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By Allison Jones The Canadian Press Posted October 6, 2024 10:45 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Archbishop of Toronto is among 21 new cardinals Pope Francis named Sunday and the lone new cardinal from North America. Archbishop Francis Leo, 53, was born in Montreal and previously served … Read more

By Staff The Associated Press Posted October 6, 2024 9:28 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Israeli strike on a mosque in the Gaza Strip early Sunday killed at least 19 people, Palestinian officials said, as Israel intensified its bombardment of northern Gaza and southern Beirut in a … Read more

Powerful new explosions rocked Beirut’s southern suburbs late Saturday as Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon, also striking a Palestinian refugee camp deep in the north for the first time as it targeted both Hezbollah and Hamas fighters. Thousands of people in Lebanon, including Palestinian refugees, continued to flee the widening conflict in the region, … Read more

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged Canadian citizens still in Lebanon on Saturday to sign up to be evacuated on special flights which have already helped more than 1,000 leave as security there deteriorates. Canada has 6,000 signed up to leave and officials are trying to reach another … Read more

Former United States President Donald Trump plans to return Saturday to the site where a gunman tried to assassinate him in July, setting aside what are now near-constant worries for his physical safety in order to fulfill a promise — “really an obligation,” he said recently — to the people of Butler, Pennsylvania. “I’ll probably … Read more

Obie Williams said he could hear babies crying and branches battering the windows when he spoke with his daughter on the phone last week as Hurricane Helene tore through her rural Georgia town. Kobe Williams, 27, and her month-old twin boys were hunkering down at their trailer home in Thomson, Georgia, with her mother, Mary Jones, who … Read more

A storm system brewing in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to reach tropical storm status later Saturday, with forecasters warning it could intensify into a hurricane headed to Florida next week. Tropical Depression 14 was about 210 miles (340 kilometers) north-northeast of Veracruz, Mexico, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said in a 10 a.m. EST advisory. … Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pleaded for peace in the Middle East Saturday, as he decried a civilian death toll he blamed on Hamas, Hezbollah and Israel. But Trudeau stopped short of outright condemning Israel for beginning a ground war days after the Israeli military crossed the border into southern Lebanon. “We need to see peace … Read more

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators took to the streets in London, Paris, Rome and other major cities around the globe Saturday to call for a cease-fire as the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel approached. Massive rallies were planned in several European cities, with the largest gatherings expected from Saturday to Monday. … Read more

By Staff The Associated Press Posted October 5, 2024 9:47 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Israeli strike on a refugee camp in north Lebanon has killed at least two Hamas officials, according to the Israeli military. The early morning strike came a day after another Israeli airstrike … Read more