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BRICS ministers meet in Brazil over Trump trade policies 28 Apr 2025 - 06:28 pm
(L to R) Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Gedion Timothewos, Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono and South Africa's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ronald Lamola pose for the family photo at the first meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 28, 2025. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP)
IBM to invest $150 bn in US over five years 28 Apr 2025 - 06:25 pm
File photo: The sign at the IBM facility near Boulder, Colorado September 8, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
IBM to invest $150 bn in US over five years 28 Apr 2025 - 04:47 pm
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Canada votes for new government to take on Trump 28 Apr 2025 - 04:01 pm
(Combo) This combination of pictures created on April 28, 2025 shows Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre (L) speaking during a campaign stop on the eve of the Canadian federal election near Ottawa, Ontario, on April 27, 2025 and Canadian Prime Minister and Liberal leader Mark Carney, wearing a personalized Montreal Canadiens hockey team jersey, speaking during a campaign rally in Laval, Quebec, Canada, on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Geoff Robins and Andrej Ivanov / AFP)
Trump calls to investigate 'fake' low approval polls 28 Apr 2025 - 03:20 pm
US President Donald Trump walks toward the press after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 27, 2025. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon / AFP)
Dominicans protest against Haitian migrants 27 Apr 2025 - 11:00 pm
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Suspect in Canada car attack on Filipino street fest had mental health issues; 11 dead 27 Apr 2025 - 09:10 pm
Vancouver police investigate a crime scene after a man drove into pedestrians at the annual Lapu Lapu festival celebrating Filipino culture, at East 43rd Avenue and Fraser, in the south of Vancouver on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Don MacKinnon / AFP)
King Charles says 'hearts and prayers' go out to Vancouver festival victims 27 Apr 2025 - 03:23 pm
Vancouver police investigate a crime scene after a man drove into pedestrians at the annual Lapu Lapu festival celebrating Filipino culture, at East 43rd Avenue and Fraser, in the south of Vancouver on April 26, 2025. Photo by Don MacKinnon / AFP
9 people killed after car plows into Vancouver crowd: police 27 Apr 2025 - 01:23 pm
Steve Rai, Vancouver Police interim police chief, speaks during a news conference that there had been a vehicle and a suspect involved in an incident at the annual Lapu Lapu festival celebrating Filipino culture, at East 43rd Avenue and Fraser, in the south of Vancouver on April 26, 2025. Photo by Don MacKinnon / AFP.
Vehicle hitting crowd in Vancouver 'not an act of terrorism': police 27 Apr 2025 - 01:04 pm
Vancouver police investigate a crime scene after a man drove into pedestrians at the annual Lapu Lapu festival celebrating Filipino culture, at East 43rd Avenue and Fraser, in the south of Vancouver on April 26, 2025. Photo by Don MacKinnon / AFP.
Several killed as driver plows into Vancouver Filipino festival crowd 27 Apr 2025 - 10:33 am
Collage of screen grabs from videos of the crash circulating through social media.
Hundreds of buildings damaged, dozens injured in 6.3 Ecuador quake 26 Apr 2025 - 10:30 am
A damaged house is pictured after the earthquake that struck the city of Esmeraldas, Ecuador on April 25, 2025. Photo by Antony QUINTERO / AFP
Canada's election: how things work 26 Apr 2025 - 09:09 am
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Trump heads to Pope funeral in first foreign trip of new term 25 Apr 2025 - 09:49 pm
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump make their way to board Air Force One before departing from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on April 25, 2025. Trump is heading to Rome, Italy for the funeral for Pope Francis. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)
Trump says had call with China's Xi on tariffs: US media 25 Apr 2025 - 03:18 pm
US President Donald Trump uses a cellphone aboard Marine One before it departs Leesburg Executive Airport in Leesburg, Virginia, on April 24, 2025. Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP.
Trump signs order to ramp up US deep-sea mining 25 Apr 2025 - 11:38 am
US President Donald Trump looks on during a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Store in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP)
US faces resurgence of measles cases as vaccination rates decline study 24 Apr 2025 - 10:26 pm
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Bolsonaro's health deteriorates after receiving summons in hospital 24 Apr 2025 - 08:55 pm
(FILES) Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is pictured before boarding an ambulance as he leaves Rio Grande Hospital in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, on April 12, 2025. (Photo by Jose ALDENIR / AFP)