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VENEZUELA HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 1,550 REQUESTS UNDER AMNESTY LAW ★ AMERICA IN BRIEF ★ NEWFOUNDLAND LOBSTER TAGS FROM THE 1980S AMONG PLASTIC TRASH WASHING UP IN SCOTLAND ★ DAY IN PHOTOS: RESCUED MIGRANTS, HIGHLINE PERFORMANCE IN SWITZERLAND, AND INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW ★ SUPREME COURT RULING ON TARIFFS WON’T CHANGE US–CHINA TRADE RELATIONS, ANALYSTS ★ RCMP INVESTIGATING THREATS ONLINE AND IN TUMBLER RIDGE AFTER SHOOTINGS ★ RCMP’S MUCH-NEEDED RESERVE PROGRAM GRAPPLING WITH NUMEROUS CHALLENGES: REPORT ★ IN CHINA, A QUIETER LUNAR NEW YEAR REFLECTS ECONOMIC STRAIN AND UNEASE ★ CFIA FINES LOBLAWS-OWNED SUPERSTORE $10,000 OVER ‘MISLEADING’ PRODUCT OF CANADA DISPLAYS ★ TRUCK CAUGHT ON CAMERA PLOWING INTO FAMED AUSTRALIAN SYNAGOGUE IN ALLEGED HATE CRIME ★ HOW EUROPEAN ELITES ARE SILENCING DISSENT AND REPLACING VOTERS | JACOB REYNOLDS ★ BRAZIL AND INDIA AGREE TO BOOST COOPERATION ON RARE EARTHS ★ HUNDREDS MARCH IN LYON TO PROTEST FAR-RIGHT ACTIVIST'S KILLING AS MACRON URGES CALM ★ ANOTHER ALLEGED NARCO-TRAFFICKING BOAT DESTROYED IN PACIFIC AS U.S. MILITARY STRIKE KILLS 3 ★ HUNGARY SAYS IT WILL BLOCK A KEY EU LOAN TO UKRAINE UNTIL RUSSIAN OIL SHIPMENTS RESUME ★ FORMER U.K PM BORIS JOHNSON CALLS ON ALLIES TO SEND NONCOMBAT TROOPS TO UKRAINE AHEAD OF CEASEFIRE ★ LIFE IS HARSH AND DANGEROUS IN RUSSIAN-RUN PARTS OF UKRAINE, ACTIVISTS AND FORMER RESIDENTS SAY ★ GLOBAL LEADERS AND BUSINESSES PORE OVER FALLOUT OF MORE U.S. TARIFF SWOONS ★ OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS AMONG 379 PRISONERS SET FOR RELEASE UNDER VENEZUELA'S AMNESTY ★ UKRAINE STRIKES A KEY INDUSTRIAL SITE DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA ★ SCAN A QR CODE, HEAR MASS IN YOUR LANGUAGE: VATICAN EMBRACES AI TRANSLATION ★ U.S. AMBASSADOR CAUSES UPROAR BY CLAIMING ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO MUCH OF THE MIDDLE EAST ★ THE BONES OF ST. FRANCIS ARE GOING ON PUBLIC DISPLAY, A MIXED BLESSING FOR ASSISI ★ POTENTIAL US MILITARY STRIKES ON IRAN COULD TARGET SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, PURSUE REGIME CHANGE: REPORT ★ JEWISH LEADER CONDEMNS CAR RAMMING OF SYNAGOGUE GATES ★ ISRAELIS KEEP SUITCASES PACKED AND READY AS TRUMP WEIGHS POTENTIAL IRAN STRIKE DECISION ★ US MILITARY STRIKES ANOTHER DRUG-SMUGGLING BOAT IN EASTERN PACIFIC, KILLING 3 ★ TRUCK SMASHES INTO FAMED SYNAGOGUE, POLICE CHARGE MAN WITH HATE CRIME: 'VERY DISTRESSING' ★ ONTARIO ALLOWS BARS TO SELL ALCOHOL STARTING AT 6 AM FOR FEB. 22 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL HOCKEY GAME ★ NDP LEADERSHIP CANDIDATE PROPOSES GOVERNMENT-RUN GROCERY STORES, TELECOM SERVICES ★ POLICE LAY FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE