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A shopper surveys goods on display in a Costco warehouse Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Lone Tree, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

US inflation gauge cools with little sign of tariff impact, so far

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US inflation gauge cools with little sign of tariff impact, so far

Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press 4 minute read Sunday, Sep. 21, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — A key U.S. inflation gauge slowed last month as President Donald Trump’s tariffs have yet to noticeably push up prices. Spending by Americans slowed despite rising incomes, potentially an early reaction to higher prices on some imported goods.

Friday’s report from the Commerce Department showed that consumer prices rose just 2.1% in April compared with a year earlier, down from 2.3% in March and the lowest since September. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices rose 2.5% from a year earlier, below the March figure of 2.7%, and the lowest in more than four years. Economists track core prices because they typically provide a better read on where inflation is headed.

The figures show inflation is still declining from its post-pandemic spike, which reached the highest level in four decades in July 2022. Economists and some business executives have warned that prices will likely head higher as Trump’s widespread tariffs take effect, though the timing and impact of those duties are now in doubt after they were struck down late Wednesday in court.

On a monthly basis, overall prices and core prices both increased just 0.1% from March to April. The cost of big-ticket manufactured goods rose a hefty 0.5%, though that increase was offset by a 0.1 decline in other goods, such as groceries. The cost of services rose just 0.1% from March to April.

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Sunday, Sep. 21, 2025
In this photo taken on May 27, 2025 and provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade press service, a soldier prepares a 120mm mortar to fire towards Russian army positions near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade via AP)

Ukraine says it’s ready to resume talks with Russia but needs clarity on Kremlin’s terms

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Ukraine says it’s ready to resume talks with Russia but needs clarity on Kremlin’s terms

Illia Novikov, The Associated Press 4 minute read Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is ready to resume direct peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, following days of uncertainty over whether Kyiv would attend a further meeting proposed by Moscow.

But Ukrainian officials have insisted that the Kremlin provide a promised memorandum setting out its position on ending the more than three-year war, before the two delegations sit down to negotiate.

“Ukraine is ready to attend the next meeting, but we want to engage in a constructive discussion,” Andrii Yermak said in a statement on the website of Ukraine’s Presidential Office late Thursday.

"This means it is important to receive Russia’s draft. There is enough time – four days are sufficient for preparing and sending the documents,” Yermak said.

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Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025
People cycle past the Hudson's Bay department store in downtown Montreal on Monday, March 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

RioCan REIT asks court to put joint venture with Hudson’s Bay into receivership: docs

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RioCan REIT asks court to put joint venture with Hudson’s Bay into receivership: docs

Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Sunday, Sep. 21, 2025

TORONTO - RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is pushing to put a joint venture it owns with Hudson's Bay into receivership.

A motion filed late Thursday from the real estate firm asks the Ontario Superior Court to appoint FTI Consulting Canada Inc. receiver of the companies that span the venture.

“The proposed receivership proceedings will provide the appropriate forum to protect the interests of the stakeholders of the joint-venture entities and maximize value,” RioCan’s chief financial officer Dennis Blasutti said in an affidavit filed alongside the motion.

Receivers are empowered by courts to take control of a company’s assets, oversee their liquidation and repay creditors.

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Sunday, Sep. 21, 2025

Cyprus shows off its new Airbus military helicopters touted as more advanced than what Germany has

Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Associated Press 3 minute read Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus on Friday unveiled four of its newly-delivered Airbus H145 helicopters that officials say are among the most advanced rotorcraft in the word with a proven track record that gives the Cypriot National Guard an operational edge.

The helicopter is currently used by Germany, the U.S. Hungary, Belgium, Ireland and other militaries with over 500 variants currently in operation, logging over 8 million flight hours, according to Cyprus Defense Minister Vassilis Palmas.

“The new helicopter is a multi-role, digital instrument that is geared toward the demands of the 21st century,” Palmas told a ceremony at Cyprus’ main Paphos air base.

Two more of the state-of-the-art aircraft will be delivered, while the contract with Airbus allows for the purchase of additional helicopters, said Airbus Senior Vice President for the H145 program Daniela Dudek.

