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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The second presidency of Donald Trump is off to a wild start. Amid the freeing of violent criminals, attacks on DEI and affirmative action, and the violation of the Constitution, you might have lost sight of his economic policies.

displaced Palestinians streamed into the north of war-ravaged Gaza on Monday after Israel and Hamas reached a deal for the release of another six hostages.

On Monday the world will mark eight decades since the liberation of Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi extermination camp where more than a million people, most of them Jews, were murdered during the Second World War. But as world leaders and Auschwitz survivors prepare to gather at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in southern Poland, a new survey suggests a growing number of Canadians believe the history of the Holocaust has been exaggerated.

Auschwitz survivors were being joined by world leaders Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops, one of the last such gatherings of those who suffered its horrors. The anniversary at the site of the camp, which Nazi Germany set up in occupied Poland during World War Two to murder European Jews, was being attended by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Britain's King Charles, French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish President Andrzej Duda and many other leaders. They were not due to make speeches, but rather to listen for perhaps the last time to those who suffered and witnessed at first hand one of humanity's greatest atrocities. Israel sent education minister Yoav Kisch.

European Union agreed a 6-month extension Monday for a raft of sanctions aimed at depriving Russia of funds to finance its war against Ukraine after Hungary lifted its objections to the move. The sanctions target trade, finance, energy, technology, industry, transport and luxury goods. They include a ban on the import or transfer of seaborne crude oil and certain petroleum products from Russia to the EU. They will now remain in place at least until July 31.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Thousands of Palestinians began returning to a ravaged northern Gaza and what was left of their homes and families, after Hamas agreed to release more hostages than expected this week to keep its cease-fire with Israel in place. Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave on Monday after Israeli forces refused their movement over the weekend, when the return of Palestinians was expected per the cease-fire deal.

Uttar Pradesh, Rakesh Yadav (29) and Brajesh Yadav (30), never imagined their lives would take a harrowing turn when they were offered a lucrative job opportunity as security guards in Russia.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump’s Saturday night proposal that Palestinians vacate a devastated Gaza marked a sharp break with his predecessor and introduced a contentious new initiative into his unfolding Middle East diplomatic plans. Trump said the resettling of the Palestinians from Gaza “could be temporary or long term." His statement could mark a dramatic shift in U.S.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Big shipping companies say they won’t send vessels back to the Red Sea despite a pledge by Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen not to attack them as long as a cease-fire in Gaza holds. The world’s top three container shippers, MSC Mediterranean Shipping, A.P.

Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas, in accordance with a fragile ceasefire. Thousands of Palestinians headed north on Monday after waiting for days to cross.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Both sides of the political aisle in Ottawa were relieved when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally resigned on Jan. 6.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Honest to God, Leo Tolstoy was a hundred percent on-target when he wrote in Anna Karenina that “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Abhishek Lodha and Abhinandan Lodha are at loggerheads over the ‘Lodha’ brand name, which is also their family name—a brand name that has ostensibly seen ₹1,700 crore invested in its build-up in the past decade alone. Also read | Clash of cultures: India’s diversity demands a fresh marketing playbook Much has been written on the Lodha versus Lodha brand brawl in the past few days.

Donald Trump's suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip is likely to be met with a hard «no» from the two U.S. allies and the Palestinians themselves who fear Israel would never allow them to return.

US rate cuts and geopolitical tensions bolstered the appeal of silver last year. In the key London spot market, prices tested a 12-year high of $34.8 an ounce in October and ended the year with a gain of 37 percent. Meanwhile, domestic silver futures posted an 18 percent return, the highest annual return since 2020. Gold and silver have a strong positive correlation, and it usually exhibits similar price movements. Historically, both are considered precious metals and are often influenced by similar market factors. Last year gold surged more than 27 percent due to positive fundamentals like worsening geopolitical conditions and speculation over US rate cut decisions.

Donald Trump has said that he would soon speak to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and help in settling the war in Ukraine. Trump's comments came a day after Putin said Russia is ready for talks with the US on a broad range of issues.