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Morning Update: Trudeau tempers criticism as allies decline to condemn India over slain Sikh leader
Security personnel stand guard in front of the High Commission of Canada in New Delhi on Sept. 19, 2023. Canada on September 18 accused India's government of involvement in the killing of a Canadian Sikh leader near Vancouver last June, prompting tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions after New Delhi rejected the charge as "absurd." (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada loans $3-billion to Romania to complete construction of two nuclear reactors
Canada's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable
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Canada signs $3-billion deal to finance nuclear power in Romania
Canada is helping finance two new nuclear reactors in Romania which that country's energy minister says will help diminish the ability of Russia to use its energy exports as a weapon. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson answers a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
soccer
Italy beats Ukraine in key Euro 2024 qualifier. Spain wins big and Romania fans’ chants stop game
(FILES) In this handout image released by the Spanish Royal Football Federation (RFEF) on August 25, 2023, RFEF President Luis Rubiales delivers a speech during an extraordinary general assembly of the federation on August 25, 2023 in Las Rozas de Madrid. Luis Rubiales on September 10, 2023 said he will resign as Spanish football federation chief after kiss scandal. (Photo by Eidan RUBIO / RFEF / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / RFEF / EIDAN RUBIO " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by EIDAN RUBIO/RFEF/AFP via Getty Images)
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Romania finds new suspected Russian drone fragments on its territory: defence ministry
A fireball lights the horizon on the Ukrainian shore of the Danube, seen from Chilia Veche in eastern Romania on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. The discovery of drone debris on Romanian territory this week has left some local residents fearing that the war in neighboring Ukraine could spread into their country, as Russian forces bombard Ukrainian ports just across the Danube River from NATO-member Romania. (Mircea Franc via AP)
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Proximity of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Danube ports stirs fear in NATO member Romania
A fireball lights the horizon on the Ukrainian shore of the Danube, seen from Chilia Veche in eastern Romania on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. The discovery of drone debris on Romanian territory this week has left some local residents fearing that the war in neighboring Ukraine could spread into their country, as Russian forces bombard Ukrainian ports just across the Danube River from NATO-member Romania. (Mircea Franc via AP)
travel
Explore ‘the other Europe’ by sailing the Lower Danube
this river cruise story of lesser visited countries in Europe on Lower Danube AmaBella_lower Danube. AmaWaterways navigates the Lower Danube on their seven-day Gems of Southwest Europe
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Andrew Tate appears in Romanian court to face rape and human trafficking charges
Andrew Tate, escorted by bodyguards, leaves the Bucharest Tribunal in Bucharest, Romania, June 21, 2023. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. ROMANIA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ROMANIA
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England and France win again in Euro qualifiers, Swiss draw despite leading 2-0
England's striker Harry Kane scores their seventh goal from the penalty spot during the UEFA Euro 2024 group C qualification football match between England and North Macedonia at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on June 19, 2023. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) / NOT FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING USE / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
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Romanian prosecutors change human trafficking charge against Andrew Tate
Andrew Tate arrives at the Bucharest Tribunal, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, April 21, 2023. The brothers' attendance on Friday comes after they won an appeal on March 31 to be moved from police custody to house arrest, where they will remain until at least April 29. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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Immigration minister says known travellers from 13 more countries can skip visa to come to Canada
Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, centre, Rechie Valdez, Member of Parliament for Mississauga, and Kevin Lamoureux, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg North, make an announcement regarding visa-free travel in the Winnipeg airport, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Meet the Canadian helping stray dogs and cats displaced by war in Ukraine
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Romanian court upholds ruling denying Andrew Tate’s release on bail
FILE PHOTO: Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate are escorted by police officers outside the headquarters of the Bucharest Court of Appeal, in Bucharest, Romania, February 1, 2023. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS
hockey
Ukrainian Peewees advance with 2-0 win over Romania
CORRECTS UKRAINE GOALIE NAME TO DMYTRO KORZH Ukraine peewee team goalie Dmytro Korzh, left, celebrates his team's victory by holding the Ukraine flag as Boston Junior Bruins Patrick Fennell and Brendan O'Toole skate by at the end of the game, Saturday, February 11, 2023 at Quebec’s international peewee tournament in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Canada’s secret weapon in the world of chess: A Romanian grandmaster
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Team of Ukrainian preteen refugees to play in renowned Quebec City hockey tournament
Evgheniy Pysarenko (left) is pictured with some of the young Ukrainian kids during a team bonding activity around Christmas 2022 in Romania. The 11- and 12-year-old kids who have been displaced by the war in Ukraine will travel to Canada to participate at the Quebec Peewee International Hockey Tournament next month thanks to the efforts of a Quebec City businessman. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO- Evgheniy Pysarenko **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Romanian prosecutors search mobile phones and laptops in Andrew Tate case
