Four-time All-Star needs arthroscopic procedure on knee
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Minnesota guard Anthony Edwards needs an arthroscopic procedure to alleviate issues with his right knee and will miss several weeks, a person with knowledge of the matter said Tuesday.
The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Timberwolves had yet to make any public announcements of Edwards’ plan to have the operation. A more precise timetable for Edwards’ return will be known after surgery, the person said.
The Norwegian government announced on Tuesday, October 27, that it would provide 500 million kroner (nearly $54 million) in energy support for Ukraine ahead of winter.
Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, announced a reduction in the Ukrposhta network from 10,000 to 7,211 branches and provided the company with recommendations on tracking mobile branches and ensuring citizens’ access to postal services.
Critics warn of climate danger as president in Texas claims change will save companies and consumers billions
Donald Trump announced his administration is “terminating” Biden-era regulations holding oil and gas companies accountable for large leaks of planet-warming methane during a rally in Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday evening.
Trump said during a campaign rally in Texas that the change would save consumers and energy producers $45bn and unlock 210 million barrels of oil – equivalent to about 10 days of US petroleum consumption. “Tonight, I’m officially terminating Biden’s expensive and unnecessary methane regulations to save consumers and energy producers,” Trump said, lifting what he called “crippling regulations on methane that caused prices to skyrocket” for small oil and gas operators.
The Cabinet of Ministers has instructed the Ministry for Recovery, Infrastructure and Transport to speed up repairs to Kyiv’s Southern Bridge, which was damaged in a Russian missile attack overnight on October 27.
In the legal tangle between the Justice Department and California, a federal judge on Tuesday deferred a ruling but said the government already had a remedy it could use after the election.
Bill Essayli, a former GOP lawmaker and ally of president, has not been confirmed by the Senate in his role
A US judge ruled on Tuesday that Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in southern California, was “unlawfully serving” as the head of the US attorney’s office and was disqualified from overseeing two criminal prosecutions.
The order, however, will not immediately go into effect, and the Department of Justice (DoJ) has said it intends to appeal.
State Senator Brent Taylor, the Republican nominee for a U.S. House seat, responded to a Nashville outlet’s report that he had sent “an unsolicited nude picture.”
Les trains de banlieue des lignes Vaudreuil-Hudson et Candiac, vers Montréal, ont enregistré mardi matin jusqu’à une heure de retard. Et cette fois, le partage des voies avec le Canadien National et le Canadien Pacifique Kansas City (CPKC) – à l’origine des retards, très souvent – n’est pas en cause.
The Verkhovna Rada supported an appeal to the President to award the title of Hero of Ukraine to serviceman Kostiantyn Vlasenko, who held a combat position in the Kupiansk sector for 491 days and was evacuated after suffering severe injuries during a unique aerial evacuation operation.
A regional coalition convened as part of a U.S. military effort to disrupt and combat drug traffickers that officials have compared to the campaign against the Islamic State and Al Qaeda.
A multinational military exercise near Panama City in August. Regional military leaders at a gathering on Tuesday reviewed a wide-ranging U.S. military plan to combat drug smugglers.
In court testimony, the agent outlined the willingness of Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, to take orders from President Trump to investigate his perceived enemies.
L’usage accru de l’intelligence artificielle (IA) dans la traduction des travaux parlementaires pourrait être « catastrophique » pour les institutions démocratiques, selon un syndicat.
Hazardous storm conditions delayed recovery efforts on mountain that has proved to be a perilous hiking spot
The body of a missing California hiker, blanketed in a layer of snow, was recovered on Mount Whitney on Sunday after a blustery storm delayed retrieval operations for five days.
The Inyo county sheriff’s office extended its condolences to the loved ones and family of the hiker, who has not been publicly identified, in a Monday statement.
Susan and Michael Pretti say they have been ‘ignored and misled’ in quest for justice over son’s killing by US agents
The parents of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old nurse killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis earlier this year, accused federal officials of stonewalling them and shielding their son’s killers.
During a press conference on Tuesday, Michael and Susan Pretti made their first public remarks since their son’s death in January, calling for the Department of Justice to hold those involved in their son’s death accountable. The federal government has not provided them with meaningful information about the case, they said.
Malgré un retard important, la ministre de l’Environnement, Julie Dabrusin, soutient que le Canada réussira à atteindre ses cibles d’aires protégées d’ici 2030. Une promesse qui ne tient pas la route, estime le Bloc québécois, alors que le gouvernement fédéral multiplie les projets de loi qui vont « bulldozer la nature ».
