Canadian urban skies turn lethal for migratory birds
An unintended but fatal flaw in the design of building glass has contributed to the deaths of millions of birds in Canada and across North America, several years’ worth of …
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Stolen Charles Darwin notebooks turn up 20 years later, in a pink gift bag
LONDON — Two of naturalist Charles Darwin’s notebooks that were reported stolen from Cambridge University’s library have been returned, two decades after they disappeared. The university said Tuesday that the …
Read MorePeru imposes curfew to stymie protests over rising fuel costs
LIMA — Peruvian President Pedro Castillo imposed a curfew in the capital, Lima, on Tuesday, banning people from leaving their homes in an attempt to curb protests against rising fuel …
Read MoreSri Lankan government in disarray as economic crisis deepens
COLOMBO — At least 41 Sri Lankan lawmakers walked out of the ruling coalition on Tuesday, leaving the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a minority in parliament as it …
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Ukraine says Russia preparing offensive in southeast, Zelenskyy addressing UN
BUCHA, UKRAINE — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy planned to speak Tuesday to UN Security Council diplomats outraged by growing evidence that Russian forces deliberately killed civilians, many of them shot …
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‘Nation-building’ investments in electricity grid needed to reach net-zero, experts say
CALGARY — A price tag in the tens or hundreds of billions of dollars, and a project scope akin to that of the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in …
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Canadians face barriers in bid to join fight in Ukraine
OTTAWA — When Paul Hughes crossed into Ukraine to help fight the Russians early last month, he expected he would be armed and taken to the front lines. But he …
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Shooters still at large following mass killing in Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — A suspect believed connected to the mass shooting in Sacramento was arrested, but the multiple shooters police believe fatally shot six people and wounded 12 on a …
Read MoreParkland, Fla., school shooter’s jury selection begins
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — The first day of jury selection in the worst U.S. mass shooting to go to trial was slow, methodical and painstaking — a process that is …
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Live updates: Ukraine reports Russian military regrouping
BERLIN — Germany’s president is admitting mistakes in policy toward Russia in his previous job as foreign minister. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier served twice as ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel’s foreign minister, most …
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