Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Students to retrace path of Canadian soldiers who helped liberate the Netherlands

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Canadian teachers are taking students to the Netherlands to walk the same ground as soldiers from their hometowns who helped liberate the country from German occupation in 1945 — making history feel real for a generation born decades after the war.



source https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6744041?cmp=rss

Ukraine, U.S. officials say they are close to signing minerals deal

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Ukraine and the U.S. said on Wednesday they were ready to sign a minerals deal imminently after months of sometimes fraught negotiations, but an eleventh-hour snag injected uncertainty into the timing.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-us-minerals-1.7523086?cmp=rss

Iran says it executed a man who was an Israeli intelligence source

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Iran executed a man on Wednesday that it said worked for Israel's foreign intelligence agency and played a role in the 2022 killing of a Revolutionary Guard colonel in Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-israel-intelligence-execution-1.7522581?cmp=rss

Hundreds of North Korean troops killed while fighting Ukraine, Seoul says

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About 600 North Korean troops have been killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine out of a total deployment of 15,000, South Korean lawmakers said on Wednesday, citing the country's intelligence agency.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korean-soldiers-ukraine-1.7522405?cmp=rss