IN DOWNTOWN OTTAWA STABBING ★ TRUMP HOSTS FIRST BOARD OF PEACE MEETING ★ DAY IN PHOTOS: FLOODS IN FRANCE, SUPREME COURT TARIFF RULING, AND DANISH KING VISITS GREENLAND ★ JUDGE DEFERS DEPORTATION FOR FOREIGN NATIONAL CONVICTED IN FENTANYL TRAFFICKING DUE TO POSSIBLE LUNG TUMOUR ★ TRUMP SAYS 32,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN IRAN’S CLAMPDOWN ON PROTESTERS ★ ‘WE ENCOURAGED ONE ANOTHER’: FATHERS OF TWO TUMBLER RIDGE VICTIMS MEET ★ FINAL CANADIAN FLIGHTS HAVE DEPARTED FROM CUBA: FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ★ GALAPAGOS PARK RELEASES 158 JUVENILE HYBRID TORTOISES ON FLOREANA TO RESTORE THE ECOSYSTEM ★ A TINY MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND FEELS THE HEAT OF THE MINERALS WAR WITH CHINA ★ CORY MORGAN: UPCOMING COURT CASE COULD PUT A HEAVY CHILL ON THE PRACTICE OF CANCEL CULTURE ★ TRUMP DEPLOYS ALTERNATIVE TARIFF PLAN AFTER SUPREME COURT RULING: WHAT TO KNOW ★ CHINA IS THE REAL MILITARIST IN INDO-PACIFIC: ANALYSTS ★ THE UNEXPECTED 4-WAY SLUGFEST THAT COULD DEFINE CONSERVATIVE, OR TEAL, POLITICS IN AUSTRALIA ★ TRUMP GIVES IRAN 10-DAY ULTIMATUM, BUT EXPERTS SIGNAL TALKS MAY BE BUYING TIME FOR STRIKE ★ SCHOOL BOARDS AND BOOK PUBLISHERS SHOULD LEARN FROM ‘FREEDOM TO READ WEEK’ ★ COMPETITION BUREAU EXPANDS REAL ESTATE SECTOR PROBE TO INCLUDE VANCOUVER BOARD ★ HOW THE US SUPREME COURT’S RULING ON TRUMP’S TARIFFS AFFECTS CANADA ★ KIM JONG UN DECLARES ‘EVERYTHING HAS FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED’ AS WORLD WATCHES WORKERS’ PARTY CONGRESS FOR CLUES ★ EX-SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT YOON DEFENDS MARTIAL LAW DECISION, APOLOGIZES FOR SUFFERING IT CAUSED ★ GAO WATCHDOG SAYS FIRST SENTINEL ICBM YEARS BEHIND SCHEDULE, WON'T FLY UNTIL 2028 ★ SENATE'S MUNICH TRIP DURING DHS SHUTDOWN PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON CONGRESS' TRAVEL DOUBLE STANDARD ★ FORMER BC SCHOOL TRUSTEE CRITICAL OF GENDER IDEOLOGY ORDERED TO PAY $750,000 FOR ‘HATE SPEECH’ BY TRIBUNAL ★ VIDEO SHOWS TERRIFYING MOMENT AVALANCHE SLAMS INTO PASSENGER TRAIN NEAR SKI RESORT ★ CANADIAN GOVERNMENT WARNS FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE TO CARRY PASSPORTS WHEN CROSSING INTO US ★ EUROPE’S MAIN MILITARY POWERS UNVEIL PLANS FOR LOW-COST AIR-DEFENSE SYSTEMS ★ A UNITED IRANIAN FRONT AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC, AND A STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE WEST ★ ONTARIO MAN ACCUSED IN RYAN WEDDING CASE DENIED BAIL ★ KREMLIN SAYS ALL PARTIES IN MIDDLE EAST SHOULD SHOW RESTRAINT AMID IRAN TALKS ★ AS WAR LOSSES NEAR 2 MILLION, RUSSIA ACCUSED OF TRAFFICKING FOREIGN RECRUITS FROM AFRICA, ASIA ★ CLEARVIEW AI LOSES BC APPEAL OF FINDINGS OVER FACIAL RECOGNITION PRIVACY BREACHES ★ GREECE SIGNS A