The US Department of Justice has charged several Russian nationals allegedly linked to Russian intelligence services with financing terrorism and plotting contract killings in various countries.

The accidents occurred back to back after an S.U.V. broadsided a bus and a local news helicopter, apparently covering the story, crashed and burst into flames, the authorities said.

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A South Korean court has ruled that North Korea should pay the South 44.6 billion won, or about $32.5 million, for blowing up a joint liaison office between the countries in 2020

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British Columbia’s Indigenous rights law was supposed to reduce conflict and uncertainty, but nearly seven years after it was adopted, some First Nations, municipal and business leaders say it’s producing more of both.

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The European Union plans to help turn a port in Lithuania into a strategic NATO hub as part of a project worth more than €200 million aimed at developing defense and energy infrastructure in the Baltic region.

More than 220,000 Ukrainian citizens are registered as beneficiaries of temporary protection in Romania.

Il affrontera le CF Montréal ou les Whitecaps de Vancouver en finale le 21 octobre.

It was the fifth time that a chamber of the Republican-controlled Congress has voted to rein in President Trump’s war powers as discontent with the conflict grows among voters.

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Le diplomate Aurélien Lechevallier a enfin obtenu son agrément des autorités américaines pour devenir ambassadeur de France à Washington. Sa nomination était bloquée depuis fin juillet, après une brouille diplomatique déclenchée par un message critique de la mission française auprès de l'ONU sur le recul des droits humains aux États-Unis.

Ces attaques «profanent la sacralité des lieux saints», déplore la coalition menée par Riyad.

Les rebelles pro-iraniens ont démenti les accusations de l'Arabie saoudite.

Les artistes Finneas, Beoga, Aaron Rowe et Lukas Graham ont annoncé mardi quitter la tournée d'Ed Sheeran pour dénoncer le retrait du rappeur Macklemore, écarté après des propos propalestiniens tenus sur scène début septembre.

In Ukraine, 77% of citizens believe that armed resistance should continue even if Russia attempts to attack energy infrastructure in winter in order to leave people without electricity, heating, and sewage services.

Elle a appelé les gouvernements canadien et américain à reprendre les négociations commerciales.

People had fed the bear several times, and it was becoming a safety risk for park visitors in Wyoming, officials said.

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Hiker Timothy Smith, 53, missing after late-August floods but officials decline to identify remains

Human remains have been discovered near Arizona’s Crystal Rapids, over two weeks after a flash flood tore through the Grand Canyon, leaving two people dead and one person missing.

National Park Service personnel recovered the remains, before transferring them to the Coconino county medical examiner’s office, the agency confirmed over email.

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Alors que les chefs débattent sur leur position de souveraineté, le conservateur Éric Duhaime a simplement dit qu’il ne faudrait pas un référendum.

La coalition militaire menée par l’Arabie saoudite a affirmé mercredi avoir détruit un drone lancé par les Houthis du Yémen vers La Mecque, ce que les rebelles pro-iraniens ont démenti. Plusieurs explosions ont été entendues dans l'île de Qeshm, près du détroit d'Ormuz, a rapporté l'agence de presse officielle iranienne Irna. Suivez notre direct.

Les chefs du Parti Québécois et du Parti libéral du Québec se sont montrés en accord sur pas un, mais deux points en l’espace de quelques secondes.

Intelligence services allegedly attempted to pay people to surveil and kill people perceived to be aligned with Ukraine

Russia’s intelligence services are plotting to carry out targeted killings in the United States and in European nations supporting Ukraine, federal authorities said Tuesday as they announced charges against five people who remain at large.

An indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court said a network of the intelligence services had paid and attempted to pay individuals in the United States and in other countries to surveil targets to be killed with plans to then kill them.

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Une personne est décédée à la suite d'un violent face-à-face dans le Centre-du-Québec, au cours de laquelle un véhicule a pris feu.

Les chefs des cinq principales formations politiques ont donné leur point de vue concernant l’idée de créer un poste de superministre de l’Itinérance.

