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Canada’s federal election is on April 28. Here’s how it works.

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said that he had ordered his forces to “stop all military activity” from Saturday evening through Sunday. Ukraine’s leader said Putin was trying to “play with people’s lives.”

Massacres have spread across once-quiet towns on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, in the deadliest outbreak of sectarian violence since rebels toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Christina Goldbaum, The New York Times’s bureau chief in Syria, traveled

The victims fell or were swept into the ocean, according to the police, as swells pounded Sydney and other places along the country’s east coast. At least two others were missing.

Many thought President Trump would be able to finish the war. Now they are not so sure.

The two sides set an agenda for additional negotiations in the coming days, which could include technical details on uranium enrichment.

As the North African nation continues to slide toward authoritarianism, a court sentenced about 40 people, including high-profile rivals of the president, to up to 66 years in prison.

Israel was keeping up its intense bombing campaign in the enclave, which has exacted a heavy price on civilians struggling to find safe places to shelter.

The April 28 election will come down to two candidates with starkly different personalities and experience: Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre.

The Trump administration has sent mixed messages about its goal for the negotiations. Additional talks are set for next week.