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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged 25 light armoured vehicles to Ukraine and to provide the country with $5 billion in funds from seized Russian assets.

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As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to chair a virtual G7 meeting on Monday and participate in a peace summit in Ukraine on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion, former federal Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy told CTV News that this could be a defining moment for Canadian diplomacy.

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Pope Francis woke up and was continuing his therapies Monday after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his hospitalization for a complex lung infection that has provoked the early stages of kidney insufficiency, the Vatican said.

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Halifax police say a six-year-old child is in hospital after being stabbed in the city’s downtown.

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Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor after the country’s election, has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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