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Foreign aid agency USAID in crisis as Trump, Musk threaten shutdown

Foreign aid agency USAID in crisis as Trump, Musk threaten shutdown

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is facing its greatest threat since its inception over 60 years ago, as President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk spent the weekend impugning the agency that has contributed to Washington being the most critical source of foreign assistance around the world.

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Parents say social media app Snapchat gives kids access to illicit drugs

Parents say social media app Snapchat gives kids access to illicit drugs

An Ontario father says he’s struggling to keep his teen son away from drug dealers on popular messaging app Snapchat, and he’s not alone. The social media platform’s parent company, Snap Inc., is being sued by dozens of U.S. families who say the app’s disappearing messages make it hard for parents to supervise their kids’ online activity.

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Holt says she'll change gender-identity policy for schools, stop move to dissolve DEC | CBC News
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October 23, 2024

Holt says she’ll change gender-identity policy for schools, stop move to dissolve DEC | CBC News

Premier-designate Susan Holt says she will adopt the gender-identity school…

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Montreal man detained in Sudan in the 2000s says Ottawa denied him passport to return home | CBC News
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October 23, 2024

Montreal man detained in Sudan in the 2000s says Ottawa denied him passport to return home | CBC News

Abousfian Abdelrazik told a court today about the roller-coaster of…

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Thieves were stealing golf carts around Ontario. Now police have made a bust | CBC News
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October 23, 2024

Thieves were stealing golf carts around Ontario. Now police have made a bust | CBC News

The mystery of golf carts disappearing from Ontario courses has…

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Trump's former chief of staff says he's a fascist. Harris says it reveals who Trump 'really is' | CBC News
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October 23, 2024

Trump’s former chief of staff says he’s a fascist. Harris says it reveals who Trump ‘really is’ | CBC News

Kamala Harris said Wednesday that recently reported comments Donald Trump…

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University of Waterloo stabber's COVID-19 isolation may have worsened mental state, sentencing court told | CBC News
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October 23, 2024

University of Waterloo stabber’s COVID-19 isolation may have worsened mental state, sentencing court told | CBC News

Defence lawyers at the sentencing hearing for the former student…

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Federal government expected to announce reductions to immigration targets Thursday | CBC News
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October 23, 2024

Federal government expected to announce reductions to immigration targets Thursday | CBC News

The Prime Minister is expected to announce reductions to immigration…

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National radon study shows higher levels, exposure to radioactive gas in homes | CBC News
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October 23, 2024

National radon study shows higher levels, exposure to radioactive gas in homes | CBC News

A countrywide study says radioactive radon exposure is on the…

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Gisèle Pelicot has 'decided not to be ashamed' in French mass-rape trial that may change law | CBC News
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October 23, 2024

Gisèle Pelicot has ‘decided not to be ashamed’ in French mass-rape trial that may change law | CBC News

Gisèle Pelicot, the 72-year-old victim of mass rape whose case…

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Israel strikes targets in southern Beirut suburbs, port city of Tyre | CBC News
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October 23, 2024

Israel strikes targets in southern Beirut suburbs, port city of Tyre | CBC News

Israeli strikes pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday and Hezbollah…

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