The country is just emerging from a period of political turmoil with a new prime minister in place. But now Alberta, a conservative Western province, is planning a referendum to break away.

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A forensic analysis of birth certificates used by deep-cover operatives suggests a tantalizing possibility.

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Plus, breakfast cereals are getting less healthy.

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We examine the government’s deportation policies.

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In a bruising Oval Office meeting, the visitors’ plan to keep President Trump from focusing on false accusations of white genocide backfired spectacularly.

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Two employees of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were killed, officials said. A suspect was in custody.

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“The guy who couldn’t find South Africa on a map of Africa” subjected its leader to an extremely dubious video about his own country, Jimmy Kimmel said.

He vows to punish as criminals those responsible for the failure, in which the ship had its hull torn open and ended up on its side in the water.

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For years, Russia used Brazil as a launchpad for its most elite intelligence officers, known as illegals. They started businesses, made friends and had love affairs — events that, over many years, became the building blocks of entirely new identities. Jane Bradley and Michael Schwirtz, investigative reporters for The New York Times, discuss one case.

The report is already receiving pushback from some Republicans and the agriculture industry over fears about the health secretary’s longtime crusade against agricultural chemicals.

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Calley Means, a health care entrepreneur, coordinated a presidential commission report on chronic diseases in children.

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After Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis and Representative Gerry Connolly’s death, some in the party want more elected officials, as one Democrat put it, to seek an earlier “escape hatch from politics.”

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to return the nation to a time when he believes Americans were healthier. Not so fast, many researchers say.

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The pressure campaign to try to force the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university to fall in line with President Trump’s agenda has sprawled beyond just one singular task force or agency.

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“There is no room in Augustine’s concept of authority for one who is self-seeking and in search of power over others,” he wrote in the 167-page text.

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Dozens of A.I.-related regulations enacted in the past two years now lead to fines, incarceration and legal challenges from the likes of Elon Musk.

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In a wide-ranging interview on Popcast, the actor and musician insisted that the immutable Jeff Goldblum persona is “not a performance” — it’s his lifeblood.

Russia’s intelligence services turned Brazil into an assembly line for deep-cover operatives. A team of federal agents from the South American country has been quietly dismantling it.

The village of Dolton, Ill., has stepped in to buy the modest house where Pope Leo XIV spent some of his childhood. It may also use eminent domain.

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The Capital Jewish Museum where two Israeli embassy employees were gunned down leaving an antisemitism event had just days earlier announced a huge new grant to help with its security concerns.

The Conservatives have welcomed the fall in net migration and taken credit for the large drop

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A suspect is in custody after two people were fatally shot while leaving an event at a Jewish museum

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Add warmth, depth and contour to your complexion with these tried and tested formulas

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Sir Keir Starmer announced plans he promised will ‘significantly’ reduce immigration this month

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Compression tights and tops are everywhere – but is there any real benefit to wearing them?

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Authorities in Bilbao closed the city centre and deployed extra police after large crowds of British football supporters arrived for the match on Wednesday

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Interview: Becker, who coached Djokovic from 2013-2016, gave his thoughts on the six-month partnership

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The young couple were planning to return to Jerusalem next week to get engaged, Israel’s ambassador has said

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“It looks to me that Zimbabwe have got it right, with five bowlers, and England are limited to four,” says John Starbuck. “They are a seamer short and, unlike some earlier selections, they have only one all-rounder (Root, a limited spinner) given that Stokes won’t be expected to exert his frail body just yet. Shoaib Bashir might have done a good job, even if we have a limited choice of possible seamers.”

John, John, John, over the next eight months we’re going to have a gazillion conversations about the balance of the England side. Let’s just enjoy ourselves for a few days – or until Zimbabwe reach 200 for 3 in reply to England’s 121 all out and Gus Atkinson and Josh Tongue have gone off injured and Ben Stokes is into his 12th over of offspin because he’s pulled both hamstrings.

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Suspected gunman Elias Rodriguez, who shouted ‘free Palestine’ upon his arrest, has alleged ties to a left-wing group

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Spain’s World Cup winner will come up against her former team when Arsenal meet Barcelona after an impressive debut season in England

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We don’t know how the next Islanders decision-maker will approach Kyle Palmieri’s situation because we don’t know who the next decision-maker will be.

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Ms Rachel shared a sweet moment with a 3-year-old double amputee from Gaza whom she invited onto her show.

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Heated debates erupt in Illinois over trans athletes in girls' sports, with lawmakers divided after a Naperville race incident and potential funding cuts.

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Much of the cinema world has descended on the Cannes Film Festival as the French Riviera extravaganza holds its 78th edition.

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This will mark the fourth year of the metal band’s record-breaking tour

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The prime minister planned to sign a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius today but a dramatic 3am ruling by a senior judge has put a pause on the plans

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