The map above locates Mokwa, Nigeria, where floods have submerged the town and caused at least 100 deaths. (AP Graphic)

Floods kill at least 111 as northern Nigeria battles climate change, dry spells and heavy rainfall

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Floods kill at least 111 as northern Nigeria battles climate change, dry spells and heavy rainfall

Taiwo Adebayo, The Associated Press 2 minute read Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Torrents of predawn rain unleashed flooding that killed at least 111 people in a market town where northern Nigerian farmers sell their wares to traders from the south, officials said Friday, predicting the death toll would grow.

The Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency did not immediately say how much rain fell after midnight Thursday in the town of Mokwa in the state of Niger more than 180 miles (300 kilometers) west of Abuja, the capital of Africa's most populous nation.

Communities in northern Nigeria have been experiencing prolonged dry spells worsened by climate change and excessive rainfall that leads to severe flooding during the brief wet season.

In videos and photos on social media, floodwaters covered neighborhoods and homes were submerged, with their roofs barely visible above the brown colored waters. Waist-deep in water, residents tried to salvage what they could, or rescue others.

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Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025
Palestinian children get food at a food distribution kitchen in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Live updates: Hamas considers Gaza ceasefire proposal as Israeli strikes kill at least 27

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Live updates: Hamas considers Gaza ceasefire proposal as Israeli strikes kill at least 27

The Associated Press 12 minute read Thursday, Sep. 25, 2025

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 27 people in the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said Friday, while Hamas was reviewing a new Israeli-approved ceasefire proposal after giving it an initial cool response.

President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy had expressed optimism this week about brokering an agreement that could halt the Israel-Hamas war, allow more aid into Gaza, and return more of the 58 hostages still held by Hamas, around a third of whom are alive.

Experts say a nearly three-month Israeli blockade of Gaza — slightly eased in recent days — has pushed the population of roughly 2 million Palestinians to the brink of famine.

Israel’s war in Gaza has killed over 54,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its tally. The war began with Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which left around 1,200 dead.

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Thursday, Sep. 25, 2025
FILE - Smoke billows from the MV Solong cargo ship in the North Sea, off the Yorkshire coast, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in England. (Dan Kitwood/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russian captain denies manslaughter in North Sea collision as he faces UK trial

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Russian captain denies manslaughter in North Sea collision as he faces UK trial

The Associated Press 2 minute read Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025

LONDON (AP) — The Russian captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker in the North Sea pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of one of his crew at a U.K. court hearing on Friday.

Vladimir Motin, 59, from St. Petersburg, appeared by video link from prison for the pretrial hearing at London’s Central Criminal Court. Assisted by a Russian interpreter, he denied a charge of gross manslaughter over the death of 38-year-old Mark Angelo Pernia.

Motin was ordered detained until his next hearing, and his trial was set for Jan. 12.

The Portugal-flagged cargo ship Solong was traveling at about 15 knots (17 mph or 28 kph) when it hit the anchored tanker MV Stena Immaculate about 12 miles (19 kilometers) off the coast of northeast England on March 10, sparking a fire that lasted nearly a week. The tanker was transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military.

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Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025
Nicole Ari Parker, from left, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarita Choudhury and Cynthia Nixon pose together at the premiere of

Carrie’s voice is back. So is the show’s soul as ‘And Just Like That…’ grows up

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Carrie’s voice is back. So is the show’s soul as ‘And Just Like That…’ grows up

Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press 6 minute read Sunday, Sep. 21, 2025

PARIS (AP) — “She’s messy. It can be messy. But it’s real.”

So says Cynthia Nixon — not just of Miranda Hobbes, the character she’s embodied for almost three decades, but of the show itself. “And Just Like That...,” HBO’s “Sex and the City” revival, has come into its own in Season 3: less preoccupied with pleasing everyone, and more interested in telling the truth.

Truth, in this case, looks like complexity. Women in their 50s with evolving identities. Not frozen in time, but changing, reckoning, reliving. Queerness that’s joyful but not polished. Grief without melodrama. A pirate shirt with a bleach hole that somehow becomes a talisman of power.

At its glittering European premiere this week, Nixon and co-star Sarah Jessica Parker, flanked by Kristin Davis and Sarita Choudhury, spoke candidly with The Associated Press about how the show has evolved into something deeper, rawer and more reflective of who they are now.