Recent developments in a similar case and advances in forensic science linked the death of Melissa Ann Smith, 17, to one of the nation’s most notorious serial killers, officials said.
President at Texas campaign rally hails deal struck with post-Maduro government as ‘greatest oil victory in history’
Donald Trump suggested Venezuela would become the 51st state of the United States on Tuesday as the president showed off a tanker he claimed had “one million barrels of oil on it” from the country, nine months after deposing its president.
At a campaign rally in Corpus Christ, Texas, Trump touted a US oil deal with Venezuela, which the US attacked in January, capturing its long-serving leader Nicolás Maduro.
Ukraine’s military intelligence estimates that only 10–20% of the prewar population may remain in the Russian-occupied left bank of Kherson Oblast, accusing Moscow of forcing Ukrainians from their homes while relocating Russian citizens to the area.
Russia’s efforts to displace Ukrainians and bring Russian citizens into occupied Kherson Oblast are part of Moscow’s broader campaign to consolidate control over occupied territory, impose Russian institutions, and erode Ukrainian national identity. Similar practices have been documented in other occupied Ukrainian territories, including the resettlement of Russians into homes in Mariupol and efforts to replace Ukrainian education with Russian curricula.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry (HUR) said Russia was creating intolerable living conditions for Ukrainian residents and unlawfully seizing private property to displace them. The agency said Moscow was simultaneously using financial incentives to recruit Russian teachers, doctors, and other professionals to work in occupied areas.
Russia brings in Russian workers as Ukrainians are pushed out
Before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, around 500,000 people lived on the left bank of Kherson Oblast, according to HUR. The agency estimates that only 10–20% of that population may remain.
Moscow is using state-backed recruitment programs, including “Zemsky Teacher,” “Zemsky Doctor,” “Zemsky Feldsher,” “Zemsky Cultural Worker,” and “Zemsky Coach,” to attract Russian citizens to occupied Ukrainian territory, HUR said.
Under these programs, Russian teachers and doctors who agree to work in occupied areas are offered one-time payments of 2 million rubles, while junior medical staff can receive 1 million rubles. The incentives also include higher salaries and other benefits, with contracts lasting at least five years.
HUR said hundreds of Russian teachers and doctors had already been brought to occupied Ukrainian territories from regions across Russia, including Krasnodar, Khabarovsk, Stavropol, and Perm Krais, as well as Rostov, Kursk, and Leningrad oblasts.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russian medical personnel are needed primarily to serve occupying forces, while Russian teachers are being brought in to undermine Ukrainian children’s national identity.
Ukraine accuses Russia of war crimes and genocidal practices
HUR said Russia’s efforts to displace Ukrainian residents and bring in Russian citizens bore signs of war crimes and genocidal practices against the Ukrainian population.
The agency’s allegations concern both the coercive removal of Ukrainians from occupied territory and the replacement of local residents with people brought from Russia. Ukrainian authorities say these policies are part of Moscow’s broader effort to consolidate control over occupied Ukrainian land and impose Russian identity and institutions.
Kherson Oblast faces displacement, attacks, and a humanitarian crisis
Russian forces occupied much of Kherson Oblast in the early months of the full-scale invasion in 2022. Ukrainian forces liberated the oblast’s right-bank areas, including the regional capital, in November that year, but Russia continues to occupy the left bank of the Dnipro River.
Russian forces regularly attack Ukrainian-controlled areas of Kherson Oblast with artillery and drones, killing and injuring civilians. Ukrainians have described repeated drone attacks on civilians as a “human safari.” In May 2025, a UN commission of inquiry concluded that Russian forces’ repeated drone attacks on civilians along the Dnipro’s right bank amounted to crimes against humanity of murder.
The occupied town of Oleshky, on the left bank, has also faced severe shortages of food, medicine, and medical care amid restrictions on movement and continued fighting.
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Thousands are starving in occupied Oleshky. People have no food, no way out, and Russian forces bomb incoming aid
Russia’s occupation has also exposed residents of Kherson Oblast to major humanitarian disasters. The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in June 2023 flooded settlements along the Dnipro, including Russian-occupied communities on the left bank, damaging homes and forcing residents to flee. Russian forces’ restrictions on access and evacuation further endangered civilians in the affected areas.
