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Russia launched a missile attack on Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, early on Thursday, injuring at least 13 people and damaging residential buildings and industrial facilities, city officials said, although air defences downed all the missiles. Ballistic and cruise missiles shot down, but 13 injured by falling wreckage Kyiv residents seek …

The Biden administration on Wednesday slashed its target for U.S. electric vehicle adoption from 67 per cent by 2032 to as little as 35 per cent after industry and autoworker backlash in the political battleground state of Michigan. Adoption target for new EV sales could drop to as little as …

Israel's military said on Wednesday it had killed around 90 gunmen in a raid on Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital, but Hamas said all of those killed at the hospital had been wounded patients and displaced persons. Hamas says all those killed at site were patients or displaced persons Israel's military said …

A British privacy watchdog said Wednesday it is looking into a report that staff at a private London hospital tried to snoop on the Princess of Wales's medical records while she was a patient for abdominal surgery. Princess of Wales had surgery at the clinic in central London on Jan. …

There were 41 incidents of communal tension and violence in Maharashtra between January and October 2023, according to India Hate Lab, a Washington-based research group. The group is expecting a huge rise in hate speech events during India's upcoming general elections, which run April 19 to June 4. Highest concentrations …

Huy Tran can't stop thinking about the day a piece of the plane he was on ripped off mid-flight, leaving a door-shaped hole just a few feet from where he sat. Lawsuit filed on behalf of 7 passengers accuses airline, Boeing and parts supplier of negligence As It Happens6:39Alaska Airlines …

Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously passed a new national security law on Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent. It even has potential implications for exiles living in countries such as Canada. Here's what's in the law. Some provisions allow for prosecutions for acts committed outside of Hong …

Iranian human rights activist Atena Daemi didn't want to leave her native country, but her declining health forced her hand. She ended up undertaking a perilous and unpredictable six-month journey that took her from Tehran to St. John's. Amid Iranian regime's crackdown, Atena Daemi's illness forced her to flee her …

Gunmen looted homes in the communities of Laboule and Thomassin before sunrise, forcing residents to flee as some called radio stations pleading for police. The neighbourhoods had remained largely peaceful despite a surge in violent gang attacks across Port-au-Prince that began on Feb. 29. Gunmen also looted homes in Laboule, …

Famine is expected between now and May in the north of the Gaza Strip, a UN-backed report said on Monday, after more than five months of war that have shattered the Palestinian territory, killed thousands and cut off supplies. 1.1 million people now suffering 'catastrophic hunger' in Gaza, IPC report …