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Jacob Flickinger is shown in an undated handout photo.The mother of Flickinger, a Canadian army veteran killed during an attack on humanitarian workers in the Gaza Strip, is rejecting Israel's explanation for what happened.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO — World Central Kitchen **MANDATORY CREDIT**

Aid worker’s mom rejects Israel’s explanation in wake of deadly airstrike

About 200 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since October

Jacob Flickinger is shown in an undated handout photo.The mother of Flickinger, a Canadian army veteran killed during an attack on humanitarian workers in the Gaza Strip, is rejecting Israel's explanation for what happened.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO — World Central Kitchen **MANDATORY CREDIT**
Taiwan’s Central News Agency says a Canadian missing after this week’s powerful earthquake on the island’s east coast has been found safe, citing information from the Central Emergency Operation Center. Rocks are on the road at the entrance of Taroko National Park in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, Thursday, April 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chiang Ying-ying

Missing Canadian found safe in aftermath of earthquake in Taiwan

The 7.2-magnitude quake has killed 10 people and injured more than 1,000

Taiwan’s Central News Agency says a Canadian missing after this week’s powerful earthquake on the island’s east coast has been found safe, citing information from the Central Emergency Operation Center. Rocks are on the road at the entrance of Taroko National Park in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, Thursday, April 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chiang Ying-ying
FILE - The skyline of midtown Manhattan is visible from a room at the Millennium Hilton New York Hotel in New York City on Friday, September 22, 2023. Officials say an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area. Residents reported they felt rumbling across the Northeast on Friday morning. The quake was centered in New Jersey about 45 miles west of New York City and 50 miles north of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

No damage reported as earthquake centred near New York City rattles U.S.

4.8-magnitude quake might have been felt by more than 42 million people

FILE - The skyline of midtown Manhattan is visible from a room at the Millennium Hilton New York Hotel in New York City on Friday, September 22, 2023. Officials say an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area. Residents reported they felt rumbling across the Northeast on Friday morning. The quake was centered in New Jersey about 45 miles west of New York City and 50 miles north of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
Taiwan’s top diplomat in Ottawa says a Canadian is missing in the wake of the powerful earthquake that hit the island this week, while two Canadian tourists have been “successfully rescued” from a national park. A structural engineer takes samples from a leaning building a day after a powerful earthquake struck, in Hualien City, eastern Taiwan, Thursday, April 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Chiang Ying-ying

Canadian still missing in wake of devastating earthquake in Taiwan

Pair of Canadian tourists ‘successfully rescued’ from a national park after 7.2-magnitude quake

Taiwan’s top diplomat in Ottawa says a Canadian is missing in the wake of the powerful earthquake that hit the island this week, while two Canadian tourists have been “successfully rescued” from a national park. A structural engineer takes samples from a leaning building a day after a powerful earthquake struck, in Hualien City, eastern Taiwan, Thursday, April 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Chiang Ying-ying
Workers build the stands for the upcoming summer Olympic Games on the Champ-de-Mars, just beside the Eiffel Tower, Friday, March 22, 2024 in Paris.The RCMP will be part of an international policing effort to keep the Olympics in Paris safe this summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Michel Euler

Mounties Paris-bound to help police summer Olympics

Details on numbers and deployment unavailable as organizers scour globe for 2,000 extra officers

Workers build the stands for the upcoming summer Olympic Games on the Champ-de-Mars, just beside the Eiffel Tower, Friday, March 22, 2024 in Paris.The RCMP will be part of an international policing effort to keep the Olympics in Paris safe this summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Michel Euler
Olivia Maurel, who was born through surrogacy and is against such practice shows a picture of her meeting with Pope Francis during an interview by the Associated Press in Rome, Thursday, April 4, 2024. Maurel met with Pope Francis and attended an International Conference of the Casablanca Declaration, an international campaign for the abolition of surrogacy calling for the adoption of an international treaty. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican endorses bid to ban surrogacy as ‘commercialization of life’

Proponents of ban say practice violates rights of the child and surrogate mother

Olivia Maurel, who was born through surrogacy and is against such practice shows a picture of her meeting with Pope Francis during an interview by the Associated Press in Rome, Thursday, April 4, 2024. Maurel met with Pope Francis and attended an International Conference of the Casablanca Declaration, an international campaign for the abolition of surrogacy calling for the adoption of an international treaty. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
World Central Kitchen is asking Canada to back its demand for an independent investigation into the Israeli airstrikes that killed seven aid workers earlier this week. Canadian army veteran Jacob Flickinger, shown in a handout photo, was among those killed along with a Palestinian driver and citizens of Australia, Poland, and the United Kingdom. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - World Central Kitchen **MANDATORY CREDIT**

Airstrikes on aid workers don’t ‘just happen’: Trudeau rebukes Netanyahu

Canadian Jacob Flickinger among 7 killed while delivering food aid for World Central Kitchen

World Central Kitchen is asking Canada to back its demand for an independent investigation into the Israeli airstrikes that killed seven aid workers earlier this week. Canadian army veteran Jacob Flickinger, shown in a handout photo, was among those killed along with a Palestinian driver and citizens of Australia, Poland, and the United Kingdom. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - World Central Kitchen **MANDATORY CREDIT**
FILE - Wrestler John Cena, top, chokes Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at a Wrestlemania event, April 7, 2013, in East Rutherford, N.J. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is back to perform in one of the main events this weekend’s WrestleMania in Philadelphia (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