While Russia occupies the left bank of Kherson Oblast, its forces continue to target civilians on the Ukrainian-controlled right bank. Across the oblast, residents face the consequences of Russia’s invasion, from forced displacement and property seizures under occupation to deadly drone and artillery attacks.
Selon des médias américains, le sénateur conservateur, visé par plusieurs enquêtes, a quitté le pays après sa défaite à la présidentielle. Son coordinateur de campagne assure ne pas savoir où il se trouve.
As a result of the prisoner exchange on October 23, Azov soldier Taras Zvarychuk returned from Russian captivity; the occupiers had sentenced him to 29 years in prison “for terrorism.”
La Ville de Mont-Joli entend acquérir et démolir l’Auberge Jacques-Cartier dans le but d’y construire un point de service de justice de proximité (palais de justice) pour les citoyens de La Mitis. C’est du moins ce que laisse entendre une résolution adoptée le 19 octobre par le conseil municipal.
Les élus ont adopté un addenda à l’entente initiale intervenue avec la MRC de La Mitis pour la construction et à l’opération d’un point de services de justice de proximité sur le territoire de Mont-Joli, qui avait été entériné le 23 février dernier.
« Les parties désirent modifier cette entente puisque la Ville de Mont-Joli prévoit maintenant acquérir et démolir l’Auberge Jacques-Cartier. L’entente initiale ne précisait pas les modalités dans le cas où Mont-Joli se porterait acquéreur d’un lot et qu’elle réaliserait elle-même les travaux de démolition, plutôt que de verser sa contribution à la MRC », explique le conseiller municipal, Vallier April, qui a lu la résolution qui a été adopté à l’unanimité par le conseil présidé par le conseiller Denis Dubé, en l’absence du maire, Martin Soucy.
« J’ai toujours confiance dans ce dossier-là. La proposition que nous avons faite, la MRC de la Mitis et la Ville de Mont-Joli, nous apparaît très raisonnable. On prend la responsabilité de construire un immeuble et de le louer au ministère, C’est une chose qui existe déjà dans le privé. On demande un montant d’argent et qu’il paie leur juste part de leur loyer », mentionnait-il.
Le maire rappelait que c’est une responsabilité ministérielle de rendre la justice. « On veut agir comme facilitateur. En étant propriétaire du bâtiment, nous pourrions accueillir d’autres organismes publics ».
Plans soumis au ministre
L’an dernier, la MRC de La Mitis et la Ville de Mont-Joli ont soumis des plans au cabinet du ministre de la Justice de l’époque, Simon Jolin-Barrette, avant les Fêtes.
En février 2026, le conseil municipal avait adopté une résolution autorisant le maire à signer un protocole d’avant-projet déterminant la participation de la Ville de Mont-Joli et de la MRC de La Mitis dans la construction d’un palais de justice à Mont-Joli.
« Advenant que le gouvernement du Québec accepte nos conditions, nous avons prévu quelle serait la part de Mont-Joli et la part de la MRC de La Mitis », expliquait alors le maire.
Rappelons que depuis le 3 février 2025, les activités du palais de justice de Mont-Joli ont été transférées de manière temporaire à Rimouski.
Cassidy Hutchinson had implicated Donald Trump in US Capitol attack during testimony before House committee
The justice department on Tuesday failed to secure a grand jury indictment against a former White House staffer who provided dramatic but disputed testimony against Donald Trump before a House committee investigating the 6 January 2021 US Capitol insurrection, according to two people familiar with the matter.
A grand jury in Washington rejected prosecutors’ request to return an indictment charging Cassidy Hutchinson, said the people, who spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the case. It’s the latest setback in the justice department’s efforts to charge perceived adversaries of the Republican president.
Battu mardi à Bâle par le Tchèque Jiri Lehecka, le Suisse Stan Wawrinka, triple vainqueur en Grand Chelem, quitte le circuit après 16 titres et une longue carrière. Ancien N.3 mondial, il était l’un des rares joueurs à avoir contesté l’emprise de Federer, Nadal et Djokovic.
