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Drone Strike on Besieged Sudan Mosque Kills Dozens Amid Escalating Darfur Siege

  At least 70 worshippers were killed and dozens more injured when a drone strike hit a mosque during Friday prayers in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur region, according to medical and aid sources. The attack, blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), reduced the mosque to rubble, with rescuers still pulling bodies from the debris. El Fasher — home to more than 260,000 civilians — has been under siege for over a year as the RSF battles Sudan’s army for control of the city, the military’s last stronghold in Darfur. Satellite imagery shows RSF advances into key military and humanitarian sites, including the nearby Abu Shouk displacement camp, which shelters hundreds of thousands. The United Nations condemned the strike as a grave violation of international humanitarian law, warning of the “increasing ethnicisation” of the conflict. Since fighting erupted in April 2023, Sudan’s civil war has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions, and pushed vast s...
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Trade Tensions Stall Canada’s Growth in Q2 2025

                                            A railway grain terminal in Alberta. 

Canada’s economy contracted sharply in the second quarter of 2025, underscoring the toll that escalating trade tensions have taken on the country’s growth. Statistics Canada reported a 1.6% annualized decline in real GDP, far steeper than the 0.5% drop economists had anticipated.

The slowdown was most pronounced in the spring, when tariff uncertainty disrupted exports and dampened business investment. June saw a 0.1% month-over-month GDP dip, while a preliminary estimate for July suggested only a modest 0.1% rebound.

The Bank of Canada had already projected a significant contraction for the quarter, citing the drag from U.S. tariffs and weaker global demand. Analysts note that further softness in the labour market could influence the central bank’s next interest rate decision.

The downturn follows a surprisingly strong first quarter, when GDP grew 2.2% as companies rushed to ship goods ahead of tariff deadlines. With trade negotiations still unresolved, economists warn that uncertainty could continue to weigh on Canada’s economic momentum into the second half of the year.

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