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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 12, 2026 1:37 pm Updated March 12, 2026 1:39 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The lawyer for one of the men charged in the drive-by shooting of a 15-year-old girl in Montreal has told a jury his client was a passive presence on the night of her death. Martin Latour said during closing arguments that his client Aymane Bouadi was riding along in a rental car driven by his friend when Meriem Boundaoui was killed on Feb. 7, 2021. Get daily National news Get daily Canada…

US police are responding to reports of an “active shooter” at a synagogue outside Detroit, where smoke is billowing from the roof.WDIV-TV reports that a truck crashed into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, on Thursday.Footage from the scene shows dozens of police vehicles surrounding the building.The Jewish Federation of Detroit advised all Jewish organisations in the area “to go into lockout protocol – nobody in or out of your building”.WA’s biggest courts and crime stories to your inboxSign-up to our weekly newsletter for freeSign up

“MAJOR SHOCK”Export industries remain particularly vulnerable, while energy-dependent sectors such as manufacturing are also feeling the strain as Pakistan grapples with mounting economic pressure.Economists say the government’s measures are necessary to prevent a full-blown energy emergency.Ali Salman, CEO of the Policy Research Institute and Market Economy, described the war as a “major shock for Pakistan’s economy”.“If the prices double from where they are now, it will affect two things – the inflation on households … cost for goods and services will increase. It will also affect government revenue,” he said.The Middle East crisis is also hitting Pakistan’s textile sector, a…

US president, who won the FIFA Peace Prize, says Iran’s football team would be welcome but should not come for its own safety.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 12 Mar 202612 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoDonald Trump has said that it would not be appropriate for Iran’s national football team to participate in the FIFA World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the United States in the summer.The US president’s comment on Thursday came after Iranian authorities ruled out taking part in the football tournament amid the US-Israeli assault against their country.Recommended Stories…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A massive bipartisan swell advanced a Trump-backed affordable housing package out of the Senate on Thursday, but its fate in the House is up in the air.The bill, renamed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act to incorporate a previous Senate housing bill that stalled last year, easily sailed through the upper chamber, given that many lawmakers support the wide-ranging slate of measures designed to increase the supply of affordable housing.In its original form, the legislation was primarily intended to help first-time homebuyers and lower-income Americans enter the housing market or gain…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Matthew Tkachuk, U.S. men’s hockey gold medalist and Florida Panthers star, brushed off criticism around the national team’s decision to visit President Donald Trump at the White House.Tkachuk appeared on “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” and touched on the criticism he and his teammates received over their celebration in the locker room and their decision to fly to Washington, D.C., to see Trump and attend his State of the Union address. Matthew Tkachuk (19) of the United States celebrates after defeating Canada in the men’s ice hockey gold medal game during the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For the first time in its more than 75-year history, the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list will include an alleged cybercriminal — and officials say it’s a sign of how today’s biggest threats don’t just carry guns, they carry malware.Anibal Aguirre, who also goes by “Prometheus,” becomes Fugitive No. 540 on the FBI’s most notorious roster. Investigators say he is the alleged architect behind a sweeping ATM “jackpotting” scheme that uses custom-built malware to force cash machines across the United States to spit out money on command.But authorities say this isn’t…

Fifty years ago this summer, Montreal marked one of its biggest milestones on the world stage, hosting the 21st Olympiad — the country’s first Olympic Games. For Bruny Surin, a child at the time who would go on to compete in future Games, July 1976 was significant.“Every time I go past Olympic Stadium, I have feelings,” he said.They’re feelings of greatness and of what’s possible, because of one event in particular that helped motivate him to push for greatness as an Olympian.“The only thing I remember from the 1976 Olympics in Montreal is Nadia Comaneci,” he said. “Oh, she got…

Donald Trump says Iran’s national men’s team should skip the World Cup in North America in June because they would be in danger when they returned home

Sun Chenghao, a fellow at Tsinghua University’s Center for International Security and Strategy, said Wang’s description of China as “the most valuable source of stability and certainty in a turbulent world” during his press conference stood out most to him.It reflects Beijing’s effort to cast itself as a provider of long-term, predictable and non-confrontational diplomacy at a time of wavering Western policies and frequent geopolitical tensions, he told CNA.That message, Sun said, is reinforced by Beijing’s rejection of major power co-governance and a so-called G2 – the idea that the US and China jointly manage global affairs, which was previously…