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Rhianna Schmunk - Senior Writer | CBC

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Israel offers Hamas ceasefire proposal that could end war in Gaza, Biden says

Israel has presentedHamas with atruce proposalthat could immediately lead toa six-week ceasefire in Gaza, after the United Statessaid the deal could pave the way to ending the war after nearly eight months.

Donald Trump guilty on all counts in hush-money trial

Twelve jurors have found former U.S. president Donald Trump guilty on all counts inhis hush-money trial in New York, making him the first American president to be convicted of a felony.

Suspended Vancouver lawyer ordered to pay neighbour $30K for time spent dealing with pseudo-legal lawsuit

A suspended Vancouver lawyer who lost a"frivolous" lawsuit against her neighbour over a glass deck divider has been ordered to pay the woman nearly $30,000 in costs, likely bringing an end to a case that legal experts had described as highly unusual.

Israel's deadly attack on tent camp confirms 'there is no safety' in Gaza, survivors say

Families who survived a deadly Israeli airstrike on a tent camp in southern Gaza described a horrific scene of scorchedtents andburning bodies on Sunday.

Gazans fleeing Rafah say they now live in misery next to massive garbage dump

Thousands of Gazans fleeing the southern city of Rafah as Israel intensifies its attacks there made their way back to Khan Younis, hoping to set up shelter at the Al-Aqsa University campus only to find it had been turned into one of the city's main garbage dumps.

Decades after Nakba, Palestinians say current war like catastrophe 'all over again'

Palestinians on Wednesday commemorated the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, or "catastrophe," drawing similarities between the mass wartime displacement of 1948 with the "misery" hundreds of thousands of families in Gaza have experienced duringlatest conflict with Israel.
OBITUARY

Alice Munro, Canadian author who mastered the short story, dead at 92

Alice Munro, the Canadian author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature and was acclaimed for blending ordinary lives with extraordinary themes, has died at the age of 92.

What we know about the arrests and investigation into Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing

Three men were arrested and charged Friday in connection with the killing of a Sikh separatist activist in B.C., a crime that fractured the diplomatic relationship between India and Canada last year. Here's what we know.

Periods are a nightmare in Gaza's crowded, unsanitary camps. Women are using birth control to skip them

Samah El-Nazli, a mother of four living in a makeshift tent in Rafah, is among millions of Gazans in overcrowded camps struggling to access food, water and sanitation as the war continues. She and others are opting to use birth control to delay their periods rather than scrambling to find costly pads and tampons.
Q&A

Nurse from Canada who worked at Gaza hospital under siege describes difficult decision to leave

Over the last several months, Ahmed Kouta known largely on social media as Prince Kouta has spoken to CBC News in interviews chronicling his time in Gaza.