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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is accusing the U.S. of harbouring drug cartels, and claims American citizens are working with organized crime groups in Mexico, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s “slanderous” claims earlier this month that Mexico had joined forces with drug traffickers. “There is also organized crime in the United States and there are American … Read more

The Maple Leaf has been a symbol of national pride for many decades, and in the wake of Donald Trump’s anti-Canadian rhetoric, a sense of patriotism is sweeping the country including a reclaiming of the flag. The sense of pride comes after Trump has repeatedly said Canada should become the 51st American state. Feb. 15 … Read more

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing towards the second-biggest city in the area, Bukavu. The latest fighting is part of a major escalation of a conflict over power, identity and resources dating back to the 1990s Rwandan genocide and the fall of dictator Mobutu … Read more

A tourist visiting the Turks and Caicos Islands was seriously injured when she was bitten while trying to “engage” with a shark, according to authorities. The 55-year-old tourist attempted to “engage with the animal from the shallows in an attempt to take photographs,” according to a press release from the Turks and Caicos Department of … Read more

In a blistering speech on Friday, U.S. Vice-President JD Vance told European leaders “there is a new sheriff in town under Donald Trump’s leadership” and warned governments that internal threats to democracy, like election cancellations and censorship, are greater threats to their countries than external antagonists like China and Russia. “The threat that I worry … Read more

A drone armed with a warhead hit the outer protective shell of Ukraine’s Chornobyl nuclear power plant early Friday, damaging the structure and starting a fire, in an attack Kyiv blamed on Russia. The protective shield around the fourth reactor sustained a large hole from the hit. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the situation is … Read more

The future of Ukraine is the top item on the agenda at the Munich Security Conference following a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin this week, when they pledged to work together to end the three-year-old Russia-Ukraine conflict. U.S. Vice President JD Vance hammered home the U.S. demand that the … Read more

Frustrating. Devastating.  That’s how Tetiana Prykhodko reacted when she heard about U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to end the war in Ukraine, following his telephone conversation this week with Russian President Vladamir Putin. During the election campaign, Trump promised to quickly end the war. On Wednesday, Trump said he and Putin spent an hour on … Read more

By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted February 13, 2025 5:09 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulated Syria’s interim president today, despite him leading a group Canada still designates as a terrorist organization. Ahmed al-Sharaa leads Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a group Canada has listed … Read more

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. What do we know about the relationship between the U.S. and Russian presidents? Trump has a history of positive and admiring comments about Putin that have long prompted criticism that he is “soft on Russia”. He rejects that, saying … Read more