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April 13, 2025
‘Removing the barriers’ or ‘a net loss’? Controversial TDSB fundraising proposal divides parents
As board votes on policy to divert some fundraised money to lower-income schools, use our interactive graphics to see school-generated funds...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Here’s what 500 businesses say Donald Trump’s tariffs will mean for Toronto residents
City council’s executive committee on Monday will deal with a report that includes the results of an online business survey on the effects o...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Asylum claims surge at this border crossing into Canada, as Donald Trump’s crackdown forces officials to prep for possible U.S. migrant influx
Between April 1 and 6, the Quebec–New York border office processed 557 asylum seekers — nearly matching January’s total.
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
From strangers to housemates: Why some Canadian seniors are turning to the ‘Golden Girls’ model
The shared-living arrangement for seniors could become an increasingly significant part of Canada’s housing mix in the years ahead, experts...
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April 13, 2025
Osaka Expo opens in Japan offering a vision of the future. Here’s what to know
OSAKA, Japan (AP) — The Expo 2025 opened in Osaka on Sunday with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to celebrate the...
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April 13, 2025
Convalescing Pope Francis opens Holy Week with in-person greeting in St. Peter’s Square
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Convalescing Pope Francis opens Holy Week with in-person greeting to faithful in St. Peter’s Square
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Dozens are reported killed in east Congo as the government and Rwanda-backed rebels trade blame
GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 50 people were killed in weekend attacks in Congo’s conflict-battered east, authorities said Saturday. The gover...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Trump’s America jumps the shark: A nervous Canadian describes how it feels to be a foreigner living in the U.S. now
An anonymous Canuck on underdressed but overzealous immigration cops, the lack of a suitably dystopian vibe, and more.
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Meet young Robert Crumb ... when sturdy legs strode into his mind to stay
In his book excerpt we meet the comics legend in his childhood, as his explores his obsession with cartooning, and a new fixation begins to...
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April 13, 2025
The Taliban leader says executions are part of Islam
The Taliban leader said executions were part of Islam, days after four men were killed by gunfire in Afghanistan after they were convicted o...
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April 13, 2025
Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy party gets mandate to move closer to disbandment
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party on Sunday received its members' mandate to proceed with steps toward a potential di...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Toronto highway closures for planned roadwork on April 13
Highway 401 and Highway 427 are affected
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
More than 20 people killed in Russian missile attack on Ukrainian city of Sumy
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 20 people have been killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, the city’s acting mayor...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
More than 30 people killed, 84 injured in Russian missile attack on Ukrainian city of Sumy
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least 32 people have been killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, officials said...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
More than 30 people killed, 99 injured in Russian missile attack on Ukrainian city of Sumy
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least 32 people have been killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, officials said...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Russian missiles hit Ukrainian city of Sumy during Palm Sunday celebrations, killing more than 30
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles struck the heart of the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, killing at...
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April 13, 2025
Australian political leaders launch election campaigns focused on first-time homeowners
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s rival political leaders offered Sunday competing policies to help Australians buy a home ahead of th...
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April 13, 2025
50 years after Lebanon’s civil war began, a bullet-riddled bus stands as a reminder
BEIRUT (AP) — It was an ordinary day in Beirut. In one part of Lebanon's capital, a church was inaugurated, with the leader of the Christian...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Gabon’s coup leader Nguema elected president with 90% of votes cast, provisional results show
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim president who staged a 2023 coup that ended a decadeslong politi...
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April 13, 2025
Voters in Gabon await results of presidential election, with likely victory for coup leader
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Voters in Gabon on Sunday awaited the results of the central African nation’s presidential election, which the coun...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Gabon’s coup leader Oligui Nguema elected president with 90% of votes cast, provisional results show
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim president who staged a 2023 coup that ended a decadeslong politi...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Southeast Asia water festival begins, but earthquake recovery blunts Myanmar’s celebrations
BANGKOK (AP) — Several Southeast Asian countries kicked off their annual water festival holiday on Sunday, but in the wake of a devastating...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Southeast Asia water festivals begin, but earthquake recovery blunts Myanmar’s celebrations
BANGKOK (AP) — Several Southeast Asian countries kicked off their annual water festival holiday on Sunday, but in the wake of a devastating...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Israel strikes a Gaza hospital in Gaza, forcing evacuation as strikes intensify
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Israel struck a hospital in northern Gaza early Sunday, forcing patients to evacuate as attacks intensified acros...
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April 13, 2025
Israel strikes a hospital in Gaza, forcing evacuation as attacks intensify
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Israel struck a hospital in northern Gaza early Sunday, forcing patients to evacuate as attacks intensified.
