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Crews recover bodies of 9 backcountry skiers days after California avalanche

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Crews recovered the bodies of nine backcountry skiers who were killed in a California avalanche four days ago, authorities said Saturday, concluding a harrowing operation hindered...

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Ghislaine Maxwell fights release of more Epstein documents, calling disclosure law unconstitutional

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell, saying a law...

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Ex-UK Prime Minister Johnson calls on allies to send noncombat troops to Ukraine ahead of ceasefire

LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the U.K. and its European allies should immediately deploy noncombat troops to Ukraine to show Russian President Vladimir Putin that Western...

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Trump says he's increasing the global tariff to 15 per cent

Donald Trump's erratic tariffs threats continued Saturday with a pledge to increase his new worldwide tariff to 15 per cent, a day after the Supreme Court quashed the U.S. president's favoured tariff tool. "During...

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NASA moon rocket hit by new problem expected to bump astronauts' lunar trip into April

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket suffered another setback Saturday, almost certain to bump astronauts' first lunar trip in decades into spring. The space agency revealed the latest...

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Israeli airstrikes in eastern Lebanon kill 8 Hezbollah members, officials say

RAYAK, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on eastern Lebanon have killed eight members of the militant Hezbollah group, including several local officials, two officials with the group said Saturday. ...

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Ukraine strikes a key industrial site deep inside Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones struck an industrial site deep inside Russia on Saturday, which a Russian news channel said was a key state-owned missile factory. The attack in Russia’s...

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Hong Kong government offers to buy apartment ownerships from fire victims

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong officials on Saturday unveiled resettlement plans for thousands of people who were displaced by the deadliest blaze in decades last November, proposing to buy back the homeownership...

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Trump warns he's considering limited strikes as Iranian diplomat says proposed deal is imminent

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump warned on Friday that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country’s top diplomat said Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the...

February 20, 2026 12:32 pm EST EST

Defiant Trump says 10 per cent global tariff coming after Supreme Court ruling

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order to impose a 10 per cent global tariff after the Supreme Court struck down his use of an emergency legal tool to realign global trade. Trump...

February 20, 2026 2:16 pm EST EST