Trump floats plan to 'just clean out' Gaza

Trump said moving Gaza's inhabitants could be "temporarily or could be long term."

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Canada reduces international student permits for second year

Canada will issue 437,000 study permits this year, a 10% reduction from 2024

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Trump's Canada, Mexico tariff threat aimed at gaining leverage in trade talks: experts

Mexico's auto industry has been a target, with Trump threatening 200 percent tariffs on its vehicle imports. For Canada, Trump's recent main gripe has been a trade deficit.

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CIA says Covid 'more likely' to have leaked from lab

The new assessment came after John Ratcliffe was confirmed Thursday as the CIA director under the second White House administration of Donald Trump.

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Fragile Gaza truce enters second week

During the first six-week phase, 33 hostages should be freed in staggered releases in exchange for around 1,900 Palestinians held in Israeli jails.

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Trump suggests US releasing 2,000-pound bombs to Israel

Biden's administration last year halted shipments of 2,000-pound bombs when it appeared Israel was poised to launch a major ground operation in heavily populated areas of Gaza

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US freezes almost all aid except for Israel, Egypt

The United States, the world’s biggest donor, has frozen virtually all foreign aid, making exceptions only for emergency food, and military funding for Israel and Egypt.

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Second hostage-prisoner swap: Four Israeli soldiers, 200 Palestinians freed

Palestinian militants and Israel carried out a hostage-prisoner swap yesterday under a Gaza ceasefire deal, but a last-minute dispute blocked the expected return of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to devastated northern Gaza.

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Gaza development put back 60 years by war: UN

The Israel-Hamas war has put back development in Gaza by 60 years and mobilising the tens of billions of dollars needed for reconstruction will be an uphill task, the United Nations said.

‘Peace talks minus Ukraine will yield no real results’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday said allies should work towards determining a format for any upcoming peace talks with Russia and that Kyiv must be involved for successful negotiations.

Rubbish roads: Nepal explores paving with plastic

Nepal's urban areas generate about 5,000 tonnes of solid waste per day, according to the World Bank, of which 13 percent is plastic waste dumped in landfills.

4 Israel soldiers released in Gaza; 200 Palestinians prisoners freed

A total of 200 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails have been freed under the terms of a Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Seventy of them will be deported to countries in the region.

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US Senate confirms former Fox News co-host as Pentagon chief

The 44-year-old is a former Army National Guard officer who until recently worked as a co-host for Fox News -- one of Trump's favored television channels.

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US migrant deportation flights arrive in Latin America

A total of 265 Guatemalans arrived on three flights

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German man sets world record living for 120 days underwater

Rudiger Koch, 59, emerged from his 30-square-meter (320-square-foot) home under the sea

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US freezes almost all aid except for Israel, Egypt arms: memo

The United States, the world's biggest donor, froze virtually all foreign aid on Friday, making exceptions only for emergency food, and military funding for Israel and Egypt

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WHO chief to cut costs, reset priorities after US exit

The World Health Organization (WHO) will cut costs and review which health programmes to prioritise after President Donald Trump announced he was withdrawing the US from the WHO, the agency’s chief told staff in an internal memo seen by Reuters.

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More staff detained by Houthi rebels in Yemen: UN

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have detained another group of UN personnel, a UN statement said yesterday, after 13 staff were held last June.

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Taliban reject ICC move to arrest top officials

Afghanistan’s Taliban government said yesterday an arrest warrant sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its leaders was “politically motivated”.

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Asylum ‘universally recognised’ right

Kyiv said yesterday it had received the bodies of hundreds of Ukrainian troops killed in battle with Russian forces, in one of the largest repatriations since Russia invaded.

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Record wind gusts

Ireland recorded its strongest-ever wind gusts yesterday as “destructive” Storm Eowyn barrelled in from the Atlantic, cutting power, grounding flights and shutting schools, officials said.

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