Canada’s Liberals on course for political resurrection amid trade war, polls show

Mark Carney-led ruling party projected to form majority months after political wipeout seemed inevitable

In January, Canadian pollsters and political pundits struggled to find fresh ways to describe the bleak prospects of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party, musing whether it would be a wipeout of existential proportions, or merely a catastrophic blowout.

But fresh polling released by three companies this week shows a stunning reversal of fortunes for the party: newly minted prime minister Mark Carney’s Liberals are projected to secure a majority government.

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Horror Film Come To Life: Scientists Trapped In Antarctic Send Desperate Email About Violent Member – The Daily Wire

  1. Horror Film Come To Life: Scientists Trapped In Antarctic Send Desperate Email About Violent Member  The Daily Wire
  2. Psychologists in touch with Antarctic base after assault allegation, South Africa confirms  The Guardian
  3. Fear at isolated Antarctica base as a man is accused of attacking a colleague and making threats  The Associated Press
  4. Scientists at Antarctic base rocked by alleged assault  BBC.com
  5. Antarctic scientist accused of threatening to kill colleagues trapped in research station apologises  The Independent
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Curfew set in Indian city after Hindu groups demand demolition of Muslim ruler’s tomb – PBS NewsHour

  1. Curfew set in Indian city after Hindu groups demand demolition of Muslim ruler’s tomb  PBS NewsHour
  2. Why 17th-century emperor Aurangzeb’s grave is India’s latest flashpoint  Al Jazeera English
  3. Will be 'dug out from graves' to face law: Fadnavis warns Nagpur rioters  The Times of India
  4. Nagpur violence: Eknath Shinde's ‘Osama bin Laden’ reference as he speaks on Aurangzeb tomb row  Hindustan Times
  5. Nagpur violence: Dubbed ‘mastermind’ by police, Fahim Khan member of outfit that backs moderate Islam  The Indian Express
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Fear in Antarctic base as research team member is accused of assault – CNN

  1. Fear in Antarctic base as research team member is accused of assault  CNN
  2. Scientists at Antarctic base rocked by alleged assault  Yahoo
  3. Research team member at isolated Antarctica base accused of attacking colleague, sexual harassment  Fox News
  4. South Africa Will Not Remove Antarctic Team After a Reported Assault  The New York Times
  5. Antarctic scientist accused of threatening to kill colleagues trapped in research station apologises  The Independent
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Family of girl recovering from brain surgery describes ‘serious abuses’ while detained in US

US citizen girl deported with mixed-status family, who filed complaint over denied healthcare and poor conditions

A family that was recently removed from the United States to Mexico has filed a complaint seeking an investigation into what they describe as “serious abuses” they say they faced during their detention in the US prior to their removal.

The mixed-status family includes two undocumented parents and six children, five of whom are US citizens. On 4 February, five of the children, including four who are US citizens, and the two parents were removed from Texas and sent to Mexico after they were stopped at an immigration checkpoint.

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Man charged in US Capitol attack announces run for Senate in Florida

Jake Lang, charged with attacking police during riot and pardoned by Trump, seeks to fill seat Marco Rubio’s old seat

A man accused of battling police with a baseball bat and shield during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol announced a run for the US Senate in Florida.

“WE ARE TAKING OVER THE CAPITOL AGAIN,” Jake Lang, a prominent January 6 defendant, wrote on X, announcing he is seeking the seat vacated by now secretary of state Marco Rubio in 2026.

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Poland and Baltic nations plan to withdraw from landmine convention – Reuters

  1. Poland and Baltic nations plan to withdraw from landmine convention  Reuters
  2. Poland and Baltics to quit landmine treaty over Russia fears  BBC.com
  3. Poland and Baltic states recommend leaving antipersonnel land mine treaty, citing threat from Russia  ABC News
  4. Poland and Baltic states to dump landmine treaty citing Russian threat  Al Jazeera English
  5. 4 nations bordering Russia to withdraw from land mine treaty  The Hill
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Duterte’s arrest gives ‘a sense impunity ends’, says Nobel peace prize winner – The Guardian

  1. Duterte’s arrest gives ‘a sense impunity ends’, says Nobel peace prize winner  The Guardian
  2. For Duterte, Signs of a Reckoning Years After He Ordered a Deadly Drug War  The New York Times
  3. Philippine ex-President Duterte appears by video link at International Criminal Court hearing  The Associated Press
  4. Situation in the Philippines: Rodrigo Roa Duterte in ICC custody  the International Criminal Court
  5. On the Arrest of an Autocrat  Columbia Journalism Review
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