Près d'un an après le début de l'imposant chantier, les travaux se poursuivent sur la route 132 entre Sainte-Flavie et Grand-Métis. Le futur pont qui enjambera la rivière Mitis commence à prendre forme et le nouveau tracé du chemin Perreault sera bientôt ouvert aux automobilistes. Le reportage de Lisa-Marie Bélanger.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 27 October, urging him to de-escalate Russia’s war against Ukraine and resume negotiations. The roughly 90-minute call was coordinated with Kyiv and came ahead of planned trilateral talks between Ukrainian, US, and Russian officials in Abu Dhabi in November.
The initiative marks a rare direct contact between Western European leaders and Putin since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. The Nordic leaders are reportedly seeking to influence peace efforts increasingly shaped by US President Donald Trump, amid concerns in Europe that Washington is shifting toward Moscow’s position and sidelining Ukraine’s European partners.
Stubb and Støre said they discussed Russia’s war against Ukraine, upcoming negotiations, and security in Europe. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the two leaders had urged Putin to take concrete steps toward de-escalation, particularly regarding attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
Zelenskyy says leaders urged energy de-escalation
After the call, Zelenskyy said he had spoken with Stubb and Støre to receive a detailed briefing. He thanked them for supporting Ukraine’s diplomatic efforts and said they had clearly told the Russian leader that real de-escalation steps were needed regarding Ukraine’s energy sector and infrastructure.
Zelenskyy also said the leaders discussed preparations for a trilateral meeting planned for November involving Ukrainian, US, and Russian negotiating teams.
In a joint statement, Stubb and Støre said the call followed their 20 October meeting in Oslo and was held in consultation with Ukraine. They emphasized that Finland and Norway, which both share borders with Russia, would continue their longstanding support for Ukraine.
“The discussion was frank and substantive,” Stubb said, adding that the war’s outcome would directly affect Nordic and broader European security. Støre stressed the war’s enormous human and material costs and said the leaders had emphasized the importance of de-escalation.
Presidents Volodymyr Zelenskyy (R) of Ukraine and Alexander Stubb (L) of Finland after signing the security agreement. Kyiv, 3 April 2024. Screenshot: Telegram/Zelenskyy Official
Moscow gives no sign of changing its position
The Kremlin’s account of the call offered no indication that Putin was prepared to soften his demands, according to Reuters. It said a just and lasting peace was possible only if Russia’s “legitimate interests” were fully taken into account, while blaming EU and NATO policies for prolonging the fighting.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed the call as offering nothing new on the conflict and accused European countries of seeking a role in negotiations.
A source close to the Kremlin told Reuters that Putin had said the war must end while taking “the realities on the ground” into account. The source interpreted this as meaning Moscow would not compromise on its goal of capturing the entire Donbas region.
Russia has continued its attacks on Ukraine while demanding territorial concessions. Kyiv, meanwhile, has called for meaningful de-escalation and a settlement that preserves Ukraine’s sovereignty and security.
Nordic initiative draws criticism from European partners
The call comes as European governments seek a greater role in peace efforts led by Trump. Western European leaders have largely avoided direct contact with Putin since the invasion, hoping to isolate Moscow, but concerns have grown that Europe is being sidelined in negotiations.
Stubb said Ukraine had sought to open a new channel of communication and that Europe could no longer remain a bystander to peace efforts. He said the initiative had been discussed with Western allies.
However, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen criticized the move, saying she saw no signs that Russia wanted peace and arguing that Europe should act together rather than pursue separate initiatives, according to Reuters.
Reuters added that Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said other European leaders had not been informed of the talks and expressed low expectations for the conversation. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk also urged caution.
Stubb and Støre stressed that they had acted as leaders of Finland and Norway, not on behalf of Europe as a whole. They said their countries would continue supporting Ukraine while pursuing diplomatic efforts to end the war.
La consternation laisse sa place à la reconnaissance à Trois-Pistoles. Les Pistolois entament leur deuil après la perte de l'un de leurs bâtiments emblématiques. Marie-Christine Rioux est allée à leur rencontre.
C’est le combat d’une vie, celui d’un homme face à la montée des eaux. En Inde, Jadav Payeng a consacré plus de 40 ans à planter des arbres pour protéger son île, menacée par l’érosion. Aujourd’hui, une forêt qui porte son nom s’étend sur plus de 500 hectares. Elle abrite une faune sauvage exceptionnelle. Surnommé "Forest Man", l’homme a transformé un territoire menacé en un refuge pour la biodiversité.
The investigation of Cassidy Hutchinson was directed to the Justice Department’s civil rights division, which normally focuses on issues like police violence and election integrity.
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