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Nov 28, 2025 - World

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow would end its Ukraine offensive if Kyiv withdrew from territory Moscow claims at its own -- otherwise they would take it by force.

Nov 28, 2025 - World

Donald Trump signaled after attack that refugee and asylum cases would be scrutinizedTrump administration officials say they are undertaking a broad re-examination of asylum cases and green cards issued to citizens of certain countries, after the shooting of two national guard members near the White House in Washington DC on Wednesday.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) named the suspect in the shooting as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who entered the US under a policy set up under Joe Biden after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and continued under Donald Trump. Continue reading...

Nov 28, 2025 - World

Two prisoners escaped from a French jail using bedsheets after sawing through the bars of their cell, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Nov 28, 2025 - World

Minister Steven Guilbeault says Indigenous nations were not consulted and the pipeline would have ‘major environmental impacts’Mark Carney has agreed an energy deal with Alberta centred on plans for a new heavy oil pipeline reaching from the province’s oil sands to the Pacific coast, a politically volatile project that is expected to face stiff opposition.The move proved politically damaging within hours, with the minister of Canadian culture, Steven Guilbeault, who is the former environment minister, announcing he would leave cabinet. Guilbault, a former activist and lifelong environmental advocate, said he strongly opposed the plan. Continue reading...

Nov 28, 2025 - World

A 57-year-old Indian-origin man who admitted to a conspiracy to smuggle heroin into the UK was on Thursday sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, with a co-conspirator being jailed for nine years following a trial in south-eastern England.