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RCMP and local police say security planning is well underway for next month’s G7 summit in Alberta. Officials told The Canadian Press they’re expecting protesters and are taking steps to deal with new technological threats, such as the weaponization of drones.David Hall, Alberta RCMP superintendent and event security director for the G7 Integrated Safety and Security Group, told The Canadian Press the G7 is “the largest domestic security operation” a country can take on.“It is a large undertaking in terms of the security footprint,” he said, adding that the RCMP is responsible for protecting the heads of the delegations and…

All Blacks winger Sevu Reece claimed the Super Rugby Pacific career try-scoring record when he touched down for the 66th time in the Canterbury Crusaders’ win over the Otago Highlanders.The fleet-footed 28-year-old claimed the record with a far less spectacular effort than many of his previous tries for the Crusaders, dropping the ball onto the line from the base of a tryline ruck in the 14th minute of the match in Christchurch.It took Fiji-born Reece out of a share of the record with his former All Blacks team mate TJ Perenara, who moved to Japan at the end of last…

KABUL: The Taliban administration is in advanced talks with Russia for banks from both sanctions-hit economies to settle trade transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars in their local currencies, Afghanistan’s acting commerce minister said. The Afghan government has made similar proposals to China, the minister, Haji Nooruddin Azizi, told Reuters on Thursday. Some discussions have been held with the Chinese embassy in Kabul, he said. The proposal with Russia, Azizi said, was being worked on by technical teams from the two countries. The move comes as Moscow focuses on using national currencies to shift reliance away from the dollar…

Israel has carried out multiple bombings across southern Lebanon, including blowing up a multi-story apartment building.

Media under fire for ‘pointless’ narrative on deportations Seattle radio host Jason Rantz and content creator Natalie Beisner join ‘Fox News @ Night’ to compare photos of President Donald Trump and Biden, the media narrative about deportations and violent protests on the University of Washington’s campus. EXCLUSIVE: The Trump Department of Homeland Security is calling out a Biden-appointed “activist” judge in Massachusetts who paused the deportation of an illegal alien who DHS says sexually assaulted a disabled woman with the mental capacity of a 3-year-old.The DHS shared a filing from the Nebraska Sex Offender Registry that says Burmese illegal Nyo…

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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 23, 2025 6:20 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Ontario judge is expected to rule today on whether texts sent by a former member of Canada’s world junior hockey team can be admitted as evidence at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Brett Howden faced questions Thursday in a voir-dire — essentially a trial within a trial — over a text conversation he had with another then-teammate, Taylor Raddysh, on June 26, 2018.In the exchange, Howden describes some parts of the June 19, 2018 encounter…

The Trump administration’s move to ban international students from Harvard will harm America’s international standing, the Chinese government warns, and one university in Hong Kong is looking to capitalise on the uncertainty by promising to take them in.Chinese students make up a large part of Harvard University’s international student population.The university enrolled 6703 international students across all of its schools in 2024, according to the school’s data, with 1203 of those coming from China.The Trump administration’s move, announced on Thursday, was a hot topic on Chinese social media.State broadcaster CCTV questioned whether the US would remain a top destination for…

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s de-facto prime minister has threatened to step down if political parties cannot agree on reforms that citizens await with growing impatience, a top student leader has said, deepening uncertainty in the wake of deadly protests last year. Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, 84, took over as interim head of the South Asian nation of 173 million last August after a student-led uprising forced then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India. Nahid Islam, the head of the newly-formed National Citizen Party (NCP), which wants national elections held only after the completion of reforms, said Yunus was finding it…

A deepening humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Afghanistan as neighbouring countries force tens of thousands of Afghans to return home. More than 280,000 Afghans were deported or pressured to leave Pakistan and Iran in April alone. Many arrived destitute, desperately needing assistance to rebuild their lives. Their stories reveal the precarious futures they now face. Ezatullah, 45, recently entered Afghanistan through the Torkham border with his wife and seven children. “They told us to leave urgently,” he said. “All of our belongings were left behind; everything was lost. We now have nothing.” Born and raised in Pakistan, Ezatullah worked as…