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KYIV – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new weapons and equipment for Ukraine on Sunday after an unannounced visit to Kyiv, the capital. Trudeau, addressing a news conference after …

By Amanda Ferguson and Clodagh Kilcoyne BELFAST -Irish nationalists in Belfast toasted Sinn Fein’s historic election victory on Sunday while pro-British neighbours quietly fumed, but there was little sign the …

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WILMINGTON, Del. -Group of Seven (G7) nations committed on Sunday to ban or phase out imports of Russian oil and the United States unveiled …

(Reuters) – The office of a conservative Wisconsin anti-abortion group was set on fire on Sunday, police said, days after it emerged that the Supreme Court is poised to reverse …

By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. -Firefighters in New Mexico begged holdout residents of a mountain village to evacuate on Sunday, before the United States’ largest active wildfire races up a …

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY – When Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese was only 12 years old, he says, he helped to organise a rent strike that kept his mother’s public …

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Rufo Explains Secret To Taking On Disney Samantha Renck on May 8, 2022 Manhattan Institute senior fellow Christopher Rufo, who has worked to expose Critical Race Theory, is …

FEERE: There’s A Solution To Biden’s Illegal Immigration And It’s Staring Him In The Face Jon Feere on May 8, 2022 The Biden administration’s massive increase in illegal immigration necessitates …

JOHNSTON: Here’s What One Democrat Gets Wrong About Biden’s Gun Agenda Aidan Johnston on May 8, 2022 In a recent op-ed, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell claimed that Biden doesn’t want “to …

SCHOEN: Americans Are Sounding The Alarm Over Big Tech Douglas Schoen on May 8, 2022 Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition — which can be summed up as the world’s wealthiest person …

SHANGHAI -China’s armed forces carried out another round of exercises near Taiwan last week to improve joint combat operations, the People’s Liberation Army said on Monday, after the Chinese-claimed island …

By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING – If Shanghai Communist Party chief Li Qiang has been politically bruised by the city’s struggle to tame a COVID-19 outbreak that has infuriated residents …

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL – Yoon Suk-yeol seals his surge to the summit of South Korean politics on Tuesday when the man who once dreamt of becoming a pastor, but …

By Martin Petty (Reuters) – The Philippines holds an election on Monday for a new president, pitting incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo against Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son of a …

KOSICE/VYSNE NEMECKE, Slovakia -U.S. first lady Jill Biden met Ukrainian refugees in eastern Slovakia on Sunday, the last full day of her tour of Romania and Slovakia to visit U.S. …

(Reuters) – An Alabama law that makes it a felony to provide gender-affirming medical treatment to transgender youth went into effect on Sunday while a federal judge weighs whether to …

By Tom Balmforth KYIV – Canada wants to be a good energy partner to Europe but will not abandon its climate goals and planned transition to cleaner fuels, Canadian Prime …

By Tom Balmforth KYIV – The world will do everything possible to ensure that Russian President Vladimir Putin loses his war in Ukraine, including keeping Moscow under sanctions for years, …

By Rory Carroll (Reuters) – Rich Strike’s stunning come-from-behind victory at Saturday’s Kentucky Derby left the chestnut colt famished and trainer Eric Reed sleepless after they pulled off one of …

KYIV -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unannounced visit on Sunday to the Ukrainian town of Irpin, which was retaken from Russian troops in late March after fierce fighting, …

By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN -Germany’s conservative CDU won an election in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein on Sunday, a boost to the party of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, which was …

By Alessandra Prentice ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine -As many as 60 people are feared to have been killed when a bomb struck a village school in eastern Ukraine, the regional governor said …

By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. – Miguel Gandert does not know whether his family’s 19th-century log home has been burned by a New Mexico wildfire, but he fears the blaze …

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that new U.S. visa bans on more than 2,600 Russian and Belarusian military officials included personnel believed …

(Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will vote on legislation to codify abortion rights into law on Wednesday in reaction to the leaked draft decision indicating the Supreme Court is poised to …