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Sunday, Sep. 21, 2025
A Laurentian Bank sign is seen in Montreal, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Laurentian Bank reports $32 million Q2 profit as work continues on strategic plan

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Laurentian Bank reports $32 million Q2 profit as work continues on strategic plan

Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press 2 minute read Sunday, Sep. 21, 2025

Laurentian Bank of Canada says it's making progress on its turnaround efforts as it marks a year of working through its strategic plan.

"We've taken meaningful steps to transform our organization and are making steady progress toward generating efficiency," said chief executive Éric Provost on an earnings call Friday.

"While we're still in the early stages, we are satisfied with the progress we have made."

The bank has been working to boost its dealings in the specialized commercial sector while maintaining consumer deposits, as well as boosting technology investments for a bank that until recently didn't offer a smartphone app.

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Sunday, Sep. 21, 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi, right, and FBI Director Kash Patel speak during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump has long warned of a government ‘deep state.’ Now in power, he’s under pressure to expose it

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Trump has long warned of a government ‘deep state.’ Now in power, he’s under pressure to expose it

Ali Swenson, The Associated Press 7 minute read Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — As he crisscrossed the country in 2024, Donald Trump pledged to supporters that voting him back into the presidency would be “our final battle.”

“With you at my side, we will demolish the deep state,” he said repeatedly on the campaign trail. “We will liberate our country from these tyrants and villains once and for all.”

Four months into his second term, Trump has continued to stoke dark theories involving his predecessors and other powerful politicians and attorneys — most recently raising the specter of nefarious intent behind former President Joe Biden's use of an autopen to sign papers. The administration has pledged to reopen investigations and has taken steps to declassify certain documents, including releasing more than 63,000 pages of records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Yet many of Trump’s supporters say it’s not enough.

Some who take him at his word are beginning to get restless as they ask why his administration, which holds the keys to chasing down these alleged government secrets, is denying them the evidence and retribution they expected.

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Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025
Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, right, climbs a staircase with New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar on X, via AP)

New Zealand hails ‘breakthrough’ in trade talks with India, but no timeline for deal

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New Zealand hails ‘breakthrough’ in trade talks with India, but no timeline for deal

The Associated Press 2 minute read Sunday, Sep. 21, 2025

NEW DELHI (AP) — New Zealand’s deputy prime minister said on Friday that talks over a free trade agreement between his country and India were ongoing, but he didn't provide a timeline for when the two nations could eventually sign a deal.

Winston Peters, who is on a two-day visit to India, said that the negotiations were “going with real meaning now," calling them “a breakthrough in our economic relationship.”

India and New Zealand began negotiations in March for a trade pact, and had aimed to sign a deal in 60 days. The deal will significantly bolster economic ties between the two countries, but it has faced delays because of differences over tariffs on dairy products.

Bilateral trade between India and New Zealand stood at $1.7 billion in the 2023-24 financial year.

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Sunday, Sep. 21, 2025
Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams walks outside the High Court where he is bringing a legal action against the BBC over allegations about the murder of an MI5 spy in 2006,in Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday May 28, 2025. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins libel case against BBC over claim he sanctioned killing

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Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins libel case against BBC over claim he sanctioned killing

Jill Lawless, The Associated Press 3 minute read Wednesday, Jun. 4, 2025

LONDON (AP) — Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams won his libel suit against the BBC on Friday over a claim that he authorized the killing of an informant inside the Irish republican movement.

A jury at the High Court in Dublin ruled in Adams’ favor and awarded him 100,000 euros ($113,000) in damages. Jurors deliberated for just under seven hours after the monthlong trial before reaching a verdict, rejecting the BBC's argument that it had acted in good faith and in a “fair and reasonable” way.

Adams sued Britain’s public broadcaster over a claim in a decade-old television documentary and online article that he sanctioned the killing of Denis Donaldson, a long-serving Sinn Fein official who acknowledged in 2005 that he had worked for British intelligence. He was shot dead at his cottage in rural Ireland four months later.

In the BBC program, broadcast in September 2016, an anonymous source claimed the shooting was sanctioned by the political and military leadership of the IRA and that Adams gave “the final say.”

