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Two U.S. border protection officers in Southern California have been charged with taking thousands of dollars in bribes to allow people to enter the country through the country’s busiest land port of entry without showing proper documents, prosecutors said.The officers, Farlis Almonte and Ricardo Rodriguez, were charged on March 24 with conspiracy to bring in aliens for financial gain, bringing in aliens for financial gain and receipt of bribes by a public official, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California.An investigation began after several smugglers who were arrested in September told investigators they had been…

A Quebec courtroom watched with a mixture of tears and horrified silence on Monday as a video was shown of the moment a city bus rammed into a Montreal-area daycare, killing two children and injuring six more. The video, filmed by cameras inside the bus, shows the crash from the perspective of driver Pierre Ny St-Amand as he made a hard turn into the driveway of the Laval, Que., daycare and accelerated, engines revving, into the building’s side.The video cuts out after the impact, and in the courtroom the sound of crying broke the silence.Ny St-Amand, 53, was arrested after…

The Israeli military says an initial investigation into the killing of 15 emergency workers in the south of the Gaza Strip last month shows that the incident occurred “due to a sense of threat”.It said it had identified six Hamas militants as being in the vicinity during the incident in the city of Rafah.In a statement, the military said it was conducting a more in depth investigation but the preliminary “inquiry indicated that the troops opened fire due to a perceived threat following a previous encounter in the area” and that six of the individuals killed “were identified as Hamas”…

The Ukrainian Navy patrol boat zipped across the Black Sea, its double-barreled, 25-millimeter machine gun locked on the horizon. The enemy, Russia, was nowhere in sight, yet ever-present. In the command room, Captain Mykhailo and his crew scanned screens showing color-coded zones marking Russian mine-laden waters and red arrows tracking drones prowling the area.The crew’s mission was to defend the waters off Odesa, Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port city, and keep them safe for commercial traffic. It has been grueling work — clearing Russian mines by day, shooting down drones by night — but after more than a year of…

A transgender woman was arrested at the Florida State Capitol last month after she used a bathroom there to protest a state law that blocks transgender people from using a rest room that aligns with their gender identity.The transgender woman, Marcy Rheintgen, 20, said on Sunday that she had intentionally broken the law. Civil rights experts said that this was the first known case of someone being arrested for challenging a law that bans transgender people from using bathrooms in government buildings that do not align with their gender at birth.Ms. Rheintgen said she had been feeling emotional about what…

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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba’s tourism minister says Travel Manitoba is receiving $4.5 million in government funds to help showcase the province to potential tourists. Ten per cent of that funding is set aside specifically for Indigenous Tourism Manitoba.“Tourism is a key part of what makes Manitoba such a dynamic place to live, work and visit,” Nellie Kennedy said.“With this significant investment, our government recognizes the importance of tourism and the role it plays in the economic well-being of our beautiful province. Travel Manitoba has a track record of success in growing tourism in ways that…

Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season The Athletic will discuss three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s Premier League football.This was the weekend when Aston Villa closed in on the Champions League places, Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace shared as many red cards as goals, Arsenal slipped up again and Chelsea played out a drab 0-0 draw with Brentford.Here, we will ask about the odd final few weeks of the season for the champions elect, whether the awful Manchester derby was fitting for the Premier League as a whole, and if relegated Southampton have…

After a barren run spanning nearly three years, the South West Slammers women’s side’s 52-game losing streak is finally over.

Brussels pushes for trade talks with Washington while preparing countermeasures on tariffs.The European Union has signalled its willingness to negotiate a tariff-free trade pact with the United States, but has indicated it is also prepared to retaliate if necessary. Trade ministers met in Luxembourg on Monday to discuss the bloc’s response to US tariffs on steel and aluminium, with most agreeing that launching talks to avoid an all-out trade war should be the priority. Following the meeting, EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic told reporters that the bloc’s countermeasures would be adjusted after considering member states’ feedback. “When it comes to…