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People take part in a protest against a draft bill on "foreign agents" in Tbilisi, Georgia April 18, 2024.

Georgian opposition parties urge mass protests against 'Russian' bill

Reuters |Updated 7 minutes ago |2 min read

TBILISI (Reuters) - Six Georgian opposition parties appealed on Thursday for mass protests against a government bill on "foreign agents" which they say aims to block the South Caucasus country's path towards the European Union and NATO. The bill, ...

U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the Australia - United Kingdom - U.S. (AUKUS) partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California U.S. March 13, 2023.

US to reduce licensing by 80% for UK, Australia to boost AUKUS

Reuters |Updated 17 minutes ago |1 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department plans to scale back export control requirements for Australia and the United Kingdom to foster defense trade under the three countries' AUKUS security pact, reducing burdens for licenses valued ...

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Kenyan military aircraft crashes, government spokesperson says

Reuters |Updated 7 minutes ago |1 min read

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan military aircraft has crashed, a government spokesperson said on Thursday. The spokesperson called on the public to stay calm and avoid speculation. (Reporting by Hereward Holland; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

Architects Diamond Schmidt presented a new scale model of the proposed New Brunswick Museum expansion Tuesday at a meeting of the city's planning advisory board. Tracy Clinch, chair of the museum board, is seen at right with Donald Schmidt and project architect Emily Baxter in the centre and Michael Leckman at left.

N.B. Museum's designs include crosswalks, rooftop cafe

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Telegraph Journal Andrew Bates |Updated 56 minutes ago |6 min read

The New Brunswick Museum's new 130,000-square-foot expansion will be integrated into the neighbourhood, the city and the province, according to the architecture firm behind the design. The museum expansion project on Douglas Avenue came to the city's ...

Cars drive past the headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in central Moscow, Russia, November 10, 2015.

Exclusive-Russia tightens officials' travel rules due to fears over secrets, sources say

Reuters |Updated 57 minutes ago |4 min read

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is making overseas travel harder for some officials due to fears that foreign powers may try to gain access to state secrets during the worst crisis in relations with the West for more than 60 years, nine sources told ...

The corporate logo of the UnitedHealth Group appears on the side of one of their office buildings in Santa Ana, California, U.S., April 13, 2020.

UnitedHealth unit Change Healthcare faces issue processing some medical claims

Reuters |Updated 57 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group said on Thursday a service provided by its Change Healthcare unit was facing an issue receiving batches of medical claims from customers. A fix has been implemented and is being monitored to ensure operability, ...

Palestinians stand near the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 17, 2024.

US, Israel to hold virtual meeting Thursday on Rafah

Matt Spetalnick, Steve Holland |Updated 58 minutes ago |2 min read

By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior U.S. and Israeli officials will hold a virtual meeting on Thursday about Israel's plans for the southern Gaza city of Rafah as Washington seeks alternatives to an Israeli ...

New Brunswick peace officers arrested and charged seven people under the federal Cannabis Act along with seizing illegal cannabis products and cash during dispensary searches in Saint John, Moncton and Riverview, N.B. in early April.

Seven arrested, hundreds of cannabis products seized following trio of N.B. dispensary busts

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read Premium content

Seven people have been charged under the federal Cannabis Act and heaps of illegal cannabis and other related items have been seized after peace officers busted dispensaries in Saint John, Moncton and Riverview, N.B. in early April. Officers executed ...

Association of Allied Health Professionals President Gord Piercey. -Juanita Mercer/SaltWire

New contract includes development of new pay grid for N.L. allied health professionals

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read Premium content

After officially signing a new deal with the Newfoundland and Labrador government, the union representing more than 800 health-care professionals is releasing more details about its four-year contract. In addition to the annual two per-cent wage ...

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Suspect arrested after two French schoolchildren stabbed, local authority says

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

PARIS (Reuters) - A suspect has been arrested after two French children were stabbed on Thursday near a school in the town of Souffelweyersheim in eastern France near Strasbourg, the local authority said. The two children were taken to a hospital ...

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