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Rheinmetall Chief Executive Armin Papperger was the target of a Russian assassination plot, a Western government official said. (Boris Roessler / Associated Press) Western intelligence agencies have uncovered Russian plots to carry out assassinations, arson and other sabotage in Europe against companies and people linked to support for Ukraine’s military — one of the most … Read more

In this image taken from video, Palestinians returned to scenes of destruction in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neighborhood Thursday after Israeli troops withdrew following a two-week offensive. (Associated Press) Civil defense workers on Friday dug bodies out of collapsed buildings and pulled them off rubble-covered streets, as they collected dozens of Palestinians killed this week by … Read more

People take smartphone photos of the crowd on a street near Tiananmen Square as visitors gather to watch a flag-raising ceremony on the National Day in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2023. The world’s population is expected to grow by more than 2 billion people in the next decades and peak in the 2080s at around … Read more

The bodies are believed to be a 60-year-old woman and a 70-year-old man from B.C. who were reported missing on June 18 One of the wild horses on Sable Island.Photo: Robin Esrock Police say a man and a woman from British Columbia were found dead in a boat that washed ashore on Nova Scotia’s Sable … Read more

‘Radical bureaucrats don’t have the right to open these drugs dens anywhere they want,’ said the politician speaking in Montreal on Friday Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to the media during a press conference in Montreal, Friday, July 12, 2024.Photo by Christinne Muschi /The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Supervised consumption sites are just “drug … Read more

If we’re not serious at NATO, we may not be treated seriously elsewhere. U.S. President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, right, welcome Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the NATO summit Wednesday, July 10, 2024 in Washington, D.C.Photo by Evan Vucci /The Associated Press We all have a friend like Canada. You know, the … Read more

The Conservative leader called for Maison Benoît Labre to be immediately shut down. Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to the media in a school park during a press conference in Montreal, Friday, July 12, 2024.Photo by Christinne Muschi /The Canadian Press Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is attacking Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante’s approach to … Read more

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will raise the price of its postage stamps again on Sunday, the second price hike in 2024, with the increase tying the record for the biggest hike ever. From Sunday, a first-class mail Forever Stamp will cost 73 cents each — a 5 cent, or 7% jump from its current … Read more

Chew on this. Convicted felon Hunter Biden noshed at Nobu in Malibu Thursday as his embattled dad, President Biden, called Kamala Harris “Vice President Trump” and lost his train of thought during another gaffe-filled press conference on the East Coast. The scandal-plagued first son, 54, hid behind a pair of aviators as he was snapped emerging … Read more

A former Democratic lawmaker who led a last-ditch effort to unseat President Jimmy Carter at the party’s 1980 national convention said Friday that President Biden seeking a second term is “crazy” and predicted the 81-year-old would likely “be out” before next month’s DNC in Chicago. “I don’t think this is going to go to the … Read more