No plan to regularize undocumented migrants before election: Canada

Canada on Wednesday closed the door on a promised major regularization of undocumented migrants, dampening residency hopes for thousands of people following a period of policy uncertainty. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had pledged an ambitious program aimed at regularization. But polls have shown a discernible shift in public opinion after years of broad support for Canada’s […]

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Republicans complete power takeover with House majority

The Republicans were declared the majority party in the US House of Representatives Wednesday, completing a clean sweep of Congress and the White House in last week’s elections and handing incoming president Donald Trump vast legislative power. After more than a week of vote counting, CNN and NBC projected that Trump’s party had reached the […]

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China hawk Rubio gets Trump nod for secretary of state

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state, brushing aside critics in his party and putting the outspoken hawk in charge of US foreign policy. Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants to Miami and vociferous opponent of Latin American communists, China and Iran, would be the first Hispanic as the […]

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Trump taps Matt Gaetz as US attorney general

US President-elect Donald Trump named Florida lawmaker Matt Gaetz as his attorney general Wednesday, rewarding the loyalty of a staunch ally who has defended the Republican in his legal battles and impeachment fights. “Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System,” Trump posted on social media. “Matt […]

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South Korea spy agency says North Korea troops ‘engaging in combat’ in Russia’s Kursk

South Korea’s spy agency said Wednesday that North Korean soldiers were “engaging in combat” in Russia’s Kursk region, hours after US officials confirmed Pyongyang’s troops were now actively fighting for Moscow against Ukraine. “The National Intelligence Service has assessed that North Korean troops dispatched to Russia have moved to the Kursk region over the past […]

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Trump taps former US intelligence chief to run CIA

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Yemen’s Huthis attacked US warships with drones, missiles: Pentagon

Yemen’s Huthi rebels targeted two US destroyers with drones and missiles as they transited the Bab al-Mandab Strait, but the warships defeated the attacks, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The Huthis began striking ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in November 2023, part of the region-wide fallout from Israel’s devastating war in Gaza, […]

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Russian MPs pass law banning ‘propaganda’ of childless lifestyles

Russian MPs on Tuesday passed in the final third reading controversial legislation banning “propaganda” of remaining childless, the latest measure targeting what Moscow depicts as Western liberal ideas. MPs voted unanimously in favour of the draft bill, which bans all types of public materials such as films or media that somehow promote “rejection of childbearing”. […]

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American forces strike Iran-backed targets in Syria: US military

American forces carried out strikes Monday against nine targets associated with Iranian-backed groups in Syria in response to attacks on Washington’s troops in that country, the US military said. “These strikes will degrade the Iranian-backed groups’ ability to plan and launch future attacks on US and coalition forces,” the US Central Command said on social […]

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Trump picks ex-lawmaker Lee Zeldin to head EPA

Donald Trump on Monday nominated Lee Zeldin, a former congressman and early loyalist of the Republican, to oversee US environmental policy, the latest in a series of swift cabinet choices by the president-elect. If confirmed by the US Senate as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Trump said Zeldin would be charged with making […]

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