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At the Trump trial, the grilling of Michael Cohen commences

News/World | Tue, 14 May 2024 15:05:17 EDT

The grilling of the star witness in Donald Trump's criminal trial has commenced. The former president's lawyers cast his ally-turned-nemesis Michael Cohen as an impulsive, biased and ill-tempered narrator. read more

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IN PHOTOS | Backstage and in the ring: At the Westminster dog show

News/World/World Photos | Tue, 14 May 2024 09:41:41 EDT

The 148th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, which kicked off Saturday with an agility competition, is underway at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Monday marked the start of the traditional judging that leads to the best in show prize, to be awarded Tuesday night. read more

OpenAI previews chatbot with real-time voice capabilities

News/Business | Tue, 14 May 2024 07:49:07 EDT

ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Monday it would release a new AI model called GPT-4o, capable of realistic voice conversation and able to interact across text and image, its latest move to stay ahead in a race to dominate the emerging technology. read more

'Beyond angry': Former Trump confidant testifies financial feud followed hush-money payment

News/World | Mon, 13 May 2024 14:28:27 EDT

During his first day of testimony at Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York, Michael Cohen walked prosecutors through his decade of service as Trump's legal Mr. Fix It — a solver of problems often tangentially related to his professional title as lawyer. read more

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Eurovision's slogan is 'United By Music.' This year, fans and performers faced division

News/Entertainment | Tue, 14 May 2024 04:00:23 EDT

Some fans and performers objected to Israel’s inclusion in this year’s edition of the European song competition. Protests lasted all the way through last weekend’s Grand Final and beyond, but experts say it’s not the first time world events have threatened to overwhelm Eurovision, which organizers insist is non-political. read more

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Why the UN changed its death tolls of Palestinian women and children killed in Gaza

News/World | Mon, 13 May 2024 21:40:36 EDT

The United Nations is facing scrutiny after lowering its counts of Palestinian women and children killed since Israel began bombing Gaza in its seven-month war against Hamas. read more

Controlled explosions set off on collapsed Baltimore bridge during cleanup

| Mon, 13 May 2024 18:32:22 EDT

Crews set off a network of linked explosives to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore — and with a boom, the steel section came down. read more

Two women and four young children ride in the back of a white pickup truck as they evacuate a city in Gaza.

Israeli military pushes ahead with fighting in Gaza, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee

News/World | Mon, 13 May 2024 17:08:00 EDT

Israeli forces pushed deep into the ruins of Gaza's northern edge on Monday to recapture an area from Hamas fighters, while in the south, tanks and troops pushed across a highway into Rafah, leaving Palestinian civilians scrambling to find safety. read more

An elderly woman in mauve coat carrying a bag of oranges and using a cane walks with a woman in red and a medic wearing a helmet, camouflage and body armour.

Residents of northeast Ukraine flee latest Russian advance

News/World | Mon, 13 May 2024 10:02:30 EDT

Ukrainian troops are still locked in pitched battles in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, amid new Russian ground offensive that began last week. read more

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Melinda French Gates steps down from charitable foundation that bears her name

News/World | Mon, 13 May 2024 13:10:36 EDT

Melinda French Gates said on Monday she is stepping down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest private charitable organizations in the world. read more

Michael Cohen, left, stands next to Donald Trump in this photo from September 2016. Cohen is expected to testify at Trump's criminal trial on Monday.

Trump trial nears final phase with key witness: confidant-turned-nemesis Michael Cohen

News/World | Sun, 12 May 2024 21:16:00 EDT

With the prosecution in Donald Trump's criminal trial hinting it might rest its case within days, it's about to call upon Michael Cohen — the man who went from being the former U.S. president's closest consigliere to his arch adversary. read more

Israel risks 'insurgency with many armed Hamas left,' U.S. secretary of state says

News/World | Mon, 13 May 2024 08:44:09 EDT

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delivered some of the Biden administration's strongest public criticism yet of Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza, saying Israeli tactics have meant "a horrible loss of life of innocent civilians" but failed to neutralize Hamas leaders and fighters. read more

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Some blame outsiders for spread of pro-Palestinian protests. The idea isn't new, experts say

News/World | Fri, 26 Jan 2024 04:01:20 EST

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Canada's relations with Russia have slid to a post-Soviet low, ambassador says

News/Politics | Sat, 11 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Canada's top envoy in Moscow says relations with Russia are likely as bad as they've ever been, as the war in Ukraine grinds on and Vladimir Putin enters his fifth term as president. read more

'We were very afraid': Former hostage speaks about surviving Hamas captivity in Gaza

News/Politics | Sun, 12 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Luis Har was taken as a hostage by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack and spent more than four months imprisoned in Gaza, before a rescue operation by the IDF set him free. read more

Apartment block in Belgorod collapses following blast Russia blames on Ukraine

News/World | Sun, 12 May 2024 09:04:10 EDT

At least seven people were killed and 17 injured when a whole section of a Russian apartment block collapsed after it was struck by a Soviet-era missile launched by Ukraine and shot down by Russia, Russian officials said. read more

Flooding kills more than 300 in Afghanistan, UN agency says

News/World | Sat, 11 May 2024 10:44:25 EDT

Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the UN food agency said Saturday. read more

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Switzerland's Nemo wins Eurovision contest beset by protests, backstage chaos and Dutch expulsion

News/World | Sat, 11 May 2024 09:13:17 EDT

Swiss rapper and singer Nemo won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with The Code, a drum-and-bass, opera, rap and rock tune about Nemo's journey of self-discovery as a non-binary person. read more

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WATCH | Fact-checking claims about who's behind pro-Palestinian student protests

| Fri, 10 May 2024 22:32:37 EDT

Some have claimed that outsiders are backing pro-Palestinian student protests at campuses across the U.S. and Canada. CBC’s Ben Makuch fact-checks those claims to find out what’s really happening. read more

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Russia launches new ground assault in Ukraine's Kharkiv region

News/World | Thu, 11 Apr 2024 18:52:23 EDT