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Olympic ski season opening marred by dangerous course debate Debate on dangerous ski training courses flares at start of Olympic season, five months ahead of the Milan Cortina Games. Mikaela…

Lebanon’s Aoun calls for end to Israeli attacks in meeting with US envoy Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon, violating a November 2024 ceasefire agreement to end conflict with Hezbollah. Smoke…

Israel is holding captive 95 Palestinian healthcare workers in its prisons.

OpenAI restructures into public-benefit firm, Microsoft takes 27% stake The deal removes a major constraint on raising capital for OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and values the firm at $500bn.…

Quebec’s disastrous forest reform bill was killed, but the threat remains A vision of forest management that could result in ecocide and cultural genocide against Indigenous people persists within the…

Does Mamdani mean business, New York’s small businesses wonder? Small businesses in NYC face steep challenges, as there are few protections preventing them from being priced out. Zohran Mamdani has…

Tanzania’s digital battlefield heats up ahead of election Amid crackdowns on dissent, a high-stakes struggle between government supporters and critics is under way. School children walk past a billboard for…

US kills 14 people in three strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats The string of strikes in the Eastern Pacific Ocean brings the total known death toll from the US bombing…

News Eleven killed in Kenya plane crash near Maasai Mara National Reserve Eight Hungarian and two German passengers were onboard, and the Kenyan pilot was also killed, Mombasa Air Safari…

Israel says return of misidentified body breaches Gaza deal, mulls response Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is deciding next steps after Hamas returned the remains of a previously recovered…