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'Only God can change this place': Haitians see no end to spiralling violence: Bodies pile up even in the "safest" areas of Port-au-Prince, a capital city reeling from gang warfare.
US reports death of senior Hamas military leader: Details are also released of President Biden's high-stakes call to Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
Putin hails Crimea annexation after claiming election win: Russia's president addresses thousands in Moscow after official figures suggest he won 87% of the vote.
Rwanda bill amendments overturned in Commons vote: Labour continues its opposition, flagging how six flights to space cost the same as each deportation.

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An NDP motion puts a big question to the test: Will Canada recognize Palestinian statehood?: FILE PHOTO: Palestinians carry bags of flour they grabbed from an aid truck near an Israeli checkpoint, as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, February 19, 2024.

NDP foreign affairs critic has brought forward an opposition day motion that calls on the government to take several actions in response to the war in Gaza. The most controversial and far-reaching is recognition of Palestinian statehood. The motion risks dividing the Liberals.


Ottawa police shocked, struck, kicked Black man in case of mistaken identity: A man

A young man from Burundi said he struggled to breathe as an officer pushed his face into the snow. Ottawa police acknowledge they had the wrong man.


Canadian ice dancer Piper Gilles skates with different perspective since cancer diagnosis: Canadian ice dancers practise on March 6, 2024 ahead of the world figure skating championships in Montreal.

Canadian ice dancer Piper Gilles is skating with a greater sense of peace since her cancer diagnosis last season and whenever she is struggling to walk out of her front door to attend practice, she thinks back to the many days she physically could not.



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Storing Renewable Energy, One Balloon at a Time: To decarbonize the electrical grid, companies are finding creative ways to store energy during periods of low demand.

Pandemic Lockdowns Had Varied Effects on Wildlife: A new study of camera-trap images complicates the idea that all wildlife thrived during the Covid lockdowns.

For Ytasha Womack, the Afrofuture is Now: The writer and filmmaker discusses the blend of theoretical cosmology and Black culture in Chicago’s newest planetarium show.

A Seal’s Spray Adds a Chapter to the Science of Spitting: The observation suggests that seals join cobras, archerfish and other animals known to spit, although researchers can only speculate about the reason for the mammal’s expectoration.

SpaceX Successfully Launches Starship for a Third Time: The third test flight of the most powerful rocket ever built achieved a series of milestones before the spacecraft was lost as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere.


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The oldest known human art is also the oldest known human attempt to record Nature.  This painting is 34,000 years old and was found in the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave, which is the subject of Werner Herzog’s film: Cave of Forgotten Dreams. Herzog used a 3D camera to capture how the shapes of the walls were incorporated into the paintings.



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