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The Syrian government did not comment directly on the extensive American strikes targeting the Islamic State on Friday, but said it was intensifying its own efforts to fight the group.
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;Resize=(620)) Bowen Yang, coming off a huge year or two of projects, will depart Saturday Night Live mid-season after tonight's episode hosted by Ariana Grande, his Wicked buddy. Born in Australia, Yang has Canadian and U.S. citizenships.
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;Resize=(620)) A Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, in southern Ukraine, killed eight people and wounded 27, Ukraine's emergency service said Saturday, as a Kremlin envoy was set to travel to Florida for talks on a U.S.-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war.
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China's growth is spluttering, potentially complicating Xi Jinping's negotiating position ahead of two high-stakes meetings with President Donald Trump in 2026.
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;Resize=(620)) In official posts, Second Sons Canada calls itself a "men's nationalist club" and promotes a nostalgic vision of Canada. But on personal podcasts and livestreams, its leaders consistently espouse antisemitism, violent rhetoric, praise Nazi Germany and use racist slurs.
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;Resize=(620)) The Mi'kmaw woman at the centre of an aggravated assault case now before the Supreme Court of Canada spoke about what she went through for the first time ever in an interview with CBC News. She says it's up to courts to find "balance" between sentencing Indigenous offenders and protecting Indigenous women who are victims.
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Mass firings, buyouts and heightened uncertainty led to an exodus of federal workers in 2025. More than 300,000 employees will be out of the government by the end of December.
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