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'Minnetoba'? Some Minnesotans want to join Canada as tensions flare with Trump administration
A former Minnesota governor recently pitched a novel solution to the state’s clashes with the Trump administration: join Canada. He’s not the first, nor only, one in the state looking north. Source link
Fake passports, $65M US and an Interpol Red Notice: Canadian crypto fugitive vanishes after arrest in Serbia
Documents from extradition proceedings at the Belgrade Higher Court obtained by the fifth estate and the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network provide an extraordinary glimpse into the lifestyle and whereabouts of a young Canadian man with an alleged $65 million US in cryptocurrency burning a hole in his pocket and multiple countries seeking his arrest. Source […]
Why members of ICE will be in Italy for the Winter Olympics
A unit of ICE will be in Italy to work during the upcoming Winter Games. Yes, that ICE. Who exactly will be there and what will they be doing? Source link
How we verify videos from Iran
Despite an internet blackout, some Iranians have managed to use VPNs and Starlink satellite internet to share photos and videos. But how do we know these visuals really show what they claim? CBC’s fact-check team breaks down our verification process. Source link
Budapest mayor says he’s proud to face charges for leading Pride parade
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony remains defiant after being criminally charged for his role in organizing his city’s Pride parade last summer in defiance of Hungary’s anti-2SLBGTQ+ laws. Source link
Israel releases bodies of 15 Palestinians in final exchange of truce deal's 1st phase
The bodies of 15 more unidentified Palestinians were handed over by Israel Thursday, in the final exchange of prisoners and detainees between Israel and Hamas. Source link
Unless Trump reins in ICE, Democrats threaten government shutdown
Democrats in the U.S. Senate are threatening to trigger a partial government shutdown unless the Trump administration agrees to change how its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conduct their controversial crackdown. Source link
Canadian mining firm says 10 employees abducted in Sinaloa, Mexico
A Vancouver-based mining company says 10 of its employees were taken at one of its project sites near the city of Concordia in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa, which has been gripped by cartel civil war since 2024. Source link
Trump border czar Tom Homan promises more targeted immigration enforcement in Minnesota
U.S. border czar Tom Homan, newly installed as commander of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis, promised targeted and strategic enforcements focusing on unauthorized residents with a criminal history. Source link
FBI carries out search warrant for 2020 election ballots at Atlanta-area site
The FBI on Wednesday searched the election office of a Georgia county that has been central to right-wing conspiracy theories over U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, acting just one week after the Republican leader predicted prosecutions over a contest he has baselessly insisted was tainted by widespread fraud. Source link