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Federal government announces two-year cap on international student admissions

Federal government announces two-year cap on international student admissions

MONTREAL — New visas for international students will be slashed by more than one-third this year as the federal government tries to slow a rapid increase in temporary residents that has put immense pressure on Canada's housing system.

Criminals are extorting money from taxi drivers in Mexico's Cancun, as they have done in Acapulco

Criminal gangs are trying to extort ‘protection’ payments from taxi drivers in Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Cancun, prosecutors said Monday.
11 charged in alleged car theft ring operating in GTA, southwest Ontario, police say

11 charged in alleged car theft ring operating in GTA, southwest Ontario, police say

Police say they have charged 11 people with close to 100 offences after a months-long investigation into an alleged car theft ring operating in the Toronto area and other parts of southwestern Ontario.
Liberals to hold auto-theft summit in February amid uptick in stolen cars sent abroad

Liberals to hold auto-theft summit in February amid uptick in stolen cars sent abroad

OTTAWA — Political leaders, police, border agents and auto industry executives will be called together next month to try and come up with better ways to slow the growth in auto theft plaguing most major Canadian cities.
Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon

Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon

TOKYO (AP) — Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday.
Live updates | US jets strike Yemen a sixth time as Israel's war in Gaza raises regional tensions

Live updates | US jets strike Yemen a sixth time as Israel's war in Gaza raises regional tensions

United States fighter jets struck Houthi rebel sites in Yemen for a sixth time Friday , taking out anti-ship missile launchers that were prepared to fire.
Flexible underpinnings of new big Stellantis vehicles will help company navigate political changes

Flexible underpinnings of new big Stellantis vehicles will help company navigate political changes

DETROIT (AP) — On the surface, you wouldn't think the platform beneath a new generation of automobiles has anything to do with politics and elections.
Georgia's governor says more clean energy will be needed to fuel electric vehicle manufacturing

Georgia's governor says more clean energy will be needed to fuel electric vehicle manufacturing

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia, a capital for electric vehicle production, needs to increase its supply of electricity produced without burning fossil fuels in order to meet industries’ demand for clean energy, Gov.
The Supreme Court wrestles with major challenges to the power of federal regulators

The Supreme Court wrestles with major challenges to the power of federal regulators

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court justices on Wednesday voiced support for weakening the power of federal regulators, but it was not clear whether a majority would overturn a precedent that has guided American law for four decades over eve
Edmunds highlights top car-tech trends from CES 2024

Edmunds highlights top car-tech trends from CES 2024

CES provides an annual insight into where and how cutting-edge innovations will reshape how people work, study, communicate and, in many cases, how they’ll drive.