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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
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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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Trump says he won't "negotiate for Ukraine" ahead of Alaska summit with Putin 15 Aug 2025 - 05:53 pm
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on August 15, 2025 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump is traveling to Anchorage, Alaska, for peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the war in Ukraine. (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
'Water lettuce' chokes tourism, fishing at El Salvador lake 14 Aug 2025 - 02:00 am
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