From Trump to The Rock, WrestleMania goes over the top like no other

In the coliseum of American excess, annual wrestling showcase stands alone

FILE - Wrestler John Cena, top, chokes Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at a Wrestlemania event, April 7, 2013, in East Rutherford, N.J. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is back to perform in one of the main events this weekend’s WrestleMania in Philadelphia (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
The founder of the global relief charity whose workers were killed by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Monday is pleading with Israel to start the “long journey to peace.”Palestinians inspect a vehicle with the logo of the World Central Kitchen wrecked by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Ismael Abu Dayyah

Military vet with young son identified as Canadian killed in Gaza airstrike

Jacob Flickinger 1 of 7 aid workers killed in a convoy of World Central Kitchen vehicles

The founder of the global relief charity whose workers were killed by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Monday is pleading with Israel to start the “long journey to peace.”Palestinians inspect a vehicle with the logo of the World Central Kitchen wrecked by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Ismael Abu Dayyah
Rescue workers stand near the site of a leaning building in the aftermath of an earthquake in Hualien, eastern Taiwan, on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush hour Wednesday, damaging buildings and highways. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Johnson Lai

Canadians in Taiwan describe chaos and violent shaking during quake

Two Canadians stranded by largest Taiwan earthquake in 25 years, says firefighting agency

Rescue workers stand near the site of a leaning building in the aftermath of an earthquake in Hualien, eastern Taiwan, on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush hour Wednesday, damaging buildings and highways. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Johnson Lai
FILE - Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek listens during a walking tour, Feb. 13, 2024, in Vancouver, Wash. Kotek has signed into law a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs, Monday, April 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Oregon governor signs a bill recriminalizing drug possession into law

New law rolls back a 2020 measure and makes personal use possession punishable again

FILE - Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek listens during a walking tour, Feb. 13, 2024, in Vancouver, Wash. Kotek has signed into law a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs, Monday, April 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Police in Finland arrested a 12-year-old Tuesday suspected of killing a fellow student and wounding others with a gun at a school outside Helsinki. (AP Digital Embed)

Bullying cited after 12-year-old taken into custody in Finnish school shooting

One classmate killed, two others wounded as nation holds day of mourning

Police in Finland arrested a 12-year-old Tuesday suspected of killing a fellow student and wounding others with a gun at a school outside Helsinki. (AP Digital Embed)
Palestinians carry the body of a World Central Kitchen worker at Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. A Canadian-American citizen is among the seven aid workers who were killed by an apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Abdel Kareem Hana

Trudeau demands investigation after Israeli air strike kills aid workers

Canadian-American dual citizen Jacob Flickinger among 7 killed while delivering food to Gaza strip

Palestinians carry the body of a World Central Kitchen worker at Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. A Canadian-American citizen is among the seven aid workers who were killed by an apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Abdel Kareem Hana
People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. World Central Kitchen, an aid group, says an Israeli strike that hit its workers in Gaza killed at least seven people, including several foreigners. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Canadian citizen among 7 Gaza aid workers killed in Israeli air strike

The World Central Kitchen workers in the process of delivering food when they were struck

People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. World Central Kitchen, an aid group, says an Israeli strike that hit its workers in Gaza killed at least seven people, including several foreigners. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Cars drive by the Tropicana hotel-casino along the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Las Vegas. The property is scheduled to close April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/John Locher)

After 67 years, the Vegas Tropicana being torn down for a ball field

Strip’s third-oldest casino will be chained shut at noon Tuesday, demolition slated for October

Cars drive by the Tropicana hotel-casino along the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Las Vegas. The property is scheduled to close April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A Ukrainian Emergency Situation sapper carries an unexploded shell after using a mine-clearing machine to clear the site of explosives after battles with Russian troops, near Balaklia, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, April 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Ukraine targets oil refinery, drone factory in deepest strikes inside Russia

Kyiv officials normally decline comment about attacks on Russian soil

A Ukrainian Emergency Situation sapper carries an unexploded shell after using a mine-clearing machine to clear the site of explosives after battles with Russian troops, near Balaklia, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, April 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
FILE - Dairy cattle feed at a farm on March 31, 2017, near Vado, N.M. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday, March 25, 2024, that milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

Texan believed to be first human diagnosed with bird flu caught from cows

Patient treated with an antiviral drug, only reported symptom was eye redness

FILE - Dairy cattle feed at a farm on March 31, 2017, near Vado, N.M. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday, March 25, 2024, that milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
Pierre Poilievre rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. A spokesman for a regional Muslim advocacy group says the Conservative leader’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war could complicate his party’s relationship with Muslim Canadians. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Muslims watching Poilievre’s stance on Israel-Hamas war closely

Conservative leader reluctant to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Pierre Poilievre rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. A spokesman for a regional Muslim advocacy group says the Conservative leader’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war could complicate his party’s relationship with Muslim Canadians. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Luxury handmade Belgian Chocolates are seen displayed at Sandrine a chocolate shop owned by Niaz Mardan, in south west London, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Niaz Mardan, is suffering due to high cocoa prices, she’s making no profits and fears she will have to close the shop that’s been around for 25 years (she’s the third owner and took over in 2019). (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Cocoa prices spike, farmers struggle, Easter treat expected for Big Chocolate

Climate change wreaking havoc on producers but that’s not expected to hurt chocolate marketplace

Luxury handmade Belgian Chocolates are seen displayed at Sandrine a chocolate shop owned by Niaz Mardan, in south west London, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Niaz Mardan, is suffering due to high cocoa prices, she’s making no profits and fears she will have to close the shop that’s been around for 25 years (she’s the third owner and took over in 2019). (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A cargo ship is stuck under the part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge Tuesday March 26, 2024, in Baltimore, Md. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

6 presumed dead in wake of container ship slamming into Baltimore bridge

Investigators say crash appears an accident, working to determine cause as divers probe wreckage

A cargo ship is stuck under the part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge Tuesday March 26, 2024, in Baltimore, Md. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)