Meet Canada&s prime minister Mark Carney: The crisis-fighting central banker renouncing his Irish citizenship ‘but in Ireland&s corner&

Mark Carney, now re-elected as Canada's new prime minister, is a two-time central banker and crisis fighter about to face his biggest challenge of all: steering Canada through Donald Trump's tariffs.

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Thawing permafrost dots Siberia with rash of mounds
CHURAPCHA, Russia - In the vast white expanse around Churapcha in eastern Siberia, the ever more rapid thaw of the permafrost is changing the landscape, cracking up houses and releasing greenhouse gases.

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Tunics turbans: Afghan students don Taliban-imposed uniforms
AFGHANISTAN - Since the start of the school year in March, Afghan boys have been required to wear new uniforms of turbans and long tunics, following an order to adopt outfits reflecting Taliban rule.

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Pakistan says India planning strike as tensions soar over Kashmir attack
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's information minister said early Wednesday that Islamabad had "credible intelligence" that India was planning an imminent military strike and he vowed a "decisive response", as worries of spiralling conflict grew over a deadly attack in Kashmir.

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