Police officers escort Andrew Tate outside the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) where prosecutors examine electronic equipment confiscated during the investigation in their case, in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Divisive influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, are held on charges of being part of an organized crime group, human trafficking and rape. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre)
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Andrew Tate’s detention in Romanian jail extended 30 days
FILE - Andrew Tate leaves the Court of Appeal, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. A Romanian official says a judge in Romania has granted prosecutors another request to extend by 30 days the arrest of Andrew Tate it was reported on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Tate is the social media personality who has been detained in the country for weeks as prosecutors investigate a case of human trafficking case and rape. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre, File)
tennis
Canada’s Dabrowski, Olmos advance; Fernandez, Mattek-Sands lose at Australian Open
Tennis - Billie Jean King Cup Finals - Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - November 11, 2022 Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski in action during their doubles group stage match with Leylah Fernandez against Switzerland's Jil Teichmann and Simona Waltert Action Images via Reuters/Ed Sykes
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Romanian authorities search seven homes in case of influencer Andrew Tate
Andrew Tate leaves the Court of Appeal, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Jan.10, 2023. Andrew Tate, a divisive social media personality and former professional kickboxer, was detained last month in Romania on charges of human trafficking and rape, and later arrested for 30 days after a court decision. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre)
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Romanian court upholds arrest of divisive influencer Andrew Tate
Andrew Tate, right, and his brother Tristan, left, are brought by police officers to the Court of Appeal, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Jan.10, 2023. Andrew Tate, a divisive social media personality and former professional kickboxer, was detained last month in Romania on charges of human trafficking and rape, and later arrested for 30 days after a court decision. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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Deal reached for new non-Russian power source for Europe
From left, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, Romanian Premier Nicolae Ciuca and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili applaud after a signing ceremony at the Cotroceni presidential palace in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. The leaders of Hungary, Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan met in Romania's capital to sign an agreement on an undersea electricity connector that could become a new power source for the European Union amid a crunch on energy supplies caused by the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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Canada not sending fighter jets to Europe next year as Air Force rearms, regroups
A CF-18 Hornet sits on the tarmac at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, in Trenton, Ont., on Monday June 20, 2022. Canada will not send fighter jets to patrol NATO airspace next year, the first time that Canadian CF-18s will be absent from the skies over Europe since 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
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Firefighters from across Europe fight French wildfires
German firefighters work to contain a fire in Hostens, as wildfires continue to spread in the Gironde region of southwestern France, August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
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Jill Biden to meet Ukrainian refugees in Romania, Slovakia
FILE - First lady Jill Biden speaks during the 2022 National and State Teachers of the Year event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The White House announced Sunday, May 1 that Biden will spend Mother's Day meeting with Ukrainian mothers and children who fled for their lives after Russian President Vladimir Putin opened war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine spurs new rush to fortify NATO’s neglected eastern flank
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly speaks with Eduart Dodu, the deputy commander of the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase in Romania, where Canada has stationed two large tent-like structures, on March 7, 2022. Nathan Vanderklippe/The Globe and Mail
energy and resources
Canada’s Rock Tech Lithium could invest €400-million to build plant in Romania
tennis
France, United States secure Davis Cup Finals spots
(R/L): France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut play Ecuador's Gonzalo Escobar and Diego Hidalgo in their doubles match between France and Ecuador for the Davis Cup playoffs at the Palais des Sports in Pau, south-western France on March 5, 2022. (Photo by Iroz Gaizka / AFP) (Photo by IROZ GAIZKA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Europe’s least-vaccinated countries are back in pandemic crisis
FILE - A member of the medical staff walks in a crowded COVID-19 isolation room at the University Emergency Hospital in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. In much of Eastern Europe, coronavirus deaths are high and vaccination rates are low, but politicians have hesitated to impose the measures curb the virus that experts are calling for. A World Health Organization official declared earlier this month that Europe is again the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
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Jewish artifacts stolen during Holocaust now in U.S. custody
Jewish artifacts at the Museum of the Memory of the Jewish People and the Holocaust in Dnipro, Ukraine, April 23, 2019. Anti-Semitism is not the scourge it once was in Ukraine, but some Jews fear becoming targets as their prominence grows. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
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Romanians hope parliamentary election ends political turmoil
An woman prepares to cast her ballot for the legislative election, in Bucharest, Romania, December 6, 2020. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. ROMANIA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ROMANIA