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A coalition of NGOs has filed a criminal complaint against several French banks for allegedly financing meat companies driving deforestation in Brazil.Between 2013 and 2021, the four French banks involved invested a total of nearly $70 million in bonds issued by leading meat companies in Brazil generating about $11.7 million in…

9:05 a.m. ET, November 28, 2023 Relatives of 10-month-old baby taken hostage say he isn't on Tuesday's release list…

The correspondence represents the Biden administration’s first known engagement with Congress on the issue of the ongoing investigation ensnaring the former president. Court documents unsealed in recent days have revealed that the Justice Department is investigating potential violations of the Presidential Records Act, the Espionage Act, and…

Since being established 20 and five years ago, respectively, the Center and Haus have evolved into quintessential hubs for German-centered educational, scientific, and cultural programs and exchanges From left to right: Dennis Johannßen, assistant professor of German at Lafayette College; Lya Pfeifer, Max Kade Foundation…

A planned highrise condo tower that would have redefined the Hintonburg skyline has been cancelled. The 30-storey Claridge Hintonburg was supposed to be built at 1040 Somerset Street West, a short walk from the Bayview O-Train station. It was to boast unobstructed views of the surroundings, including the Ottawa River. The building…

London CNN  —  The United Kingdom is enduring a summer of misery as its beloved health service descends into crisis, inflation soars, taps run dry and strikes halt trains. Meanwhile, the government is nowhere to be seen. The sense of collapse is only mounting; health…

The UK is about to receive liquefied natural gas from far-off Australia for the first time in at least six years, highlighting the European region’s desperation in grappling with its worst energy crisis in decades.The LNG tanker Attalos is on its way to the UK with a cargo that originated at Australia’s North West Shelf project,…

Toronto police have identified the suspect who allegedly hit a GO Train passenger in the face with a heavy object in an unprovoked attack over the weekend. It happened on Sunday, at around 1:50 p.m., on the train between Milliken and Agincourt stations on the Stouffville Line. Police said the suspect hit a passenger in…

Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  Two United States Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit in the waterway since US-China tensions spiked this month over a visit to the island by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The guided-missile cruisers…

According to a federal indictment unsealed in Florida last week, Russian intelligence manipulated and co-opted multiple U.S. political groups as part of a “malign influence campaign” to “sow discord, spread pro-Russia propaganda, and interfere in elections in the United States.” As a former intelligence officer, I recognize the tactic, and…