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Venezuela opposition candidate to appear on presidential ballot for three parties

Vivian Sequera |Updated 4 minutes ago |1 min read

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 ...

Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland presents the federal government budget for fiscal year 2024-25, in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 16, 2024.

Five Eyes countries working to fight critical minerals dumping, Canada minister says

Divya Rajagopal |Updated 43 minutes ago |2 min read

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., ...

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 15, 2024. Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout via

US calls on Iraq to safeguard US troops after new attacks

Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart |Updated 44 minutes ago |2 min read

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 ...

Daniel Johnson, 50, from Mount Pearl is wanted by police following a home invasion in St. John on Wednesday, April 17. - Contributed

Police seeking suspect involved in St. John's home invasion after two injured

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read Premium content

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 ...

The province of New Brunswick is kicking off the 2021 River Watch program. 123rf

New Brunswick river watch program ends, water levels continue to decrease

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read Premium content

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 ...

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Russian-installed officials say four dead in Ukraine drone attack in Zaporizhzhia region

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

(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 ...

An employee works on an Airbus A220-300 at the Airbus facility in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada February 20, 2020.

Airbus wins reprieve from Canadian sanctions on Russian titanium

Reuters |Updated 3 minutes ago |1 min read

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 ...

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US sanctions militant leaders over hostages in West Africa

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

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 ...

Students attend a protest encampment in support of Palestinians at University of California, Berkeley during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Berkeley, U.S., April 23, 2024.

Explainer-What is behind the pro-Palestinian protests at U.S. universities?

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

(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 ...

A lobster fishing boat steams out of Pubnico Harbour past the Pubnico Point wind farm. Kathy Johnson photo

Still no estimates on what greening N.S. grid will cost ratepayers and taxpayers

Aaron Beswick · Reporter |Updated 1 hour ago |5 min read Premium content

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, ...

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