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Wednesday, Jun. 4, 2025
Fans leave as Police and emergency personnel deal with an incident after a car collided with pedestrians near the Liver Building during the Premier League winners parade in Liverpool, England, Monday, May 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Jon Super)

Prosecutor says suspect in Liverpool soccer parade ramming used vehicle as a weapon

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Prosecutor says suspect in Liverpool soccer parade ramming used vehicle as a weapon

Brian Melley, The Associated Press 2 minute read Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025

LONDON (AP) — The ramming suspect in Liverpool deliberately used his vehicle as a weapon when he plowed his car into a crowd of soccer fans celebrating their team’s Premier League championship, a prosecutor said Friday.

Paul Doyle, wearing a black suit, white shirt and gray tie, looked emotional and hung his head during his initial court appearance in Liverpool Magistrates’ Court.

Doyle, 53, is charged with dangerous driving and six serious assault charges alleging that he caused or tried to cause grievous bodily harm to the two children and four adults who suffered the worst wounds among the 79 people injured, prosecutor Philip Astbury said.

“He used his vehicle deliberately as a weapon to injure those individuals,” Astbury said.

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Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025

11 Sudanese migrants killed in a car crash in the Libya desert, authorities say

Samy Magdy, The Associated Press 2 minute read Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025

CAIRO (AP) — Eleven Sudanese migrants and a Libyan driver were killed Friday in a car crash in the desert in Libya, authorities said, the latest tragedy involving Sudanese fleeing a civil war in their home country.

The crash between the migrants’ vehicle and a truck happened early Friday in the desert, 90 kilometers (56 miles) north of the Libyan town of Kufra, the town’s Ambulance and Emergency Service said in a statement.

The dead included three women and two children, the service’s director Ibrahim Abu al-Hassan told The Associated Press.

A 65-year-old man and his 10-year-old son were also wounded in the crash, he added.

Houston Astros starting pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. reacts after a throw during the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Friday, May 16, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Lance McCullers gets 24-hour security after online death threats, some aimed at 5-year-old daughter

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Lance McCullers gets 24-hour security after online death threats, some aimed at 5-year-old daughter

Kristie Rieken, The Associated Press 7 minute read Sunday, Sep. 21, 2025

HOUSTON (AP) — Soon after Lance McCullers Jr.’s family received online death threats following a tough start by the Houston Astros’ pitcher, his 5-year-old daughter, Ava, overheard wife Kara talking on the phone about it.

What followed was a painful conversation between McCullers and his little girl.

“She asked me when I came home: ‘Daddy like what is threats? Who wants to hurt us? Who wants to hurt me?’” McCullers told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “So, those conversations are tough to deal with.”

McCullers is one of two MLB pitchers whose families have received online death threats this month as internet abuse of players and their families is on the rise. Boston reliever Liam Hendriks took to social media soon after the incident with McCullers to call out people who were threatening his wife’s life and directing “vile” comments at him.

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Sunday, Sep. 21, 2025
Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk high-fives young fans during the grand opening of the expanded Smithers Skate Park in Smithers, B.C., in this Thursday, May 29, 2025 handout photo. Hawk and Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris visited the northern B.C. town of 5,000 to celebrate the community’s $1.8-million effort to grow the park. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Erica Chan *MANDATORY CREDIT*

Tony Hawk, Mark McMorris help open skateboard park expansion in Smithers, B.C.

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Tony Hawk, Mark McMorris help open skateboard park expansion in Smithers, B.C.

Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Monday, Oct. 6, 2025

Tony Hawk and Mark McMorris wanted their presence at the Smithers Skate Park expansion unveiling to amplify skateboarding's importance in the remote, northern B.C. community.

Skateboarding icon Hawk and Canadian snowboarding star McMorris travelled to the town of 5,000 people for Thursday's opening. They lauded the community's pluck in raising $1.8 million to increase the size of the street park and build a bowl for skateboarders next to the Yellowhead Highway that runs from Winnipeg to the West Coast.

"I don't go to many grand openings, to be honest, but this seemed like a really unique situation," Hawk said. "I don't want to say it's the most remote area, but in remote areas, skateboarding is still a valid option for kids to choose, and they want to do it. We need to provide facilities for them."

McMorris, a three-time Olympic slopestyle bronze medallist whose 24 X Games medals is the most among snowboarders, has a special place in his heart for skateboarding.

