FBI sought interview with ex-prince Andrew during Peter Nygard investigation, Epstein files show
David Baxter / theglobeandmail - Letter says evidence links Mountbatten Windsor to Epstein and Nygard in two separate sex-trafficking investigations
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Carney names investment banker Mark Wiseman as next U.S. ambassador
Denio Lourenco / citynews - Prime Minister Mark Carney is appointing a global investment banker and pension fund manager to be Canada’s next ambassador in Washington. Carney’s office says Mark Wiseman will take the role on Feb. 15, and he will be tasked with leading negotiations wit…
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Anand summoned Israel’s envoy to explain turning away of MPs at West Bank border post
Marie Woolf / theglobeandmail - Delegation of about 30 Canadians, including six MPs, was denied entry by Israeli authorities on Tuesday
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Israel blocks Canadian delegation, including MPs, from entering West Bank
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A statement issued by the National Council of Canadian Muslims says the delegation was barred from entry by Israeli authorities as 'public safety threats.'
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McGuinty is 'confident' Canada will hit NATO spending targets
Kyle Duggan / nationalobserver - Canada is injecting tens of billions of dollars into defence as it looks to ramp up spending to levels not seen since the Cold War — both to meet its NATO commitments and to juice the domestic economy.
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Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial
sootoday - HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai , the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
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LeBlanc believes the US will keep CUSMA trade deal with Canada, Mexico
Émilie Bergeron / nationalobserver - The minister in charge of Canada-US trade says he has no reason to believe the Trump administration is preparing to tear up the free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, even though the US president and some of his associates have suggested they may co…
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Inuit artifacts repatriated from the Vatican find temporary home in Museum of History
Matteo Cimellaro / ottawacitizen - Ten pieces were on display, including a kayak dating back over a century
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Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to U.S., to leave post in new year
Robert Fife / theglobeandmail - Mark Wiseman, a close friend of the Prime Minister, expected to replace her, source says
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US ambassador praises Carney–Smith energy accord, says it will boost oil and gas production
David Wiechnik / westernstandard - Pete Hoekstra, the US ambassador to Canada, says he is “very encouraged” by the memorandum of understanding (MOU) on energy between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and believes it will lead to more oil and gas production.
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Montreal hosts G7 ministers to discuss artificial intelligence, quantum
Anja Karadeglija / nationalobserver - Artificial intelligence is likely to take up much of the agenda as industry, digital and technology ministers from the world’s most powerful Western countries meet in Montreal this week.
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Israel nearing second phase of Gaza ceasefire plan, Netanyahu says
Bloomberg News / nationalpost - Prime minister says next step requires Hamas to disarm and Gaza be demilitarized
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Dozens of Indigenous artifacts return to Canada from Vatican
Prisha Dev / globalnews - First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leaders welcomed 61 Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican at Montreal’s airport, marking the first step in returning items held for decades.
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Canada drops terror sanctions on Syria and its interim government
John Marchesan / citynews - Canada is dropping its terror listing for the group that has governed Syria since the ouster of dictator Bashar Assad one year ago. Syria is no longer listed as a state supporter of terrorism, while the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, is no longer lis…
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Justin Trudeau takes ‘partner’ Katy Perry to lunch with former Japanese prime minister and wife
National Post Staff / nationalpost - Perry's Lifetimes tour was in Tokyo this week where she was joined by her new beau, the former Canadian prime minister
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Key ministers to address today's Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa
Alessia Passafiume / nationalobserver - A handful of key federal cabinet ministers will address the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa today, including Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne.
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Ministers McGuinty, Anand pledge more than $200 million in funding for Ukraine
Catherine Morrison / nationalobserver - The government is pledging another $235 million in funding for Ukraine, with National Defence Minister David McGuinty and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announcing Canada's latest commitments.
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Ukraine’s top peace negotiator resigns after anti-corruption raid on home
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Andrii Yermak, the powerful chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, resigned hours after his residence was searched by anti-corruption investigators.
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Trump orders closure of Venezuelan airspace
Jackson Loy / westernstandard - President Donald Trump announced his intention to close the airspace surrounding Venezuela and encouraged caution to anyone operating in and around Venezuelan territory.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney moving beyond Trudeau-era ‘feminist foreign policy’
Bryan Passifiume / torontosun - 'I wouldn't describe (Canadian) foreign policy as feminist foreign policy,' Carney told reporters in Johannesburg Sunday
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