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Trump administration tells prosecutors to avoid criminal probes of acting Venezuelan president

Trump administration tells prosecutors to avoid criminal probes of acting Venezuelan president

The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime target of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, according to current and former U.S. law enforcement officials — the latest sign of warming relations between the White House and the oil-rich nation.

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Doctors group challenging constitutionality of Alberta transgender law
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May 28, 2025

Doctors group challenging constitutionality of Alberta transgender law

A group representing Canada’s doctors is challenging the constitutionality of…

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Poll suggests Alberta voters' honeymoon with Danielle Smith and UCP endures
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May 28, 2025

Poll suggests Alberta voters’ honeymoon with Danielle Smith and UCP endures

Two years after Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party defeated Rachel…

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Sherpa guide breaks record by making 31st summit of Mount Everest
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May 28, 2025

Sherpa guide breaks record by making 31st summit of Mount Everest

Sherpa guide Kami Rita Sherpa broke a record he set…

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Forecast for the next 5 years? Record-breakingly hot, UN weather agency says
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May 28, 2025

Forecast for the next 5 years? Record-breakingly hot, UN weather agency says

There’s a very high chance that one of the next…

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'No MAGA left behind': Trump turning pardons into partisan exercise, critics say
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May 28, 2025

‘No MAGA left behind’: Trump turning pardons into partisan exercise, critics say

After Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon of hundreds convicted of 2021…

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Human smugglers sentenced to 10 years, 6½ years after family froze to death at Manitoba-U.S. border
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May 28, 2025

Human smugglers sentenced to 10 years, 6½ years after family froze to death at Manitoba-U.S. border

Two human smugglers convicted after a family of four froze…

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Ex-teammate's testimony, police interviews mark consequential week at Hockey Canada sex assault trial
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May 28, 2025

Ex-teammate’s testimony, police interviews mark consequential week at Hockey Canada sex assault trial

The Crown’s job in cross-examinationLegal experts watching this trial say…

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Carter Hart, 1st world junior player to testify at trial, says E.M. 'willingly' took part in sex acts
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May 28, 2025

Carter Hart, 1st world junior player to testify at trial, says E.M. ‘willingly’ took part in sex acts

Hart says he saw no ‘degrading’ behaviourDudding asks Hart if…

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Police interviews, possible mystery witness punctuate dramatic day at world juniors sex assault trial
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May 28, 2025

Police interviews, possible mystery witness punctuate dramatic day at world juniors sex assault trial

Mystery, drama surround another possible Crown witnessA bit of late-in-the-day…

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