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Cartel-fighting mayor’s assassination in Mexico’s avocado heartland fuels citizen fury
Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo’s killing triggered a spasm of fury that has fuelled protests across the fertile Mexican state of Michoacan, which produces limes and avocados found on Canadian grocery shelves. Source link
Israel strikes south Lebanon despite ceasefire, says it’s targeting Hezbollah military sites
Israeli jets struck several towns in southern Lebanon on Thursday, marking an escalation in their near-daily strikes on the country. Source link
Did Bill Gates really say we don't need to address climate change?
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has been in the news of late, with claims that he has changed his stance on climate change, following a memo he posted on his website. But is that really the case? Source link
Tracking Trump’s changes to law enforcement
It’s been one year since U.S. President Donald Trump’s second election win. CBC’s Mike Crawley breaks down how Trump’s policies have affected law enforcement and immigration since his return to the White House. Source link
Japan sends in the military to deal with surge in bear attacks
Japan deployed troops on Wednesday to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in a mountainous region in the northern prefecture of Akita. Source link
At least 66 dead after Typhoon Kalmaegi floods Philippines, engulfing entire communities
Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 66 people dead with 26 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away cars in a hard-hit province still recovering from a deadly earthquake, officials said Wednesday. Source link
Trump has fixed the border but not inflation, say these voters
CBC News recently travelled to Starr County, Texas, to get a better sense of how voters feel one year after Donald Trump returned to the White House. Trump flipped this county in 2024, becoming the first Republican presidential nominee to win it in 132 years — though residents are divived on his policies. Source link
Trump's claims of Christian persecution in Nigeria bump up against facts
U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to go “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria over what he claims to be deadly persecution of Christians are prompting pushback in the West African nation. Source link
7 climbers presumed dead after avalanche in Nepal
Rescuers dug through ice and snow on a mountain in Nepal on Tuesday to look for the bodies of seven climbers who were killed by an avalanche, officials said. Source link
Remains of hostage turned over in Gaza, Israeli military says
The remains of a hostage in Gaza have been turned over and are now in Israel, the military said Tuesday, in the latest sign of progress under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Source link