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Trump again rejects need for urgent Ukraine ceasefire in talks with Zelensky 18 Aug 2025 - 09:19 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)
US halts visitor visas for Gazans, including humanitarian medical visas 18 Aug 2025 - 03:09 pm
A Palestinian girl searches for things to rescue at a garbage waste dump in Gaza City on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Hurricane Erin restrengthens as it lashes Caribbean with rain 18 Aug 2025 - 09:04 am
A truck drives through a flooded road as category 3 Hurricane Erin leaves the region in Naguabo, Puerto Rico on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Ricardo Arduengo / AFP)
Air Canada cancels more flights as strike continues: statement 17 Aug 2025 - 10:00 pm
A person looks at a flight board with many cancellations for Air Canada flights at Pierre-Elliott Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on August 17, 2025. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP)
'Planting food, not hate': Brazil's Lula razzes Trump over tariff-hit grapes 17 Aug 2025 - 09:29 pm
File: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva / AFP
Air Canada to resume flights after govt directive ends strike 17 Aug 2025 - 02:48 pm
Air Canada airplanes stand on the tarmac at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Peter Power / AFP)
Air Canada flights grounded as government intervenes in strike 17 Aug 2025 - 12:56 pm
Air Canada airplanes stand on the tarmac at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Peter Power / AFP)
Downgraded Hurricane Erin lashes Caribbean with rain 17 Aug 2025 - 12:24 pm
A helicopter flies over as a couple looks at La Pared beach as Category 5 Hurricane Erin approaches in Luquillo, Puerto Rico on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Ricardo Arduengo / AFP)
Canada moves to halt strike as hundreds of flights grounded 16 Aug 2025 - 10:19 pm
Air Canada airplanes stand on the tarmac at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on August 16, 2025. Photo by Peter POWER / AFP.
Air Canada grounds hundreds of flights over cabin crew strike 16 Aug 2025 - 06:18 pm
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Hurricane Erin intensifies to category 3 storm as it nears Caribbean 16 Aug 2025 - 03:13 pm
This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurricane Erin forming in the Atlantic Ocean on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Handout / NOAA / AFP)
Trump rules out immediate ceasefire, pushes for peace deal 16 Aug 2025 - 01:36 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, US President Donald Trump listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference after participating in a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP)
Louisiana sues Roblox game platform over child safety 16 Aug 2025 - 11:19 am
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Trump and Putin end summit without Ukraine deal 16 Aug 2025 - 08:33 am
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, US President Donald Trump (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) walk to hold a joint press conference following a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP)
Air Canada set to shut down over flight attendants strike 16 Aug 2025 - 08:19 am
An Air Canada labour dispute sign is seen at the Pierre-Elliot Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Andrej Ivanov / AFP)
Putin lands in Alaska; shake hands with Trump ahead of high-stakes summit 15 Aug 2025 - 10:36 pm
US President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Andrew Harnik / Getty Images via AFP)
Trump lands in Alaska for summit with Putin 15 Aug 2025 - 10:20 pm
US President Donald Trump steps off of Air Force One upon arrival at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025.  (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
US President announces tariffs on steel, chips soon 15 Aug 2025 - 09:22 pm
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