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Supreme Court lets New York enforce gun law during lawsuit
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York can for now continue to enforce a sweeping new law that bans guns from “sensitive places” such as schools, playgrounds and Times Square, the Supreme Court said Wednesday, allowing the law to be in force while a lawsuit over it plays out. The justices turned away an emergency request by…
‘The water had no mercy’: Hundreds killed as floods ravage north Pakistan
Nestled among the lush green mountains of Pakistan’s north, and with a river flowing serenely through its centre, Bishnoi was, until recently, a beautiful village. But it had rained heavily on the morning of Friday, 15 August, and when the villagers woke early and went off to work they were unaware of how swiftly things…
Carney unveils cabinet aimed at urgently resetting US-Canada ties
OTTAWA, May 13 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who won an election last month vowing to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump, unveiled a new cabinet on Tuesday that he said would help urgently define a new relationship with Washington. Carney cut the number of ministers to 29 from the 39 under…
Canada stops advertising with Facebook and Instagram in news row
Canada’s federal government has said it will pull all its advertising from Facebook and Instagram. It follows parent company Meta’s move to restrict news content for Canadians after parliament passed a law that will force tech firms to pay media for news. Canadian officials said on Wednesday that they stand by the law and will…
Egypt’s headline inflation hits all-time high of 38.2% in July
Surging food prices helped July’s headline inflation numbers break the record of 36.8% in June. Sharp food price rises caused Egypt’s headline inflation to spike to 38.2% for the month of July, a record high amid a national economic crisis, data from the country’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) showed Thursday. Headline…


