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VideoOfficials call for international investigation into what they say are crimes by Israel in Gaza
Gaza’s civil defense called on the United Nations to open an international investigation into what it said are crimes committed by Israeli forces while in the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, members of the team exhumed dozens of bodies buried at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, while relatives of missing people waited, hoping to find and identify their loved ones.
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VideoFamilies of hostages ask world leaders to join the US in urging Hamas to free their loved ones
Families of some of the 133 hostages still held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, gathered in Tel Aviv on Thursday to thank the leaders of 18 nations for their joint statement demanding the immediate release of their loved ones. (AP video by Yotam Ronen)
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VideoHomeless hospital patients stay twice as long at double the cost
Canadians experiencing homelessness stay nearly twice as long in hospital at a cost over double the national average, in part due to the housing crisis, a sweeping new health-care report finds.
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Bill would grant Alberta powers to fire municipal councillors, overturn bylaws
EDMONTON — The Alberta government introduced a bill Thursday that would grant it sweeping powers over municipalities, including the right to fire councillors and overturn bylaws. The proposed law would also allow political parties to run on municipal ballots in Edmonton and Calgary as soon as next year. Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver said the new powers are justified to ensure fair elections and accountability from municipal leaders, and they would only be used as a last resort. "My most
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VideoBrazilian authorities bury deceased migrants who drifted in African boat to the Amazon
The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem.
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VideoPalestinian baby saved by emergency C-section dies
An orphaned baby girl in Gaza, who clung to life after being pulled from her dying mother’s womb following an Israeli airstrike, has passed away.
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VideoU.S. Supreme Court weighs Trump’s immunity claims on election interference
After a crucial hearing, U.S. Supreme Court justices are weighing arguments for and against Donald Trump's claims of presidential immunity from 2020 election interference charges, but a ruling will take time.
