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Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for breaking a one-day Easter ceasefire declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin, with both sides accusing the other of carrying out hundreds of attacks.Putin, who sent thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022, ordered Russian forces to “stop all military activity” along the front line in the three-year-old war until midnight Moscow time on Sunday.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia was pretending to observe the Easter ceasefire but had in fact continued hundreds of artillery attacks on Saturday night, with more assaults on Sunday.Russia launched 46 assaults from midnight until 4pm…

Dutch digital bank Bunq is plotting re-entry into the U.K. to tap into a “large and underserved” market of some 2.8 million British “digital nomads.”Pavlo Gonchar | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesDutch digital bank Bunq on Tuesday said it’s filed for broker-dealer registration in the U.S. as it looks to further expand across the Atlantic.Bunq CEO Ali Niknam said the broker-dealer application will be an initial step toward securing a full banking license. He couldn’t offer a firm timeline for when Bunq will secure this authorization in the U.S. — but said he’s excited for its growth prospects…

Bernstein is looking at Chinese internet tech stocks like it’s the downtrodden days of Covid-19. “For all the justified consternation around geopolitics and trade headwinds, we think the mantra of ‘fade sentiment extremes’ still applies,” Bernstein China internet analyst Robin Zhu and a team said in an April 14 report. “Several of the other conditions that marked prior bottoms in the China internet sector now apply again,” they said, pointing out that valuation multiples have mostly fallen back to the lows seen in the 2021 to 2023 period. Tighter government regulation on Chinese internet businesses and the Shanghai lockdown in…

Traders say Syria has largely been relying on overland imports from neighbours this year.A ship carrying wheat has arrived in Syria’s Latakia port, the first such delivery since former President Bashar al-Assad was ousted in December, the government said, as it pushes to boost an economy ravaged by nearly 14 years of ruinous civil war. Traders say Syria has this year been largely relying on overland imports from neighbours. Officials of the new government led by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa say that while imports of wheat and other basics are not subject to sanctions from the United States or United…

Americans are scrambling to obtain a state-issued REAL ID in order to travel by plane ahead of a federal deadline next month, which comes after states from coast to coast changed their laws surrounding driver’s licenses to permit illegal immigrants to drive. Americans will need to obtain a REAL ID, which is a federally-compliant driver’s license or other identification that meets higher standards than state-issued licenses, in order to easily travel by air, the Department of Homeland Security explains on its website. Only legal U.S. citizens or residents can obtain the identification card, while valid U.S. passports can also still be…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 20, 2025 12:23 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A fire broke out this morning on the grounds of an ArcelorMittal steel factory in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The fire began around 4 a.m. in scrapped vehicles outside the plant, according to the city of Contrecoeur, located about 50 kilometres northeast of Montreal on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they…

LAS VEGAS – Iyo Sky will walk into WrestleMania as a women’s champion for the second straight year, but the match on Sunday night will be even more challenging than the recent one in Philadelphia.Sky defeated Rhea Ripley for the Women’s World Championship weeks before WrestleMania 41, and it was thought she would only be defending it against Bianca Belair. However, Ripley inserted herself into the match, making it a triple threat for the title. Iyo Sky during the Women’s Royal Rumble during the WWE Royal Rumble at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Feb. 1, 2025. (Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images)Since then,…

Western Australia’s property landscape is undergoing a significant shift as new stamp duty reforms reshape market dynamics.

Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of breaching an “Easter truce” announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine said was being violated from the moment it started. In a surprise announcement on Saturday, Putin ordered his forces to “stop all military activity” along the front line in the war against Ukraine, citing humanitarian reasons. The 30-hour cessation of hostilities would have been the most significant pause in the fighting throughout the three-year conflict. But just hours after the order was meant to have come into effect, air raid sirens sounded in Kyiv and several other Ukrainian regions, with…

Pope Francis and Vice President JD Vance met briefly on Easter Sunday at the Casa Santa Marta, the Holy See Press Office confirmed.”I know you have not been feeling great, but it’s good to see you in better health,” Vance told the Pope in a video shared by Vatican Media. “Thank you for seeing me.”Francis, 88, who is still recovering from a near-fatal bout of pneumonia, received Vance in one of the reception rooms of the Vatican hotel where he lives. The pontiff offered the Catholic vice president three big chocolate Easter eggs for Vance’s three young children, who did…