WorldOkinawa Elects a Conservative Amid Fears About China and the Economy
Genta Koja will become the Japanese archipelago’s next governor, a win for the nation’s hawkish prime minister as she works to accelerate a military buildup.
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WorldThe Debut is going to win an Oscar
Every year, there are Oscar-bait films: stories designed to play on the emotions and sentimentalities of a voting body that seem to care more about how artistic a movie feels than actually is. And every year, audiences turn against them as contrived, out of touch and desperate. Which you'd think...
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WorldAndrew and Tristan Tate denied bail during their U.K. extradition fight
Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate must remain in custody as they fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where the brothers are accused of rape and sex trafficking, a federal judge in Miami ruled Wednesday. U.S. Magistrate Lauren Louis denied a defence motion for release, meaning...
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WorldCarney’s cabinet meets in Banff as Trump escalates trade war
Prime Minister Mark Carney is gathering his cabinet today and Friday in the mountain resort town of Banff, Alta., for closed-door meetings as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war intensifies. Trump lashed out again Tuesday by signing executive orders to ban certain Canadian imports later this...
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WorldPolice to share update on probe into stabbing at Edmonton Sikh temple
Police in Edmonton will hold a news conference Thursday afternoon on their probe into the stabbing of two worshippers at a Sikh temple in the city’s northeast. Investigators have expressed charges were pending against a 27-year-old man who, a day after leaving prison, entered the Nanaksar Gurdwa...
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WorldQuebec political leaders enter 15th day of provincial election campaign
The leaders of the five main provincial parties are back on the road after back-to-back interviews on prime-time television Wednesday night. Talk about the trade war with the United States and Quebec sovereignty dominated the first high-profile event of the provincial election campaign. While t...
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WorldFrom Haiti to Canada, a Quebec debut novel reaches for France’s top literary prizes
When Thélyson Orélien learned that his first novel had made it on a shortlist for France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt, he thought about two places: Haiti, where he was born, and Quebec, where he says his life as a writer truly began. “It’s difficult to take in, to be honest,” Orélien told The Can...
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WorldThe ‘Forever War’ in Afghanistan: 25 Years in Pictures
From the first weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal and return of the Taliban, The New York Times has documented a quarter-century of conflict and daily life in Afghanistan.
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WorldTrump's 9/11 statements come under scrutiny again
U.S. President Donald Trump this week recounted an incident in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in downtown Manhattan that was long on descriptive detail but not easily verified. At a Tuesday event in Washington, D.C., organized by a Sept. 11 foundation, Trump recalled being near Gro...
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World25 people killed in commercial ship fire in China
At least 20 people have been killed in a fire aboard a foreign cargo vessel undergoing repairs at a state-owned shipyard in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao on Thursday, state media conveyed, with five others still missing. The fire broke out at about 11:15 a.m. local time at the Qingdao B...
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WorldYemen’s Houthis Seize Strategic Red Sea Port, Officials Say
The Iran-backed militia routed Yemeni administration forces in Mokha, putting the group in a stronger position to attack ships in a crucial waterway for global trade.
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WorldWith Messaging That Mirrors Putin’s, Germany’s Far-Right Party Gains Ground
Embracing positions extolled by the Kremlin, the Alternative for Germany party may govern for the first time in a German state.
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