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France’s foreign minister looks to prevent Israel-Hezbollah conflict escalation in Lebanon visit
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne attends the G7 foreign ministers meeting on Capri island, on April 18, 2024. (Photo by Remo Casilli / POOL / AFP) (Photo by REMO CASILLI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Canada needs to have a plan for the U.S., no matter who becomes president. That starts with making us matter more
Edward Greenspon, Janice Gross Stein and Drew Fagan
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Hamas is reviewing an Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as possible Rafah offensive looms
Palestinians carry belongings as people fleeing conflict leave their homes, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on April 12, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Authorities in the Hamas-ruled coastal Palestinian territory on April 12 reported dozens of new air strikes in Gaza's central region. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Blinken meets with Xi as U.S., China spar over bilateral and global issues
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, April 26, 2024. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS
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Blinken urges fair treatment of American businesses during trip to China
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second right, meets with business leaders, not shown, at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, China, Thursday, April 25, 2024. With him are Chamber President Eric Zheng, from left, U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns and Chamber Chair Allan Gabor. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
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U.S.-China ties improving, but deep disagreements remain as Blinken begins visit
Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves on his arrival in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Blinken is starting three days of talks with senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing this week with U.S.-China ties at a critical point over numerous global disputes. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
international business
EU investigates fair access to China’s medical device market
Flags of European Union and China are pictured during the China-EU summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, July 12, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee
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EU parliament staffer arrested in Germany for allegedly spying for China
FILE - A country's flag flies in front of the embassy of China in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 22, 2024. A man who works for a German lawmaker in the European Parliament was arrested on suspicion of spying for China, German prosecutors said Tuesday, April 23. (Hannes P. Albert/dpa via AP, File)
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Russian strike on Kharkiv’s TV tower part of intimidation campaign, Zelensky says
A view shows a television tower partially destroyed by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy
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Chinese general takes harsh line on Taiwan and other disputes at international naval gathering
A screen shows a Chinese aircraft carrier at the opening of the Western Pacific Navy Symposium in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province on Monday, April 22, 2024. Zhang Youxia, one of China's top military leaders took a harsh line on regional territorial disputes, telling an international naval gathering in northeastern China on Monday that the country would strike back with force if its interests came under threat. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Netanyahu vows to fight any U.S. sanctions against Israeli military unit
FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 7, 2024. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool/File Photo
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Ukrainian and Western leaders laud U.S. aid package while the Kremlin warns of ‘further ruin’
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 20: American and Ukrainian flags fly near the U.S. Capitol on April 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. The House is passed a $95 billion foreign aid package today for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
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The U.S. military will begin plans to withdraw troops from Niger
FILE - A U.S. and Niger flag are raised side by side at the base camp for air forces and other personnel supporting the construction of Niger Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger, April 16, 2018. The United States is attempting to create a new military agreement with Niger that would allow it to remain in the country, weeks after the junta said its presence was no longer justified, two Western officials told The Associated Press Friday April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Carley Petesch, File)
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Israel, Iran play down apparent Israeli strike. The muted responses could calm tensions – for now
This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)
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North Korea says it tested ‘super-large’ cruise missile warhead and new anti-aircraft missile
A TV screen shows an image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 20, 2024. North Korea said Saturday it tested a "super-large" cruise missile warhead and a new anti-aircraft missile in a western coastal area as it expands military capabilities in the face of deepening tensions with the United States and South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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U.S. and Britain announce new sanctions against Iran for attack on Israel
The United Nations Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at UN headquarters in New York City on April 18, 2024. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday painted a dark picture of the situation in the Middle East, warning that spiraling tensions over the war in Gaza and Iran's attack on Israel could devolve into a "full-scale regional conflict." (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. and Britain announce new Iran sanctions after missile and drone strike on Israel
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron look on during a family photo on the second day of a G7 foreign ministers' meeting on Capri island, Italy, April 18, 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Greco
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U.S. stops UN from recognizing a Palestinian state through membership
A general view shows a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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U.S. and Israel hold virtual meeting on Rafah
Palestinian children check a building destroyed by Israeli bombardment the previous night in Rafah the southern Gaza Strip on April 17, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)
international business
China’s commerce ministry objects to U.S. raising tariffs on Chinese steel
FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags flutter outside a company building in Shanghai, China April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
world
Germany arrests two men for allegedly spying for Russia, plotting sabotage to undermine Ukraine aid
Police say there is no threat to the public after two people were found dead inside a home west of Toronto early Wednesday.
