At least nine people killed and many others injured in Vancouver after vehicle crashes into street festival

At least nine people were killed and multiple others were injured in Vancouver after a driver drove into a crowd at a Filipino street festival in the western Canadian city, police said on Saturday.

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Virginia Giuffre outside court. Photo: PA

Virginia Giuffre, who has died by suicide aged 41, spent four years as a teenager in the entourage of financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. She later helped to precipitate the Prince Andrew&s withdrawal from public life, when she alleged that she had been forced to have sex with him at the age of 17.

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At least four dead and 516 injured after huge explosion rocks port in Iran's Bandar Abbas

At least four people were killed and 516 injured after a large explosion rocked Shahid Rajaee port in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, state media reported.

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After 100 days in office, Trump voters still back US president
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has come racing out of the gates in his second term in office, slashing government agencies, launching trade wars with friends and foes alike and even taking on the judiciary over his immigration crackdown.

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Conflicts spur 'unprecedented' rise in military spending
STOCKHOLM - Worldwide military expenditure saw its steepest rise in 2024 since the end of the Cold War, reaching US$2.7 trillion as wars and rising tensions drove up spending, researchers said on Monday.

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US says it struck 800 targets in Yemen, killed 100s of Huthis since March 15
WASHINGTON - The United States has hit more than 800 targets in Yemen since mid-March, killing hundreds of Huthi rebel fighters, including members of the group's leadership, the US military said Sunday.

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