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Israel strikes a hospital in Gaza, forcing evacuation as strikes intensify
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Israel struck a hospital in northern Gaza early Sunday, forcing patients to evacuate as attacks intensified.
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Israel intensifies strikes across Gaza on Palm Sunday and hits a hospital in the north
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — A wave of Israeli strikes across Gaza on Sunday hit a hospital, a municipal building, a home and a vehicle, killi...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Israel intensifies strikes across Gaza on Palm Sunday, targets a hospital in the territory’s north
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Israel struck a hospital in northern Gaza early Sunday, forcing patients to evacuate as attacks intensified.
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
As Hungary votes on amendment to ban LGBTQ+ Pride, what does it mean for other basic rights?
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian lawmakers are preparing to vote on a constitutional amendment viewed by many critics as both a crackdown...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
British parliamentarian refused entry to Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) — A British member of parliament was refused entry to Hong Kong last week, the first to have received such treatment since th...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
No booze, no cover, no judging: Inside Mexico City’s free dance parties
MEXICO CITY (AP) — It's 4 p.m. on a recent Sunday afternoon, and a pavilion of towering windows in a Mexico City urban park is nearly packed...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Assisted living isn’t just for people. A zoo in Spain helps elderly elephants age gracefully
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — At the Barcelona Zoo, a 40-year-old African elephant places her foot through the metal barrier where a zookeeper gen...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Ecuador’s incumbent president and a leftist lawyer again vie for the top job in election runoff
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians are voting Sunday in the country’s presidential election runoff, facing the choice between incumbent Presi...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Polls open in Ecuador’s presidential runoff as voters choose between incumbent and a leftist lawyer
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians are voting Sunday in the country’s presidential election runoff, facing the choice between incumbent Presi...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Ecuador’s incumbent president and a leftist lawyer again vie for the top job in a runoff election
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A conservative young millionaire who is Ecuador 's incumbent president and a leftist lawyer are again the choices as E...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Central Myanmar shaken by new quake in one of the biggest aftershocks since March 28 temblor
BANGKOK (AP) — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck on Sunday morning near Meiktila, a small city in central Myanmar, according to the U.S. Geo...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
New laws complicate Wyoming’s abortion situation as bans set to be argued in state Supreme Court
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — When a Wyoming woman phoned the state’s only abortion clinic recently to make an appointment to end her pregnancy, she r...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
As Congress tables proxy voting, state lawmakers seek solutions for parents who serve in office
As a bipartisan measure to allow new parents in Congress to vote by proxy has failed, some lawmakers hope their states can find solutions to...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Trump sits cageside at Miami UFC event in his latest appearance at a sports event
MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump said the standing ovation and cheers he drew when he took his seat at a UFC event in his home state of F...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Trump receives a standing ovation as he enters a UFC event in Miami
MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump entered to a standing ovation and cheers from a crowd of thousands attending a UFC event on Saturday nig...
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
‘People need permission to be silly’: Toronto celebrates International Pillow Fight Day with skirmish at Nathan Phillips Square
Toronto celebrated International Pillow Fight Day with playful, low-stakes skirmish at Nathan Phillips Square.
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Plane with 2 people on board crashes in muddy field in upstate New York
COPAKE, N.Y. (AP) — A twin-engine plane with two people on board crashed Saturday in a muddy field in upstate New York.
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
Plane with 6 people on board crashes in muddy field in upstate New York
COPAKE, N.Y. (AP) — A twin-engine plane with six people on board crashed Saturday in a muddy field in upstate New York, authorities said.
The Toronto Star
April 13, 2025
‘Hopefully, things will change’: Toronto-area parents, students flock to U.S. college expo amid worries about Donald Trump’s focus on foreign scholars
“We heard that universities are ironing things out for the students,” said one parent at Roy Thomson Hall Saturday, amid worries about Trump...
The Toronto Star
April 12, 2025
US won’t say whether it’s facilitating return of mistakenly deported man, despite judge’s order
The Trump administration confirmed to a federal judge Saturday that a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month remains confined i...
The Toronto Star
April 12, 2025
Mother of newborn baby left on a porch in London, Ont., found: police
LONDON - Police say the mother of a newborn baby found on the doorstep of a home in London, Ont., earlier this week has been located.
The Toronto Star
April 12, 2025
Intellectually disabled teen shot by Idaho police dies after being removed from life support
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain link fence whi...
The Toronto Star
April 12, 2025
Regulators order corrective action as Keystone Pipeline operators aim to restore service
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal regulators have ordered the operator of the Keystone Pipeline to take several corrective actions after a ruptu...
The Toronto Star
April 12, 2025