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The Canadian government on Thursday announced plans to cut international student admissions by 10% by 2025, capping study permits at 437,000, down from this year’s target of 485,000. The move is part of a broader effort to strengthen the temporary housing program and address the country’s changing landscape, according to Immigration Minister Marc Miller. “The reality is that not everyone …

Blasts linked to walkie-talkies killed 14 people across Lebanon on Wednesday. The country’s health ministry revealed this in a statement in Beirut. The blast also injured at least 450 people in the Middle Eastern country. The incident came just 24 hours after a pager explosion killed 12 people and injured 3,000 others. READ ALSO: 71 killed in migrant boat crash …

Former US President Donald Trump yesterday resumed his presidential campaign since a failed assassination attempt on him during a campaign rally in July in Butler, Pennsylvania. Speaking at a town hall meeting with supporters in Flint, a troubled industrial city that was once the jewel of the US auto industry in the state of Michigan before factories closed due to …

On Monday, a Taylor Swift fan organization announced it had raised more than $40,000 for Kamala Harris’ campaign in response to Donald Trump’s social media posts expressing his dislike of the pop star. Trump posted on Truth Social Sunday morning, declaring, “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” The group “Swifties for Kamala” used the moment to raise money for Harris, Trump’s Democratic …

  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is safe after what the FBI says appears to be an attempted murder Sunday outside Trump’s golf course in Palm Beach, Florida. According to law enforcement sources, shots were fired outside the camp. Trump’s campaign had previously said the man was safe after gunshots were heard nearby, but did not provide details. The Associated …

  Venezuela says it has arrested six foreigners, including a U.S. Navy SEAL, in an alleged plot to “destabilize” the country, which has been in crisis since disputed elections earlier this year. Venezuelan authorities showed images of confiscated rifles that they said were part of an alleged plot to “destabilize” the country at a press conference on September 14. Venezuelan …

  Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he would not sell shares of his controversial social media company, an announcement that sent the stock price skyrocketing. Trump and other insiders at Truth Social’s owner, Trump Media & Technology Group, will be free to sell shares as early as next week, when the lock-up restrictions expire. “No, I don’t sell …

  Funeral services have begun in Uganda for Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who was set on fire by her ex-boyfriend and later died. The funeral procession carrying the athlete’s body left Kenya on Friday ahead of the funeral on Saturday Dickson Ndiema attacked her with petrol just under a fortnight ago outside her home in neighbouring north-western Kenya, close …

In a move that has raised tensions between Russia and Britain, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Friday that it had revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow, accusing them of involvement in “subversive activities and intelligence gathering”. The FSB claims to have “documentary” evidence confirming “Britain’s coordination of the escalation of the international political and military …

Donald Trump has announced that he will not participate in a televised debate with his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, ahead of November’s presidential election. In a statement on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote, “THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!” He included in his count his previous debate with US President Joe Biden in June and his recent …