-aligned militia. The ...
Police seeking suspect involved in St. John's home invasion after two injured
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is looking for the suspect in connection with a home invasion in St. John's on Wednesday, April 17. Shortly after 9 p.m., officers responded to a disturbance at a residence on Kennedy Road, where it was reported ...
New Brunswick river watch program ends, water levels continue to decrease
New Brunswick’s River Watch Program has ended after nearly six weeks of monitoring river statuses and keeping tabs on ice jams. The program, aimed at monitoring rivers and other flood issues during the freshet and ice-out season, says the water ...
Russian-installed officials say four dead in Ukraine drone attack in Zaporizhzhia region
(Reuters) - Emergency services in Russian-held parts of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region said a Ukrainian drone strike on Tuesday killed four people in a car north of the town of Melitopol. The officials, quoted by Russia's RIA news agency, said the ...
Airbus wins reprieve from Canadian sanctions on Russian titanium
MONTREAL/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has granted Airbus a waiver to allow it to use Russian titanium in its manufacturing after becoming the first Western government to ban supplies of the strategic metal in its latest package of measures triggered ...
US sanctions militant leaders over hostages in West Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on leaders of militant groups over the taking of hostages, including Americans, in West Africa, the Treasury and State departments said. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The sanctions on leaders of ...
Explainer-What is behind the pro-Palestinian protests at U.S. universities?
(Reuters) - Student protests in the U.S. over the war in Gaza have intensified and expanded over the past week, with a number of encampments now in place at colleges including Columbia, Yale, and New York University. Police have been called in to ...
Still no estimates on what greening N.S. grid will cost ratepayers and taxpayers
Getting off coal and hitting Nova Scotia’s target of generating 80 per cent of renewables by 2030 will be expensive for anyone who buys electricity or pays taxes here. But nobody knows how expensive. Neither Nova Scotia Power president Peter Gregg, ...