PRELIMINARY DEAL WITH A BELGIAN COLLECTOR TO BUY WWII PHOTOS OF NAZI EXECUTIONS ★ 8 PROVINCES HAVE NO REQUIREMENT TO INFORM PATIENTS OF EXPECTED AND RECOMMENDED SURGERY WAIT TIMES: REPORT ★ INDONESIA SECURES TRADE DEAL WITH US, FINALIZING 19 PERCENT TARIFF RATE ★ NORAD DETECTS, TRACKS RUSSIAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT FLYING NEAR ALASKA ★ LOBBYING FIRM CO-FOUNDED BY FORMER U.K. AMBASSADOR MANDELSON STOPS TRADING OVER EPSTEIN FALLOUT ★ UK PUBLIC FINANCES SHOW RECORD SURPLUS OF $40.9 BILLION IN JANUARY ★ SAUDI ARABIA MAY HAVE URANIUM ENRICHMENT UNDER PROPOSED DEAL WITH U.S., ARMS CONTROL EXPERTS WARN ★ POLICE SEARCH FORMER PRINCE ANDREW'S HOME A DAY AFTER HIS ARREST ★ AUSTRIAN COURT CONVICTS MAN WHOSE GIRLFRIEND DIED AS THEY CLIMBED THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN ★ THE DE SALABERRYS: CANADA’S HISTORY IN ONE FAMILY ★ STATE PREMIER DRAWS CRITICISM FROM LEFT AND RIGHT OVER COMMENTS ON AGED CARE MIGRANTS ★ IMF SAYS CHINA’S STATE-LED GROWTH MODEL IS HURTING OTHER ECONOMIES, CALLS FOR SUBSIDY CUTS ★ RADIO FREE ASIA RESUMES BROADCASTS TO CHINA, COUNTERING CCP GLOBAL INFLUENCE ★ WHO WOULD EVER WANT TO BE KING CHARLES? ★ SYDNEY MOTHER WINS COURT BATTLE WITH ESAFETY COMMISSIONER OVER ‘QUEER CLUB’ POST ★ PERU INSTALLS JOSE BALCAZAR AS INTERIM PRESIDENT AFTER JERI OUSTED IN POLITICAL UPHEAVAL ★ ALBERTA PREMIER ANNOUNCES REFERENDUM ON IMMIGRATION, CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES ★ IRAN REBUILDING NUCLEAR PROGRAM DESPITE TRUMP TALKS, OPPOSITION FIGURE CLAIMS ★ POLLS SUGGEST ONE NATION MOST POPULAR PARTY IN VICTORIA, COULD BE OPPOSITION IN SA ★ NEW SOUTH WALES MOVES TO SET MINIMUM AGE FOR E-BIKE RIDERS ★ IRAN POSSIBLY REPOSITIONS STRIKE DRONES AMID RUSSIA DRILLS IN STRAIT, EXPERT SAYS ★ TRUMP CALLS FORMER PRINCE ANDREW’S ARREST ‘SO BAD’ FOR ROYAL FAMILY: ‘VERY SAD’ ★ IRAQ WAR FLASHBACKS? EXPERTS SAY TRUMP’S IRAN BUILDUP SIGNALS PRESSURE CAMPAIGN, NOT REGIME CHANGE ★ PHOTOS CAPTURE DEVASTATION AFTER CHILE TRUCK EXPLOSION KILLS AT LEAST 4, DAMAGES AT LEAST 50 VEHICLES ★ NATO COUNTRY ORDERS CITIZENS TO IMMEDIATELY EVACUATE IRAN, WARNING 'POSSIBILITY OF A CONFLICT IS VERY REAL' ★ TOP US MILITARY COMMANDER VISITS VENEZUELA, MEETS NEW LEADER FOLLOWING OPERATION TO CAPTURE MADURO ★ RUSSIA URGES IRAN, 'ALL PARTIES' IN MIDDLE EAST TO SHOW RESTRAINT AMID US MILITARY BUILDUP ★ ZELENSKYY DISMISSES PUTIN’S 'HISTORICAL S---' IN PEACE TALKS AS ‘DELAY TACTIC,’ URGES FOCUS ON ENDING THE WAR ★ SOUTH KOREAN COURT RULES EX‑PRESIDENT YOON SUK YEOL GUILTY IN INSURRECTION TRIAL ★ US THWARTED NEAR-CATASTROPHIC PRISON BREAK OF 6,000 ISIS FIGHTERS IN SYRIA ★ TERROR SPONSOR IRAN GETS UN LEADERSHIP OVERSEEING CHARTER PRINCIPLES ★ UN SECURITY COUNCIL MOVES UP SESSION ON GAZA, WEST BANK AHEAD OF TRUMP’S INAUGURAL BOARD