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Monday, Oct. 6, 2025
FILE - In this file photo released on May 4, 2015, by a militant website, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, Islamic State militants drive in a convoy through Tel Abyad, northeast Syria. (Militant website via AP, File)
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Islamic State group claims first attack on Syrian government forces since Assad’s fall

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Islamic State group claims first attack on Syrian government forces since Assad’s fall

Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press 3 minute read Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025

BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for two attacks in southern Syria, including one on government forces that an opposition war monitor described as the first on the Syrian army to be carried out by the extremists since the fall of Bashar Assad.

IS said in a statement on Thursday that in one attack, a bomb targeting a “vehicle of the apostate regime" detonated, leaving seven soldiers dead or wounded. It said the attack occurred “last Thursday,” or May 22, in the al-Safa area in the desert of the southern province of Sweida.

In a separate statement, the group said another bomb attack occurred this week in a nearby area, targeting members of the U.S.-backed Free Syrian Army. It claimed that it killed one fighter and wounded three.

There was no comment from the government on the claims. A spokesperson for the Free Syrian Army didn't immediately respond to a request for comment by The Associated Press.

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Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025
Rescuers search for victims after a natural stones quarry collapsed in Cirebon district , West Java province, Indonesia, Friday, 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Okri Riyana)

Officials say at least 10 people are dead and 6 are missing after stone quarry collapse in Indonesia

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Officials say at least 10 people are dead and 6 are missing after stone quarry collapse in Indonesia

Niniek Karmini And Adi Marsiela, The Associated Press 3 minute read Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025

BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) — A natural stone quarry in Indonesia’s West Java province collapsed on several people who were working in it on Friday, killing at least 10 people and leaving six workers missing, officials said.

More than two dozen people were trapped in the rubble when the mine in Cirebon district collapsed, local police chief Sumarni said, and rescuers were able to pull a dozen injured people from the debris during a grueling search effort.

“Authorities are still investigating the cause of the collapse, and we have been questioning the owner and workers of the quarry,” said Sumarni, who like many Indonesians uses a single name.

She said police, emergency personnel, soldiers and volunteers were trying to locate any remaining workers, supported by five excavators, but were hampered by unstable soil that risked further slides.

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Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025
Hong Kong's pro-democracy activist Jimmy Sham poses for photos after being released from prison in Hong Kong, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Kanis Leung)

Hong Kong pro-democracy and gay rights activist Jimmy Sham released after 4 years in prison

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Hong Kong pro-democracy and gay rights activist Jimmy Sham released after 4 years in prison

Kanis Leung, The Associated Press 3 minute read Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's prominent pro-democracy and LGBTQ+ activist Jimmy Sham was released from prison on Friday after serving over four years in the city's biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law.

Sham's activism made headlines during 2019 anti-government protests, when he was the convenor of a now-disbanded pro-democracy group that organized some of the biggest peaceful marches that year, including one that drew an estimated 2 million people.

Sham was among 47 activists arrested in 2021 for their roles in an unofficial primary election. He was sentenced with 44 other activists last year after judges ruled that their plans to effect change through the primary would have undermined the government’s authority and create a constitutional crisis. Only two of the original defendants were acquitted.

Even behind bars, Sham continued to fight for recognition of his same-sex marriage registered overseas at the city's top court, which later ruled the government should provide a framework for recognizing same-sex partnerships. It was a landmark decision for the city’s LGBTQ+ community.

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Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025
Heiltsuk Nation Chief Marilyn Slett, right, speaks as Hereditary Chief Wigvilhba Wakas Harvey Humchitt Sr. listens during a news conference, in Vancouver, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Heiltsuk Nation ratification feast brings written constitution into force

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Heiltsuk Nation ratification feast brings written constitution into force

Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Friday, Oct. 10, 2025

The Heiltsuk Nation has ratified its written constitution through a celebratory feast in Bella Bella, B.C.

Marilyn Slett, the nation's elected chief, called it a "monumental day" that comes after two decades of development and consultation.

"It's hard to put into words how big it is. It's definitely a day of celebration and reflection on everything that brought us to the day," Slett said of Friday's feast.

The Heiltsuk Nation approved the adoption of a written constitution for the First Nation on British Columbia's central coast in February. That followed six months of engagement with more than 2,000 Heiltsuk members in Bella Bella, Nanaimo and Vancouver.

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Friday, Oct. 10, 2025