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Top News Stories for Wednesday, April 15th 2026
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
secured a stronger hold on power – and bigger mandate to push back against US President Donald Trump - after a series of historic floor crossings and two special election wins supercharged his Liberal Party to a majority government. Liberals were set to win two additional seats in parliament Monday, CNN-affiliate CBC News projected, bringing the party to 173 seats in the House of Commons – just one ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
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Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
The ambassadors of Lebanon and Israel are set to join United States-brokered talks in Washington, DC, with Lebanese authorities seeking to secure a ceasefire, while Israel's goal is the disarmament of the Hezbollah armed group. The talks, which the US has described as "open, direct, high-level", represent the first such bilateral engagement between the two nations since 1993. However, the path to a breakthrough ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
Carney's Liberals will now be able to pass legislation without the support of opposition parties – and govern until 2029 The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney , has secured a parliamentary majority for his Liberal government, CBC News reported. The victory will help him push through a legislative agenda he says is needed for an increasingly divided geopolitical world. Three special elections were held on ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
Two people were killed in the latest U.S. military strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific said to be involved in drug smuggling, U.S. Southern Command said Monday. The strike, directed by Marine Gen. Francis Donovan, took out a vessel that Southern Command said was operated by a U.S.-designated terrorist group involved in bringing illicit drugs to the U.S. A more precise location for the strike was not provided. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The big election over the weekend was in a small European country nearly half a world away from Washington, but the has significant reverberations in the United States. That's because President Donald Trump and many U.S. conservatives have , who has become an icon among the global right for his anti-immigrant stance. The American president's agenda has with the way the Hungarian leader used ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
US government reverses course on removing LGBTQ+ Pride flag from New York monument after efforts from advocates The Trump administration agreed on Monday to keep flying a rainbow Pride flag at the Stonewall national monument, reversing course after removing the banner in February. The government revealed the decision as it seeks to settle a lawsuit filed by LGBTQ+ and historic preservation groups who had sought to ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
French cement giant guilty of financing militant groups including Islamic State French cement maker Lafarge has been found guilty of paying millions of dollars in protection money to jihadist groups, including the group calling itself Islamic State (IS), to keep its business running in Syria during the civil war. Eight ex-Lafarge employees were also found guilty of financing terrorism, including former CEO Bruno ...
Source: bbc.com