La cheffe caquiste Christine Fréchette a répliqué que la seule entreprise que les libéraux ont apportée à Bécancour est une compagnie de cannabis.

Christine Fréchette a critiqué le cadre financier du PQ après que Paul St-Pierre Plamondon a dénoncé «un gaspillage économique» des caquistes.

Le chef du Parti conservateur du Québec, Éric Duhaime, ne croit pas que l’État devrait gérer des épiceries publiques.

La cheffe caquiste a fortement critiqué les propositions d’Éric Duhaime en matière de réduction du budget de l’État.

Les chefs de parti ont répondu à tour de rôle mardi à la question «êtes-vous pour ou contre baisser les impôts» dans le cadre du «Face-à-Face» de TVA.

Une personne a perdu la vie lors de l’incendie qui s’est ensuivi d’une collision frontale entre son VUS et un camion-citerne sur l’autoroute 55 près de Saint-Célestin, près de Trois-Rivières.  

Germany will provide an additional 1 million euros to improve safety at Ukrainian nuclear power plants.

La Commission européenne doit présenter jeudi son "EU Kids Act", un texte consacré à la protection des enfants en ligne. Mais dès mercredi, Ursula von der Leyen devrait en dévoiler les grandes lignes devant le Parlement européen. L’idée est de fixer, pour la première fois, un âge numérique commun dans toute la zone euro.

Les ventes de billets se sont effondrées depuis la réorganisation du centre culturel par le président américain.

Former prime minister Stephen Harper says the federal government had no choice but to walk away from trade talks with the United States. While delivering closing remarks at Canada's first-ever national investment summit, Harper said the move was necessary and that Canada needs to reduce its reliance on the United States.

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon a confirmé qu’il souhaite collaborer avec le premier ministre canadien, Mark Carney.

Le chef du Parti conservateur du Québec, Éric Duhaime, a dit souhaiter que ses députés élus le 5 octobre serviront de «chiens de garde» au PQ.

His powerful super PAC is suddenly spending heavily on some races, after drawing fire from some Republicans that the group might not throw its weight behind the party’s candidates.

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Powerful bombs prompted such concern about mass deaths in Gaza that Biden officials paused delivery two years ago

The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000lb bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal, weapons that prompted such concerns about the possibility of mass casualties in Gaza that the Biden administration paused their delivery two years ago.

The $2.8bn package includes 40,000 bombs, made up of 20,000 MK-84s and 20,000 BLU-117s, according to two US officials and a person familiar with the plan who spoke on Tuesday on condition of anonymity to discuss the package, which is not yet final.

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The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine said on Tuesday, September 15, that the organization is considering moving aid supplies into underground facilities to protect them from Russian strikes.

Helicopters for evacuating casualties were pulled from four countries, and hundreds of military facilities were destroyed, according to a new report.

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In the Kyiv region, gas stations will gain access to a special digital air situation awareness system used by the Defense Forces.

L’exclusion lundi du rappeur Macklemore vire désormais à la polémique internationale.

Le manque d’espace retarde par ailleurs le retour au bureau pour certains ministères.

The first lady, who has been a champion of A.I. during her husband’s second term, said the Mountain View Elementary School students should be at the forefront of technology.

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Bears came through bedroom window and swiped tent at campground, causing scratch marks and puncture wound

A black bear burst through a Colorado teenage girl’s window and scratched her, days after a bear also bit a camper in the state, according to wildlife officials.

On Friday, a woman at a campground in south-west Colorado heard a growl and felt something hit her outdoors tent, according to a news release.

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Le gouvernement fédéral veut diminuer les effectifs de la fonction publique de 10 % d’ici 2028-2029.

The intense public focus on the jurors whose deadlock led to a mistrial could complicate any attempt to retry the case, and to seat jurors in other high-profile cases.

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Les cinq chefs des principaux partis politiques du Québec s’affrontent, mardi soir, lors du Face-à-Face diffusé à TVA.