opinion
Sudan’s forgotten conflict is the worst in the world. Canada is uniquely placed to help end it
Doug Saunders
opinion
The Indo-Pacific strategy’s fatal blind spot
Carl Bildt
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Russian border region reels from sustained Ukrainian artillery and drone strikes
Damaged cars are seen in front of a kindergarten following fresh aerial attacks in Belgorod on March 20, 2024. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Greek PM to announce purchase of Canadian-built water bombers during official visit
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, speaks with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. NATO's summit began Tuesday with fresh momentum after Turkey withdrew its objections to Sweden joining the alliance, a step toward the unity that Western leaders have been eager to demonstrate in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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Pentagon chief warns Ukraine’s survival in danger as U.S. seeks to convince allies of commitment
(L-R) German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and Ukrainian defence minister Rustem Umerov attend the 7th Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting on March 19, 2024 at the US air base in Ramstein, southwestern Germany. (Photo by Daniel ROLAND / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL ROLAND/AFP via Getty Images)
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EU agrees on sanctions on Hamas, violent West Bank settlers
This photograph shows the Israeli settlement of Efrata built on the land of the Palestinian town of Al-Khader in the Bethlehem governorate in the occupied West Bank on March 6, 2024. The Israeli government has pushed forward construction plans for 3,500 settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a hardline minister said on March 6, 2024. The move comes after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich last month vowed to expand settlements, in response to Palestinian gunmen killing an Israeli civilian and wounding several others in the West Bank. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukraine says Putin’s buffer zone comment is a sign of escalation
FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil's Cathedral during the soccer World Cup in Moscow, Russia June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
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North Korea has supplied 7,000 containers of munitions to Russia, South Korean defense chief says
This handout photo taken on March 7, 2024 and provided by the South Korean Defence Ministry shows South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won-sik (C) visiting a key military command bunker operated by the Capital Defence Command in Seoul during the annual Freedom Shield joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States. North Korea on March 5, said Seoul and Washington would pay a "dear price" over large-scale military exercises that started this week, urging the allies to cease "frantic war drills". (Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / SOUTH KOREAN DEFENCE MINISTRY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/South Korean Defence Ministry/AFP via Getty Images)
politics
Taiwan seeks bilateral trade agreement with Canada as it waits to join pan-Pacific trade pact
Motorists commute past shipping containers at the port in Keelung on September 17, 2022. (Photo by I-HWA CHENG / AFP) (Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images)
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Putin critics lend support to Russians fighting for Ukraine
Members of the Russian opposition together with Russian volunteer battalions fighting on the side of Ukraine signed a memorandum of cooperation on Sanday March 17, 2024, in Kyiv in Russian volunteer support forum. From left: Rostislav Murzagulov , Aleksandr Osovtsov, Ilya Ponomarev, Ivan Tyutrin, Mark Feygin, Evgenia Chirikova, and a representative of the Freedom of Russia Legion.
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North Korea resumes missile tests, raising tensions with its rivals after their military drills’ end
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 18, 2024. North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Monday morning, its neighbors said, days after the end of the South Korean-U.S. military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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European Union announces an US$8-billion aid package for Egypt as concerns mount over migration
FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi pose for the media prior to a meeting on the sidelines of an EU Africa summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. The European Union on Sunday, March 17, 2024, announced a $8 billion aid package for cash-strapped Egypt as concerns mount that economic pressure and conflicts in neighboring countries could drive more migrants to European shores. The deal is scheduled to be signed during a visit Sunday by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and leaders of Belgium, Italy, Austria, Cyprus and Greece, according to Egyptian officials.(Francois Walschaerts, Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Germany, France and Poland vow to procure more weapons for Ukraine in a show of unity
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, from right, stand during a red carpet for military honors in Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 15, 2024. The leaders of Germany, France and Poland met in Berlin on Friday to discuss support for Ukraine, seeking to send a signal of unity and solidarity as Kyiv grapples with a shortage of military resources and Russia votes in an election all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)
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Russian missiles kill at least 20 in Odesa, Zelensky vows retaliation
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services firefighters extinguish a fire at the scene of a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, March 15, 2024. A Russian missile strike on Odesa in southern Ukraine on Friday killed at least 14 people and injured 46 others, local officials said. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
canada
Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister plans to press Trudeau on UNRWA funding
Irish Foreign minister Micheal Martin attends a joint press conference with his German counterpart at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, on January 18, 2024. (Photo by MICHELE TANTUSSI / AFP) (Photo by MICHELE TANTUSSI/AFP via Getty Images)