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By Thomas Laberge The Canadian Press Posted February 20, 2026 10:45 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s justice minister has reversed course in the face of strong criticism of his plan to enshrine abortion rights in his constitution bill. Simon Jolin-Barrette says on social media that after hearing from legal experts and women’s rights groups he made the difficult decision to withdraw the abortion section from the legislation. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. The minister had…

The US Supreme Court has struck down Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs, in a major blow to his economic agenda.

Punch’s predicament sparked sympathy online, spawning a devoted fanbase who began posting updates on the monkey under the hashtag #HangInTherePunch.The baby monkey was raised in an artificial environment after being born in July, and began training to rejoin his troop last month.His situation began looking up this month when zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo, near Tokyo, posted that he was gradually integrating, including “playfully poking others and getting scolded”.On Friday, more than 100 visitors gathered around the zoo’s monkey enclosure, straining to take photos and shouting “hang in there!” as Punch tried to approach others in the troop.”We’re here since…

Deir el-Balah – As United States President Donald Trump convened the first meeting of his Board of Peace (BoP) in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were not debating diplomatic language or political frameworks.On the streets and in tents across central and southern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are struggling to survive, one simple question dominated: Will anything actually change in the harsh reality on the ground?Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“I’ve heard about money being collected for Gaza, but we see nothing. This has happened many times, but nothing ever changes,”…

Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled President Trump does not have the authority to unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs on nearly every country under a federal emergency powers law, delivering a significant blow to the president’s signature economic policy.The high court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, does not authorize the president to impose tariffs. The Supreme Court divided 6-3, with Chief Justice John Roberts delivering the opinion for the court. Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented.”IEEPA contains no reference to tariffs or duties. The Government points to no statute in which Congress…

Wall Street took a step back Friday after a weaker-than-expected GDP reading injected fresh doubt into the “resilient growth” story investors had been leaning on. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 166 points, or 0.3%. The S&P 500 hovered near unchanged levels, while the Nasdaq Composite edged up 0.2%, supported by a 2% advance in Alphabet stock. US output in the fourth quarter expanded at an annualized 1.4% pace, well below forecasts for about 2.5%, with the government shutdown cited as a key drag through reduced federal outlays. The mood was cautious rather than panicked: traders weren’t pricing a recession,…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Grail — Shares cratered 47% after the company said a trial of one of its drugs missed its primary endpoint and failed to show statistically significant Stage III-IV cancer reduction. Blue Owl Capital — Shares slid nearly 3%, a day after after the private market and alternative assets manager fell 5.9% following the sale of $1.4 billion in loans . Opendoor Technologies — The residential real estate sales platform saw shares rise 19%. Fourth-quarter revenue of $736 million beat the LSEG consensus estimate of $549 million. Opendoor sees its first-quarter adjusted…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The husband of an Ohio teacher who was shot and killed inside her home has been charged with murder, according to court records.Caleb Flynn, 39, has been charged with murder in relation to the death of Ashley Flynn, his wife. Ashley, who was a mother, teacher and volleyball coach, was shot and killed in her Tipp City, Ohio, home early on Monday morning. According to WHIO, dispatch logs indicated someone inside the house called 911 and reported that Ashley was shot in the head. The individual who called 911 told dispatchers that the…

There’s a sandwich foodies have flown thousands of kilometres to Japan to try and have strategized how to get through customs to share with friends back home. Though it sells for just a few bucks and comes wrapped in plastic, it even got the stamp of approval from late food journalist Anthony Bourdain who labelled it “pillows of love.”That sandwich — a tamago sando, or Japanese-style egg salad sandwich — comes from 7-Eleven, one of the world’s biggest convenience store chains.The treat, which nestles a generous heap of cooked eggs and Kewpie mayonnaise between fluffy pieces of crustless milk bread, is about to…

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia reached its maximum height with the placement of a cross on its central Tower of Jesus Christ.