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It’s safe to say these probably weren’t the headlines Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives were hoping for this week. Two announced departures from the Conservative caucus have overshadowed Poilievre’s criticisms of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s inaugural budget, shifting the focus back to Poilievre’s leadership ahead of his party’s convention in January. While the circumstances around Nova Scotia…

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97. The breakthrough — made when the brash, Chicago-born Watson was just 24 — turned him into a hallowed figure in the world of…

With the help of the United States and Israeli intelligence agencies, Mexican authorities thwarted an alleged plot by Iran to assassinate the Israeli ambassador to Mexico. On Friday, the US and Israeli officials accused Iran of plotting to kill Einat Kranz-Neiger, with Mexican authorities denying any knowledge of such a plot.The purported assassination attempt came…

Residents in some U.S. states began to receive their full SNAP food aid Friday as an appeals court left in place, for now, an order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to fund such benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown. A judge had given the Republican administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition…

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre needled Prime Minister Mark Carney over the size of the federal deficit Friday in a speech offering his critique of the Liberal budget tabled on Nov. 4. Poilievre delivered his address to a business crowd at the Economic Club of Canada, a few blocks away from the Canadian Club Toronto —…

WARNING: This story contains descriptions of domestic violence. Discretion is advised. A Sydney, Australia, man has been found guilty of murdering a B.C. woman in her apartment in 2023. Danny Zayat was charged with the killing of his ex-girlfriend, 34-year-old Tatiana Dokhotaru. Dokhotaru moved to Australia in 2012, and the couple had a son together….

US President Donald Trump on Friday said that no American government official would attend the upcoming G20 summit in Johannesburg, calling it a “total disgrace” and citing South Africa’s treatment of white farmers. The summit was set for November 22 and 23, and the announcement overrode plans for Vice President JD Vance to attend in…

A house cleaner and mother of four died in her husband’s arms on Wednesday after being shot outside a home in Indiana, when the couple mistakenly tried to enter a home at the wrong address. The woman’s brother, Rudy Rios, told NBC News that his sister, Maria Florinda Rios Perez, a 32-year-old Guatemalan immigrant, was…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, claiming the organization is “misrepresenting the safety” of abortion pills. It is the latest legal challenge aimed at abortion pills, which are the most common way to end a pregnancy in the U.S., and which is increasingly a target for opponents…

Earlier this year, a man in France discovered $800,000 worth of gold while digging a swimming pool in his garden. The man, who lives in Neuville-sur-Saône, near Lyon, alerted authorities to his find in May, according to the French outlet Le Progres, which reported that he found five gold bars and several gold coins wrapped in plastic…