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Canada refugee claims drop as country issues fewer visas

Refugee claims in Canada are dropping from historic highs as the country grants fewer visas and advocates worry legitimate claimants are being left stranded with few good options.

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Russia advances on Ukraine's critical minerals

Russia, like U.S. President Donald Trump, covets Ukraine’s natural resources – and on the ground its forces are closing in on a giant lithium deposit.

February 20, 2025 7:09 am
 

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No faecal bacteria in Kumbh Mela river, says minister

The chief minister of India’s Uttar Pradesh state has rejected a government report that found high levels of contamination in a key bathing place at the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest gathering.

February 20, 2025 6:38 am
 

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Trump says he will introduce 25% tariffs on autos, pharmaceuticals and chips

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he intends to impose auto tariffs “in the neighbourhood of 25%” and similar duties on semiconductors and pharmaceutical imports, the latest in a series of measures threatening to upend international trade.

February 19, 2025 5:59 pm
 

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Canadian investigators find black boxes after Toronto plane crash

Canadian investigators said they recovered the so-called black boxes from a regional jet that flipped upside down upon landing in windy conditions a day earlier at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, injuring 21 of the 80 people on board.

February 19, 2025 1:33 pm
 

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Trump says he may meet Putin this month

U.S. President Donald Trump said he might meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this month and dismissed Ukraine’s concern about being left out of U.S.-Russian talks in Saudi Arabia on ending the Ukraine war.

February 19, 2025 12:08 pm
 

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Office overseeing Afghan resettlement in US told to start planning closure

The State Department office overseeing the resettlement of Afghans in the United States has been told to develop plans to close by April, according to a U.S. official, a leading advocate and two sources familiar with the directive, a move that could deny up to an estimated 200,000 people new lives in America.

February 19, 2025 11:21 am
 

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Holocaust survivor Marian Turski dies aged 98

Holocaust survivor Marian Turski, who became a journalist in Poland and headed an international committee of Auschwitz survivors, has died at the age of 98.

February 19, 2025 10:40 am
 

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Russia agree to restore diplomatic missions

The U.S. and Russia agreed on Tuesday to restore the normal functioning of each other’s diplomatic missions, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after talks between senior U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia.

February 19, 2025 9:15 am
 

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Russia says NATO states can't enforce Ukraine peace

Russia on Tuesday demanded NATO scrap its 2008 promise to one day give Ukraine membership of the U.S.-led NATO military alliance and dismissed the idea that NATO member forces could be keepers of the peace under some sort of ceasefire deal.

February 19, 2025 7:20 am
 

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Villagers executed in Sudan, activists say

More than 200 unarmed civilians have been killed in a cluster of villages in Sudan over three days by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that is involved in a brutal conflict with the military, a local rights group has said.

February 19, 2025 6:40 am
 

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Delta plane flips upside down on landing at Toronto airport, injuring 18

A Delta Air Lines (DAL.N), opens new tab regional jet flipped upside down upon landing at Canada’s Toronto Pearson Airport on Monday amid windy weather following a snowstorm, injuring 18 of the 80 people on board, officials said.

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