OF PEACE MEETING ★ UKRAINE MAKES FASTEST GAINS IN YEARS AS RUSSIA TALKS STALL, EXPLOITING CRACKS IN KREMLIN COMMAND ★ TRUMP CONVENES FIRST 'BOARD OF PEACE' MEETING AS GAZA REBUILD HINGES ON HAMAS DISARMAMENT ★ VATICAN DECLINES TO JOIN TRUMP’S GAZA ‘BOARD OF PEACE,’ CALLS FOR UN LEADERSHIP ★ PERU SINKS DEEPER INTO CHAOS AS SEVENTH PRESIDENT IN TEN YEARS OUSTED IN ‘CHIFAGATE’ SCANDAL ★ RUSSIA SENTENCES AMERICAN TO 4 YEARS FOR ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO TAKE KALASHNIKOV RIFLE STOCKS: REPORT ★ ITALY CHEERS FAITH AND FLAG IN MILAN AFTER PARIS’ ‘WOKE’ OLYMPIC SPECTACLE SPARKED CULTURE CLASH, EXPERTS SAY ★ THE GENOCIDES AMONG US ★ ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ CRASHES AND BURNS ON INTERNATIONAL STAGE WHEN ASKED SIMPLE FOREIGN-POLICY QUESTION ★ ‘THIS IS THE TIME TO GO AFTER THEM’: CIA RELEASES NEW VIDEO TARGETING CHINESE MILITARY OFFICERS FOR RECRUITMENT ★ WHOOPS: KEITH ELLISON’S WORDS ON ASYLUM SEEKERS COME BACK TO BITE HIM ★ IS ILHAN OMAR CALLING FOR EXECUTION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP? ★ META’S NUCLEAR BET IS AN ENDORSEMENT OF TRUMP’S ENERGY VISION ★ UNITED NATIONS BEGS FOR CASH, CLAIMS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE IS IN ‘SURVIVAL MODE’ ★ OPERATION SAFEDRIVE: HUNDREDS OF TRUCKERS UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND ENGLISH PULLED FROM AMERICA’S ROADS ★ ‘WE DISCOVERED ALTARS’: PRESIDENT OF EL SALVADOR SAYS VIOLENT GANGS ACTUALLY WORSHIP SATAN ★ ‘DEADLY CONSEQUENCES’: ICE NABS ILLEGAL-ALIEN TRUCKER LET IN BY BIDEN AFTER CRASH KILLING 4 AMISH ★ EXPERT STUDY SHOWS SANITY RETURNING TO GLOBAL OIL FORECASTS ★ U.S.-FUNDED INTERNATIONAL GROUPS DON’T HAVE TO REPORT FRAUD ★ TROUBLING: AMERICA’S LARGEST JOB CUTTER IS ALSO ITS LARGEST VISA IMPORTER ★ ‘SHE’S GETTING BEAT UP’: MAN WHO ASSAULTED GIRLFRIEND CONVICTED AFTER BARRON TRUMP REPORTED IT TO POLICE ★ ‘JUST IMAGINE’: PASTOR TELLS OF ‘MASSACRE’ UNDER IRANIAN REGIME ★ GREENIES AND DEMOCRATS AT EACH OTHER’S THROATS AS CLIMATE CHANGE TALKING POINT EVAPORATES ★ MARCO RUBIO: PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE ON IRAN ISN’T WANTED, BUT IS POSSIBLE ★ THE $1.5 TRILLION BUDGET IS THE CARROT. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS THE STICK ★ CHINA’S TOP MILITARY COMMANDER SET TO BE LATEST CASUALTY IN PURGE OF OFFICIALS ★ ‘BAR THESE MALIGN ACTORS’: BILL HOPES TO PREVENT FOREIGNERS WHO VIOLATE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FROM ENTERING U.S. ★ GOP OFFICIALS: ‘ALL SIGNS POINT’ TO END OF COMMUNIST CUBA SOON ★ ‘THE POWER OF SUBPOENA’: HERE’S DEMOCRATS’ LATEST EXTREMIST IMPEACHMENT PLAN ★ ‘CLASSIC TRUMP’: BYRON YORK DISSECTS STRATEGY PRESIDENT USED TO GET GREENLAND DEAL ★ ‘THANK YOU!’ TRUMP NOTES IRAN’S DECISION NOT TO CARRY OUT 800 EXECUTIONS