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Jeffrey Epstein’s messages cast light on an unusual building on his private island and show how his connections helped him secure tapestries from Mecca for it. Source link

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget update keeps to his path of diversifying away from the United States. Source link

Mexican officials revealed that four foreigners — not two — were present during a counterdrug operation in northern Mexico where a crash killed two men later identified as C.I.A. officers. Source link

With Cuba in dire economic crisis, people whose properties were seized by its government decades ago say it’s time to resolve thorny compensation claims. Source link

And he’s basically fine with it. Source link

We ended up in a Colombian mine controlled by a drug cartel. Source link

Canada’s sovereign wealth fund will be far smaller than ones in other oil-producing nations like Norway and the Middle East. Source link

Canada has opened a route to citizenship for people who can prove they have a Canada-born ancestor. Millions could qualify, and Americans are already lining up to apply. Source link

The Royal Canadian Mint says its gold is North American and impeccably sourced. So why is some of it from a Colombian drug cartel? Source link

The United States has carried out dozens of boat strikes since September against people the Trump administration accuses of smuggling drugs. Source link