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Peru’s President Jose Jeri announced a 30-day state of emergency on Tuesday in the capital, Lima, and the nearby province of Callao, citing the need to combat rising crime.“The state of emergency approved by the Council of Ministers will take effect at midnight on Wednesday and will last for 30 days in Metropolitan Lima and…

Kenny Loggins is speaking out against U.S. President Donald Trump using his song Danger Zone in an AI video posted to his Truth Social account in response to the “No Kings” protests over the weekend. In a statement shared with Variety on Monday, Loggins, 77, demanded that his song be removed from the AI video showing Trump…

The Department of National Defence has quietly cancelled a contract with a Canadian firm to refurbish armoured vehicles to be delivered to Ukraine — but the federal defence minister won’t say why. Defence Minister David McGuinty was pressed about the contract at the House of Commons national defence committee on Tuesday as part of a…

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he did not want a “wasted meeting” with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, expressing his frustration with previous fruitless attempts at resolving the Ukraine war.Reacting to his Budapest summit with Putin being shelved, he said, “I don’t want to have a wasted meeting. I don’t want to have…

A New York man pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump after taking part in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, has been charged with making terroristic threats against House of Representatives Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries. In a press release, New York State Police announced the arrest of Christopher Moynihan, 34, “for making a terroristic…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 21, 2025 3:34 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The lawyer for a Quebec Liberal MP who won her riding in the April federal election by a single vote says it would be unreasonable to cancel the result over one uncounted ballot. Tatiana Auguste’s…

By Kyle Duggan The Canadian Press Posted October 21, 2025 2:38 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Germany’s defence minister says the German firm bidding for Canada’s lucrative submarine contract would have no trouble doing the work on time and on budget. Defence ministers from Germany and Norway are…

Bodhana Sivanandan (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Ten-year-old British chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan achieved a remarkable victory by defeating former World Champion Grandmaster Mariya Muzychuk at the European Club Cup in Rhodes, Greece on Sunday, becoming one of the youngest chess players to take down a former World Champion.Born in London in 2015 to parents…

Discover Mohamed Alabbar, the visionary entrepreneur who built and owns Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, transforming the city’s skyline forever / Image credit: File When people think of the Burj Khalifa, they often imagine Dubai’s royal family or government behind its glittering success. But the man who truly owns and built this global icon is Mohamed Alabbar,…

Plans are on hold for U.S. President Donald Trump to sit down with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to talk about resolving the war in Ukraine, a U.S. official said Tuesday. The meeting had been announced last week. It was supposed to take place in Budapest, although a date had not been set. The decision was…