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The strikes in eastern Ukraine follow an attack in Sumy that killed more than 30 people, sparking condemnation.Russian strikes on eastern Ukraine have killed at least four civilians, a day after one of the deadliest attacks in recent months left more than 30 people dead in Sumy in the northeast and drew condemnation. Local officials in the Kharkiv region reported that artillery and rocket fire on Monday hit the town of Kupiansk, a strategic rail junction once held by Russian forces and retaken by Ukraine in 2022. Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, also came under renewed drone attack overnight, underscoring…

President Trump is expected to announce further tariffs this week, probably including levies on semiconductors, as he moves forward with a trade investigation related to national security.The move would raise the cost of importing chips, which are a vital component in electronics, cars, toys and other goods. The United States is heavily dependent on semiconductors from Taiwan and elsewhere in Asia, a reliance that Democrats and Republicans alike have described as a major national security risk.Mr. Trump has argued that the tariffs would encourage companies to produce more chips domestically, though some critics have questioned how effective tariffs would be…

The American Civil Liberties Union filed another lawsuit on Monday seeking to stop the Trump administration from using a powerful wartime statute to deport to El Salvador immigrants from Venezuela who have been accused of being violent gang members.The lawsuit, brought in Federal District Court in Colorado, was the third of its kind filed in recent days, joining similar legal challenges that were filed last week in Texas and New York.Lawyers for the A.C.L.U. brought the suit on behalf of two men — known in court papers only by the their initials, D.B.U. and R.M.M. The men claim they have…

Candidates from five political parties gathered at a craft brewery in the riding of Calgary-Centre on Sunday to debate issues that matter to Calgarians. Organized by Jake Blumes and hosted and moderated by Cold Garden co-owner Dan Allard, the event allowed potential MPs to connect with their constituents.“I think it’s gonna be a tight race in Calgary-Centre this year,” explained Allard. “This just allows a little bit more exposure for the candidates to say their piece.” Members of the NDP, Conservative, Liberal and Green Party discussed issues facing Calgarians. Drew Stremick / Global News The debate format was split in…

Wall Street’s main indexes have risen, boosted by gains in technology stocks after the White House exempted smartphones and computers from new tariffs on Chinese imports, although additional levies on semiconductors remain imminent.The United States unveiled the exemptions on Friday, but President Donald Trump said he would announce tariff rates for imported semiconductors later in the week.The exempted tech products will face new duties within the next two months, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said. These product categories make up about 20 per cent of US imports from China, according to Deutsche Bank.In early trading on Monday, the Dow Jones…

Pete Marocco, who worked with Elon Musk’s team to oversee the gutting of foreign aid and the dismantling of the main U.S. aid agency, has left the State Department, administration officials said on Monday.The abrupt departure comes in the middle of the department’s efforts to merge the remnants of that aid group, the U.S. Agency for International Development, into the department by mid-August.Mr. Marocco had been acting as the head of foreign aid at the department and would have overseen the remaining aid operations, which amount to only a fraction of those active before President Trump took office.Mr. Marocco is…

FIRST ON FOX: Consumers’ Research, a leading nonprofit dedicated to consumer information, is launching an advertising campaign against one of the top healthcare systems in the United States, accusing it of prioritizing “woke” politics over patient care. Consumers’ Research is targeting Henry Ford Health in Detroit, Michigan, with a campaign called “Ford Health Exposed” that includes a website where the group says it is spotlighting “how Henry Ford is putting politics over patients by weaving discriminatory practices into everything it does, administering harmful transgender treatments on kids, and prioritizing a radical climate agenda.”The website points out that the Henry Ford Health website…

Two American college students have been jailed in Denmark over an alleged Uber dispute while traveling for spring break. Owen Ray, 19, and an unnamed friend, both U.S. citizens, were traveling when the pair were detained at Copenhagen Airport on April 1, according to Ray’s family. Ray, a student at Miami University in Ohio, had been studying abroad and was visiting Denmark while on spring break. “Owen Ray and a friend were the victims of an unprovoked verbal and physical assault by an Uber driver in Denmark,” a spokesperson for Ray’s family told Fox News Digital. “They did nothing to instigate the…

A growing number of TurboTax customers in Ontario are facing unexpected bills from the Canada Revenue Agency after audits showed they were given financial credits to which they weren’t entitled after using the popular tax preparation software for several years. Cheryl Wong, a teacher in Markham, was surprised when she received an unexpected bill in the mail.“We now owed $10,000. (Of that), $8,000 was a credit I received that shouldn’t have been paid, and $2,000 in interest,” Wong told Global News.Michael Ribeiro was in a similar situation after the Mississauga resident was told he owed the government for credits he…

UConn star Paige Bueckers is expected to be the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft on Monday once the Dallas Wings officially go on the clock.Bueckers leads the 2025 class that is set to embark on a journey to the pros. She was one of the best players in women’s college basketball last season and finished her collegiate career achieving the one goal that eluded her during her collegiate career – a national championship. UConn guard Paige Bueckers, #5, looks to shoot against UCLA during the first half of a national semifinal Final Four game during the women’s NCAA…