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KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel handed over the bodies of 15 Palestinians on Wednesday, a day after Hamas returned the remains of an Israeli hostage. This is the latest swap as part of a U.S.-br...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday announced a special $40 billion budget for arms purchases, including to build a Taiwan Dome, an air defense system with high-level de...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, to the surprise of many in the South American nation who do...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy "illegal orders" say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews, signaling a possi...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) - Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, D.C., announced on Tuesday that she will not be seeking re-election next year, a decision that came as she has had to confront a federal law e...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025
SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) - All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants following a mass abduction last week from a school in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued, the country's president announced Tuesday. A ...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025
PARIS (AP) - The Paris prosecutor announced four more arrests Tuesday in connection with the stunning heist at the Louvre Museum in October by a gang that made off with $102 million worth of jewels. T...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel on Tuesday said it received human remains that Palestinian militants handed over to the Red Cross, but it was not immediately clear if they were one of three ho...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The U.S. government imposed visa restrictions on Fritz Alphonse Jean, a member of Haiti's transitional presidential council, accusing him of supporting gangs and other cri...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban government on Tuesday accused Pakistan of launching overnight airstrikes in three eastern provinces, killing 10 civilians, including nine children, in a...
The Canadian Press Nov 24, 2025